Button Farm Living History Center

"Started here to take the Blair Witch Project Film Location tour"

"16820 Black Rock Rd, Germantown, MD 20874 "Button Farm Living History Center is Maryland's only living history center depicting 19th-century plantation life and the stories of the Underground Railroad. Their goal was to recreate an authentic 19th-century farm including a log cabin, slave quarter, heritage breeds, heirloom crops, and artisan crafts and skills." Well I saw most of what is mentioned in the Visit Montgomery quotes.  Unfortunately, went my wife and I went there yesterday, the reenactments and historic speaking presentations were canceled. Mainly, because of  Annie Lenox's Here Comes The Rain Again...which is exactly what happened. Yet, the rain did not stop a good amount of people from seeing the sights, sounds and smells of Button Farm Living History Center. My wife and I had the chance to meet The president and owner of the farm Tony Cohen. The first thing I noticed about him when I saw him are the water proof boots.  I started thinking I am wearing the wrong shoes,. It turned out I was fine with the footwear I was wearing this time around. Mr. Cohen informed us about what happened today.  Many people had planned to be here and made reservations for the free event.  It was canceled due to the rain forecast and  this notice was put online.  Well many people saw this online, but many others did not get the memo, or showed up anyhow.  So Tony Cohen left the gates open  in anticipation of this happening when he didn't have to.  He greeted everyone with a smile and told us to have a look around. This really set the stage for a great hour of looking around. However, the gnats were annoying pain.  Luckily, I had my umbrella, ella, ella, eh, eh, eh ... ahhh enough of that. I opened my umbrella and the gnats went to a higher point then my head.   This took care of the gnats problem and  I enjoyed my walk around the Button Farm. It turned out that the Harriet Tubman Journey To Freedom Statue would be the first place we stopped at.  The site was set up for a good size speech/demonstrations if it wasn't raining  today.  The gnats were really getting on my wife's nerves and she finally put up her umbrella, ella, ella...you get the point. My wife and I wanted to aquire all four sides of the Harriet Tubman Journey To Freedom Statue  for public viewing.  I saw Yelp doesn't have this historical site listed, so I figured I might be the first...depending when I get this review done...but I digress. My wife and I checked out the slave's graveyard.  Evidently, more bones are still being looked for. I thought the walk through the graveyard would be a long walk, but I was wrong. We moved on to the slaves quarters, but it would seem the building has gone through hard times and was closed off for today. We saw the pigs sleeping and snoring loudly, but we could smell them too. We all fart, we all piss and shit.  We even smell at times (some worse than others) , but it still had my wife telling me "this is why I do not eat pork." Some of us out there will be detoured from eating foods we love. We moved on to the gardening area and saw we were still bring followed by all the gnats.  Spraying cloud of lemon at them might detour them from following us, but then again, maybe not. My wife got me thinking about the people back in the day put up with the gnats and other annoying insects.  Complaining would only get someone hurt back then.   Just a thought. I did enjoy seeing the white geese (I forgot their names), but they are endangered and letting them go could have horrible consequences.  A catch twenty two The gnats were getting too much for my wife so when we made it out of the garden area, we ended out tour there.  It was a nice experience, but I wonder what the full experience would have been like if the rain hadn't happened? Oh well, we had fun."

"Went to see the Harriet Tubman statue. Amazing to see it at ground level! Once it's up on a pedestal you will not be able to relate to it, literally, on the same plane. Go, it's worth it. Cost is per car. So, try to make it a friend's and family thing."

"Nice place that is located right on the White trail. Part of our country history (year 1880)."

"We visited the farm frequently because it offers a unique setting that supports a natural experience for children; gardening, open fields and close interaction with animals. We enjoyed the farm so much that Tony welcomed two of my kids to earn some of their SSL hours. They are young adults now and occasionally talk about the farm as having a wonderful, long lasting positive effect on their childhood. As a parent, I would like to thank Tony for making this simple yet enriching place available to children and continuing to invest in our neighborhood. Thank you Tony!!"