Update: NOW CLOSED ✨✨✨WCHS Membership Giveaway✨✨✨ The first 10 followers to comment their favorite part of Washington County's history on this post will receive a FREE Individual Membership to the WCHS! 💙 Comment below and WCHS staff will contact you through Messenger to set up your membership! 💙 This giveaway has been made possible by two WCHS Board Members, Mary Myers and Colleen Rafferty, to celebrate our 200th Anniversary of the Miller House. We appreciate their generosity and are excited to welcome some new WCHS members! An annual Individual Membership, valued at $40.00, includes benefits of receiving our quarterly members' newsletter, The Legacy; discounts to WCHS events and programs; and an invitation to our annual Holiday Reception. #washingtoncountymd #hagerstownmd #historicalsocieties #localhistory (fb)

On June 1, 1905, 120 years ago, Dr. Victor Miller Jr. and Nellie Bachtell (Loose) Miller married in Hagerstown. The Morning Herald described their wedding as one of “the most beautiful and fashionable nuptial events in Hagerstown in recent years." The church's auditorium was decorated with laurel, peonies, pink and white roses, ferns, and palms. Bridesmaids' dresses were made of white batiste, and they carried white and pink La France roses. The couple left later that day for their honeymoon in Boston. We love this photo from the WCHS Archives showing Victor Jr. and Nellie (seated center front) with their wedding party and cute fluffy dog. This year marks the 200th Anniversary of the Miller House, where Dr. Victor Jr. and Nellie Miller lived together for 43 years. #hagerstownmd #washingtoncountymd (fb)