Lunch & Learn: The National Road - From George Washington’s Vision to a Museum in Boonsboro

Program registration is recommended but not required. For nearly as long as our nation has existed, many Maryland residents and interstate travelers have crossed or traveled on and often overlooked the importance of a roadway that is today known as the National Road Scenic Byway. Reuben Moss, Director of the National Road Museum in Boonsboro will provide an overview of this road, exploring topics which include its history, construction and engineering challenges, the reasoning for the name “National Road,” why it was so important that it was named the epithet “The Road That Built The Nation,” and how it can be said at the same time that it begins in both Baltimore and in Cumberland (and ends in 5 different cities!). The talk will end with a short history of the National Road Museum, from its concept in the early 2000’s through its grand opening in 2025, and how the railway exhibits in the Trolley Station Museum on the museum grounds relate to this national story. A li

All Ages