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2024 Election Info

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Lisa LaCivita

Elections day is Tuesday November 5th. All branches of the Handley Regional Library System will be closed. The Bowman branch of the library is a voting location for residents residing in the Parkin's Mill Precinct of the Shawnee Magisterial District. Residents of all other districts are assigned to other polling places. To find/check for your polling place please visit the:

Frederick County Polling Place Information

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Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

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Elizabeth Knappenberger

Many locals will be familiar with the connection to prisoners of war camps the Winchester area has had throughout history: the Hessian prisoners brought here during the Revolutionary War and the German prisoners during World War II.  Many may be unfamiliar with the story of a small group of 20 men from Philadelphia, PA exiled out of the commonwealth and sent to Winchester for months during the Revolutionary War.  Norman Donoghue’s new book Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778 examines that topic. 

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