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2026 Juneteenth Menare Foundation 6k & 12k
Join Bishop's Events at the Button Farm Living History Center for their first Juneteenth race! Proceeds will benefit The Menare Foundation/Button Farm in support of their programs and operations.
Date: June 19, 2026
Time: 7:00 am to 10:00 am
Location: Button Farm Living History Center.
For more information and Registration: https://bishopsevents.com/event/2026-juneteenth-menare-foundation-6k-12k/
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Drinks on the Veranda
This event is for adults 21 and over only
Following our Tubman Day festivities join us for our annual Drinks on the Veranda from 4 PM to 7 PM to toast the end of summer.
Sa mple historical libations and culinary delights at this intoxicating evening on the farm. Relax in the shade of our wrap-around porch and enjoy a cool respite from the summertime heat. Come with friends and make some new ones. 19th-century games, vintage libations, hot jazz and cool bites await.
Sample wine and spirits from Maryland distilleries and African-American producers.
Funds raised will help support programs and the ongoing restoration of our 19th-century farm. Learn about new projects to be launched in 2024!
Did You Know?
Long before Kentucky was settled, Marylanders were producing the Mint Julep using rye whiskey. Or at least that is what has been claimed by many drink historians and mixologists (Google it!). One Maryland recipe, recorded in the early 20th century in Maude Bomburger’s Colonial Recipes From Old Virginia and Maryland Manors: With Numerous Legends and Traditions Interwoven calls for the popular addition of Brandy over Rye along with some artful and strident rituals. Bomburger calls for gathering the mint from the garden “when the dew is on it” and pulverizing the leaves in a mortar made of Beechwood, and drinking from the tankard and not from a straw!
The Mint Julep is one of the featured drinks at Veranda that we serve up cold and refreshing for our guests. Come and taste a Maryland tradition and toast the end of summer 2023!
The Details
Tickets are $50 (historical cocktails and food) and $35 (mocktails and food).
Button Farm Living History Center is located at 16820 Black Rock Road in Germantown, Maryland. For more information, visit us at www.buttonfarm.org.
Virtual Veranda
Can’t make Tubman Day or Drinks on the Veranda? Please send a donation in your stead (select "tickets" then scroll down to "donations). Donations in the amount of $35 or more will receive our complimentary drink recipes from the event to have your own Veranda celebration at home. Purchase your tickets and/or make your donations here!
Purchase your tickets on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/705960024437?aff=oddtdtcreator