Button Farm Living History Center

10/16/2026

I Voted!

10/15/2026

Tubman: Journey to Freedom Statue Residency: October 17, 2026
Come experience Wesley Wofford's moving sculpture, Tubman Journey to Freedom, depicting Harriet Tubman leading a child to freedom. The sculpture is open for viewing this Saturday, October 17th and again on October 31, 2026, its final day. Please check our Calendar of Events page for dates, times and weather updates at https://buttonfarm.org/calendar-of-events.html.

Featured Presentation:
“When The Stars Led the Way: Navigating the Underground Railroad”
Button Farm Living History Center, 16820 Black Rock Road, Germantown, MD 20874

Saturday, October 17, 2026
12-3pm: Self-guide
1-2pm: Navigation Presentation
Admission FREE

Discover how Freedom Seekers navigated the Underground Railroad, by day and night, with help from the nature and the cosmos. Karen Lottes of the Gaithersburg Community Museum will give a telescope demonstration. This program is part of a three‑program series with Button Farm, Gaithersburg Community Museum and Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park. This is a daytime event!

10/15/2026

WUSA9 broadcast about the Journey to Freedom Residency at Button Farm beginning October 17 and running the following Saturday.

On these historic grounds, you'll see a 9 foot bronze "Journey to Freedom" statue which shows Harriet Tubman leading a child toward a new future.

10/15/2026

Tubman: Journey to Freedom Statue Residency: October 17, 2026

Come experience Wesley Wofford's moving sculpture, Tubman Journey to Freedom, depicting Harriet Tubman leading a child to freedom. The sculpture is open for viewing this Saturday, October 17th and again on October 31, 2026, its final day. Please check our Calendar of Events page for dates, times and weather updates at https://buttonfarm.org/calendar-of-events.html.

09/30/2026

Button Farm Closed for Maintenance, Saturday Oct 3 & 10th

Button Farm will be closed for maintenance on Saturday, October 3 & 10,2026. On these two dates, the Journey to Freedom statue will not be available for public viewing. We apologize for any inconvenience. Weekday school and group visitation — by APPOINTMENT ONLY — will not be affected. To book a weekday private group visit, contact us at [email protected]. Public visitation for the statue will continue October 17 & 31. Check our calendar for updates!

09/19/2026

07/18/2026

People Americans have forgotten and those who stood by them.” Introducing United States of Amnesia wherever ebooks are sold. Available now for Kindle at https://a.co/d/0aHdMaY7

05/15/2026

comes to the Riverworks Outdoor Stage on Thursday, April 30, from 6-8pm.

Riverworks is proud to host Button Farm Living History Center's Anthony Cohen, a 2,200-pound bronze sculpture of Harriett Tubman by Wesley Wofford, and live music by Jay Summerour and Mark Puryear at a rally to support Cohen’s travel from Maryland to Canada along the path of the Underground Railroad.

“The mission of the walk is to bring attention to what Harriett Tubman stood for as an American,” said Cohen. “Harriett means unwavering courage, liberation, and humanitarianism.”

The event will take place on the grounds of the Old Methodist Church, 17617 W Willard Ave, Poolesville, MD on Thursday, Apr 30, 6:00-8:00pm.

Cohen will speak followed by a live performance of the bluesy sounds of locally-adored harmonica player and vocalist, Jay Summerour, and guitarist and Ethnomusicologist, Mark Puryear. Both have been recorded by Smithsonian Folkways.

Read the full press release, support this mission, and RSVP to the rally on the Riverworks website.

05/15/2026

This. Riverworks Outdoor Stage. Tonight. 6-8pm. Tony Cohen.
photo credit

04/30/2026

“Crossing the River Jordan”

Freedom was a promise whispered on the wind but never written into the soil. For those in chains, it was a river with no map, a hope with no guarantee. To escape was to cross Jordan — not with sandals, but with bloodied feet and broken kin left behind. It was to risk everything for the right to breathe. This chapter does not elevate one myth, but two truths: the woman who returned, and the man who stood. It does not romanticize deliverance. It honors those who knew freedom would cost more than their own lives, and paid it anyway.

This chapter of the book to be called United States of Amnesia contains testimonials from people like Harriet Tubman and the publisher Lovejoy, the abolitionist who stood up for the enslaved. Help get the book published by participating in its Kickstarter campaign at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/logosai/help-publish-the-united-states-of-amnesia?ref=nav_search&result=project&term=United%20States%20of%20amnesia%20&total_hits=2

Chapter 10: Crossing The River Jordan