You might catch a fireworks show for the Fourth of July, but have you heard of these additional local America 250 events?
Red, White & BBQ
July 4, 1-8 p.m. | Black’s Bar & Kitchen
7750 Woodmont Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814
Celebrate the Fourth of July with an afternoon of food, cold drinks and backyard barbecue favorites. Enjoy a festive buffet of burgers, hot dogs, a whole roasted pig, grilled oysters and all your favorite BBQ sides.
$50 | blacksbarandkitchen.com
Annual 4th of July Fireworks
July 4, 5-9 p.m. | Hughes and Sugarland Road
15598 Hughes Road, Poolesville, MD 20837
Join the community in celebrating our national patriotism at the soccer fields off of Hughes Road. Enjoy music, food, fireworks and fun.
$10/car | poolesvillemd.gov
America, Out Loud with Kwame Alexander
July 14, 6:30-9 p.m. | Sloane’s Dance Studio, Olney Theatre
2001 Olney Sandy Spring Road, Olney, MD 20832
Join Olney Theatre for an evening where poems become porch lights, songs become bridges and stories become the map of who we are. Poet, educator and writer Kwame Alexander and special guests gather to celebrate 250 years of voices.
‘This is a True War Story’ with Bob Brigham
July 30, 6-7:30 p.m. | Amy Kaslow Gallery
7920 Norfolk Ave., Bethesda, MD 20814
A boy adopted at birth, now a renowned Vietnam War historian, discovered well into his career that his biological father was a Marine combat photographer whose widely known work he unknowingly studied and taught for decades. Join the gallery for a conversation with Robert K. Brigham to learn about “This is a True War Story: My Improbable History With Vietnam.”
