May 30, 2023: Watch live coverage of the 156th Memorial Day Remembrance Parade and Observance Ceremony in Westminster, MD on Monday, May 29, 2023. Live coverage of the parade begins at 10:00 a.m. and will be followed by the memorial ceremony at 11:00 a.m. For over 80 years, The American Legion - Carroll Post 31 has remembered our fallen servicemen and women through the Memorial Day Remembrance Parade and Observance Ceremony in Westminster. For nearly three decades, the Community Media Center has worked in partnership with Carroll Post 31 to produce the annual program that features one of the longest-running Memorial Day Parades in the nation.
Dayhoff Westminster
www.kevindayhoff.city Address: PO Box 124, Westminster MD 21158 410-259-6403 kevindayhoff@gmail.com
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Friday, May 24, 2024
May 31, 2021 154th Memorial Day Remembrance
May 31, 2021 154th Memorial Day Remembrance
The Community Media Center, (CMC) in partnership with The American Legion - Carroll Post 31 will present a special Memorial Day Remembrance Program starting at 10:00 AM on cable Channel HD 1086, and Channel 19. CMC is proud to once again be an integral part of Carroll County’s Memorial Day Observance; helping to ensure that stories and sacrifice of our local service members are never forgotten.
Due to COVID-19, Westminster’s traditional Memorial Day Parade was cancelled. However, the Memorial Day Observance Ceremony was recorded virtually. The Memorial Day Observance is a time-honored tradition for Carroll Post #31 American Legion and the community to honor and remember those that have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country.
The Memorial Day Remembrance program features opening remarks by Adrian Gamboa, Commander of Carroll Post #31. The invocation, given by Richard Stem, Chaplin, Carroll Post #31, The keynote speech is presented by Kevin Dayhoff and the National Anthem is sung by Abby Otradove. The program also includes video tributes from Carroll County residents. taps and a closing prayer.
Additional Memorial Day Programming Includes:
The 2021 Hampstead American Legion Memorial Day Service. Hampstead American Legion Post #200 Memorial Day Services, including a message from Richard Weaver, Carroll County Commissioner - District 2 and Hampstead Mayor, Christopher Nevin.
"Letters to Home" this special rebroadcast features letters from soldiers lost during war to their families here in Carroll County.
Veteran Interviews from the Carroll County History Projects Oral History Collection, as a tribute to local veterans we have lost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBUazweVa6M&t=4s
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
Dayhoff Carroll: 20070711 The Davis Library part 2
Dayhoff Carroll: 20070711 The Davis Library part 2: 20070711 The Davis Library part 2 “The continuing odyssey of the Library” The Davis Library part 2 (See also: 20070627 Davis Library part 1...
Monday, March 18, 2024
The Carroll County Human Relations Commission is honoring Judy Jones at our 2024 Awards Dinner.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 - The Carroll County Human Relations Commission is honoring Judy Jones at our 2024 Awards Dinner.
The deadline on the flyer indicates that registrations are due by March 15, 2024 – however, we have extended the deadline, (because everyone has been so busy,) to this Thursday, March 21, 2024.
Simply email – or call cchrcmail@yahoo.com or 410-446-6275
The Carroll County Human Relations Commission is honoring Judy Jones at our 2024 Awards Dinner on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. Please complete and return the attached registration if you would like to join us. Feel free to share this with others who may be interested.
Thank you. Carroll County Human Relations Commission
You are cordially invited to attend the Carroll County Human Relations Commission 29th Human Relations Award Dinner
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 at 6:30 P.M.
This year’s 2024 Human Relations Award Recipient is Judy Jones, the Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Howard County Public School System.
We are honoring her for her previous work with the Carroll County Public Schools.
This year’s dinner will take place in the Fellowship Hall at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 17 Bond Street, Westminster, MD 21157
Tickets: $30.00 per person
Reservation deadline: March 21, 2024
For information, contact:
Carroll County Human Relations Commission
410-446-6275 or Email cchrcmail@yahoo.com
Reservation Form – please try to register before this Thursday, March 21, 2024.
If you would like to attend, please email cchrcmail@yahoo.com - - or mail your registration information to:
Virginia Harrison, Chair, CC HRC
5506 Crows Nest Drive
Sykesville, MD 21784
Please send us your name, phone number, and email address.
Please indicate if a vegetarian option is needed. Number of vegetarian meals:
Number of tickets (@$30 each)
Total paid: $ ________________
(Make checks payable to Carroll County Human Relations Commission)
Please return form and payment by March 21, 2024
+++ Dayhoff Carroll +++
Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.
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Sunday, March 10, 2024
4-H Therapeutic Riding Program Horse Fair March 10, 2024
4-H Therapeutic Riding Program Horse Fair March 10, 2024
4H Therapeutic Riding
Horse Fair Sponsors
Join Us at the Horse Fair Tack Sale To benefit the
4-H Therapeutic
Riding Program of Carroll County
When: Sunday March 10, 2024 Time: 9:00AM – 2:00PM
(Don’t forget
Daylight Savings Time)
What: Tack Sale/Swap
WHERE: CC AG Center Shipley Arena, 706 Agricultural Drive, Westminster, MD
New and Used tack, equipment, clothes, supplies and so much more!
NO ENTRY FEE!
Thank You To Our 4H Therapeutic Riding Horse Fair Sponsors - Thank you to Barnes Bollinger Insurance Services, the Maryland Troopers Association Lodge # 20, and Zack Tomlin and Tomlin Technology for generously sponsoring our March 10, 2024 Horse Fair and Tack Sale. Their support helps pay our expenses to host the fair so that more money from the sale can go directly to the program's operating costs.
This is the only fundraiser that the 4H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County has. Good buys from multiple vendors and great food too!
The 4-H Therapeutic Riding Program of Carroll County provides persons with disabilities the opportunity to benefit from a continuous program of therapeutic horseback riding in a safe environment, under the instruction of professionally trained staff, at a local facility.
Supporting individuals with special needs in our community is building a strong future for tomorrow.
For more information – or if you would like to help support the 4-H Therapeutic Riding - Mail to:
4-H Therapeutic Riding of Carroll County
PO Box 124
Westminster, Md.
21158
Or
Email: TRPHorsefair@gmail.com
+++ Dayhoff Carroll +++
Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.
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Kevin Dayhoff Time Flies: www.kevindayhoff.info | https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Priests on Rooftops at St. John Catholic Church in Westminster Maryland
On Facebook, Father Mark Bialek wrote about this picture: "Very grateful for the support and fraternity of Sheriff Jim DeWees, Chief Tom Ledwell, Lieutenant Tim Rife and Sergeant Tom Kowalczyk as they helped with Priest on the Roof Day at our St. John Catholic School. It’s a privilege to work with you in building up our local community here in Carroll County."
+++ Dayhoff Westminster +++
+++ Dayhoff Westminster +++
Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.
Carroll County Times: www.tinyurl.com/KED-CCT
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Westminster Patch: https://patch.com/users/kevin-e-dayhoff
Facebook Dayhoff for Westminster: https://www.facebook.com/DayhoffforWestminster/
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Dayhoff Soundtrack: www.kevindayhoff.net
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Dayhoff Art: http://www.kevindayhoff.com/
Kevin Dayhoff Time Flies: www.kevindayhoff.info | https://kevindayhoff.wordpress.com/
Monday, November 27, 2023
Interview: Director of Carroll Food Sunday, Caroline Babylon
Episode #327: Director of Carroll Food Sunday, Caroline Babylon
Today Mike is chatting with Caroline Babylon, Director of Carroll Food Sunday about how they are helping the Carroll County community during the holidays.
Caroline
Interview: Director of Carroll Food Sunday, Caroline Babylon
Episode #327: Director of Carroll Food Sunday, Caroline Babylon
Today Mike is chatting with Caroline Babylon, Director of Carroll Food Sunday about how they are helping the Carroll County community during the holidays.
Caroline
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Breakfast. I am thankful for so many things.
Breakfast. I am thankful for so many things. Life is good. 26Nov2023
Breakfast. I am thankful for so many things.
Breakfast. I am thankful for so many things. Life is good. 26Nov2023
Sunday, November 12, 2023
Saturday, September 30, 2023
John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement in Carroll County By Lynn Wheeler
John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement in Carroll County By Lynn Wheeler
Attached please enjoy a pdf of a wonderful article on Carroll County Community Leader John Lewis by Lynn Wheeler, the board chair of the Historical Society of Carroll County.
CARROLL COUNTY: Carroll Yesteryears: John Lewis and the Civil Rights Movement in Carroll County By Lynn Wheeler Carroll County Times Published: Sep 24, 2023 at 11:00 am https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/cc-lt-yesteryears-092423-20230924-cj6f7sngsrdixpgiozvhjq5zje-story.html
Former U.S. Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, was, of course, a highly renowned leader in the Civil Rights movement in the U.S.
We are very fortunate to have our own John Lewis as a leader in the Civil Rights movement in Carroll County. Born in 1935, John Howard Lewis Jr., his parents and nine siblings lived in a four-room house in Johnsville, in a close-knit neighborhood of Black families. At that time, everything was officially segregated in Carroll County – schools, restaurants, movie theaters, community centers, swimming pools, bars and housing complexes. At night, John’s parents lived in fear of a visit from the nearby Ku Klux Klan.
John attended elementary school in the two-room all-Black school in Johnsville. His textbooks were damaged discards from the public school – covered with scribbles, missing pages and often containing out-of-date information.
As a young child, John worked hard on a neighboring farm and for a neighbor on construction projects.
John joined a local troop of the Boy Scouts of America when he was 11 years old. Shortly after joining, he was selected troop leader. In an interview with Pam Zappardino for the African American Trailblazers oral history series on the Community Media Center’s website, John reflected: “For the first time in my life, I became a leader of a group of people. The Boy Scouts gave me the first opportunity I had to travel and meet other people at camping jamborees. In the woods, there was no discrimination. It was almost, to me, as if we were in a different world. They taught us that you were your brother’s keeper.” From that point on, John accepted leadership roles.
John went to Robert Moton, an all-Black high school in Westminster, before dropping out at age 16 to work full time. He later received his GED. He got his certification as a licensed practical nurse, and worked at Rosewood State Hospital for several years. He then received certification as a soil conservationist and worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture for 10 years.
John also started a career as a truck driver. In 1999, John received the Truck Renting and Leasing Association’s national “Driver of the Year” award. Only one driver is chosen each year for the prestigious national award. To be considered, the driver must have at least 1 million miles or 25,000 hours of driving without an accident in which the driver is cited.
John participated in The March on Washington in 1963. As he headed into D.C., stories of hatred and police brutality throughout the south filled him with fear. “But as we pushed our way through the crowd, I fell back on my faith and took comfort in it. The massive crowd was so inspiring, it made you feel like, as African-Americans, the rest of the world has our back.” John further recalls, “When Dr. King took the podium, trust me, we felt like we were in a dream. When he finished, I felt like the gas tank of a car that had been running on empty, all of a sudden was filled with high octane. I was ready to run the race.”
So began years and years of John Lewis’s involvement in civil rights activities and leadership of Carroll’s Black community. It is difficult to arrange all of them in chronological order, but some with the greatest impact are recounted below.
In 1963, John went to the Maryland State Legislature with civil rights activist Phyllis Scott and other concerned citizens from Carroll County to testify in support of public accommodations legislation. On the spot, he was selected to give the group’s testimony. John recalls, “My heart started pounding, and I asked for the Lord to give me strength. Phyllis advised me to, ‘Look like you’re examining the crowd and take a deep breath, then talk from your heart and let them know what you think.’ I told the story with feeling and compassion. When I finished, they clapped.” The Maryland General Assembly passed the public accommodations law in 1963, making it unlawful for a restaurant owner to refuse service to anyone because of race.
Following passage of the law, John and a group of residents – including Blacks, whites and college students – tested it. John recalls, “We visited every restaurant in the county. We were well dressed, well-spoken and well-mannered. Three restaurants refused service, one in New Windsor, one in Union Bridge, and one in Mt. Airy. In all three cases, the customers in the restaurant jumped on the manager, ‘why didn’t you serve the man a cup of coffee?’” John filed lawsuits against all three restaurants and was successful.
When he worked for the USDA, “we went to a restaurant in Keymar and were told they would not serve a [negro].” The USDA filed a lawsuit and won.
In a May 2006 Carroll County Times article written by Jordan Bartel, he reports, “The only march was a small one in the early 60s in front of the Carroll Theater that refused to sell tickets to Blacks.” John recalls in his interview with Zappardino that, “we were supported by the Baltimore Colts. They threatened to boycott Carroll County if it didn’t open things up.”
In 1969, John was a charter member and served as the first president of the nonprofit Home Ownership Purchase Effort (HOPE), formed in partnership with the Brethren Church, to provide home ownership opportunities for low income Black families. John notes, “We purchased houses on Union Street from [then] Western Maryland College, rehabbed or rebuilt them and sold them at cost.”
In 1999, the Carroll County NAACP Branch (originally established in the 1950s) got its charter back. John took on the role as membership chair. “The membership had dwindled to 75 or 80. We didn’t have any money in the treasury. My first responsibility was to get funds in order to pay the national and state dues. I called the board members. We reached into our pockets and paid the dues.” John raised the membership to more than 250.
John served as NAACP president in 2003-2004. With the help of then-Westminster Mayor Kevin Dayhoff, he was able to arrange for an office in the Nonprofit Center, which opened in 2004. While he was president, he worked to establish a Continuing Education Award to benefit African American college-bound high school students graduating from Carroll County Public Schools.
John helped his community in many ways. He has a beautiful baritone voice. In 1974, he was one of a trio of “Brotherhood Night” singers in a benefit to raise funds to connect Westminster’s Charles Street residents to the city sewer system. In 1976, he played the role of Joe and sang “Ol’ Man River” in September Song’s production of “Showboat,” to benefit The ARC of Carroll County.
John has worked tirelessly to make Carroll County a welcoming place for all. In 2004, his efforts were recognized at the Carroll County NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, where he received a Governor’s Citation and a proclamation from Dayhoff honoring John for being “tirelessly compassionate, persistent and always willing to volunteer his wise counsel and hard work,” and proclaiming Nov. 20, 2004, as John Lewis Day in Westminster.
Lynn Wheeler is the board chair of the Historical Society of Carroll County
Find it here on the Carroll County NAACP Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ccnaacp/
And on the CC NAACP website: https://ccnaacp7014.blogspot.com/2023/09/john-lewis-and-civil-rights-movement-in.html
+++ Dayhoff Westminster +++
Kevin Dayhoff for Westminster Authority Caroline Babylon, Treasurer.
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