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The Friend Family Association of
America, a non-profit organization open to all, publishes the FRIENDSHIP
NEWSLETTER quarterly for members, holds genealogical seminars biennially,
and with proceeds from dues, donations, and the FRIENDSHIP STORE, supports
the COLONEL LESTER D. FRIEND HISTORICAL LIBRARY and the NATIONAL HERITAGE
MUSEUM, both located in the headquarters building in Friendsville, Maryland.
Membership is open to all persons regardless of race, creed, or place of origin.
Friendsville,
Maryland was founded in 1765 by John Friend who bought the land from the
Indians. It is the oldest permanent settlement in what is now Garrett Count
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