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2012
Gathering of Friends
Group gathering from the 2010 Gathering of Friends
2012 Friend Family Gathering
June 22, 23, and 24, 2012
Hagerstown, Maryland
Gathering
Headquarters is the Homewood Suites by Hilton in Hagerstown. It is
easily accessible from the interstate.
Book your
rooms early ! Homewood Suites is holding a block of rooms for us at a
reduced rate of $109 a night. When you call to reserve your room,
please
remember to tell the hotel that you are with the Friend Family.
The hotel phone number is: 301- 665-3816
Hagerstown is located in Washington County, Maryland, and is the eastern
most part of scenic Western Maryland.
Antietam
Battlefield and Fort Frederick are nearby. Other areas of interest are
Harper’s Ferry, the C&O Canal and Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum. Self guided
tours will be available to some of these areas.
For those
coming in early or staying over after the Gathering, Gettysburg, PA is only
about an hour away. Historic Cumberland, MD is about an hour west. Also,
Baltimore and Washington, DC are within easy driving distance.
There is
also a wide variety of restaurants, a large shopping mall and shopping
outlets.
We are
excited about our FFAA Gathering next year. We think the Hagerstown area
has something for everyone.
Plan now
to attend next June !
You will
find a Gathering registration on our website at this link:
Registration.
Be sure
to watch for more details in our November issue of the Friendship News, in
the next Friend Family Association
E-Communiqués,
and on our Facebook page.
Check out previous events at
Gathering of Friends 2008 and
Gathering of Friends 2010.
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The Friend Family Association of America is proud to announce
nineteen (19) new books that are only available through our
organization !
"Susannah
Friend-House,
Daughter of John Friend Sr.
Books I"
“John Friend Sr. of Friendsville, MD”
(2nd edition)
Friend Family Association of America
Newsletters "The Friendship News" on CD
"Andrew Coleman Friend"
"Jonathan "Sugar Joe" Friend"
"Joab Jonah Friend
of
Grimes Point, MD"
"Josiah Green Friend of Swanton, Maryland" book one and two
"Friendsville, Maryland: A Brief History"
"A
Brief History of Friend's Delight, Sang Run, Maryland"
"Joseph Friend, Sarah Green and Their
Descendants of Friendsville, Maryland"
"William Edmundson Friend of Friendsville, MD (The Gun Maker)"
"Collection of Obituaries"
see index
for this book
"Elijah Friend (1814 to 1869) of Sang Run, MD"
"Cornelius Ward Friend"
"John
Friend Jr. of "Friend's Delight" Sang Run, Maryland"
"Andrew Friend and His Family: The Earliest
Pioneers of the Potomac River"
SOLD OUT - A second edition will be available in the near
future
"Selected Cemeteries and
Gravestones of Garrett County, Maryland:
see index for this book
"The Maps and Papers of William H. H. Friend, 2nd Edition"
See the PDF
format index for the Friend Family series of
books(unless otherwise marked) by clicking here:
Index of Friend Family books
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| Where
has The Gathering of Friends Been... |
Since
1976 one was held each year until 1980 then it proceed to every
two years. Where has been the past "Gathering of Friends"
Seminars? Let's take a look:
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1976 - California |
1992 - None Held |
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1977 - Lancaster, Ohio |
1994 - McHenry, Maryland |
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1978 - Galesburg, Illinois |
1996 - Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
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1979 - Louisville, Kentucky |
1998 - Sewickley, Pennsylvania |
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1980 - Fort Wayne, Indiana |
2000 - Friendsville, Maryland |
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1982 - Huntington Beach, California |
2002 - Friendsville, Maryland |
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1984 - Friendsville, Maryland |
2004 - Richmond, Indiana |
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1986 - Romulus, Michigan |
2006
- Cumberland Maryland |
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1988 - McHenry, Maryland |
2008 - Lancaster, Ohio |
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1990 - Reynoldsburg, Ohio |
2010 - Friendsville, Maryland |
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2012
- Hagerstown, Maryland |
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The photographs below are "Thumbnail Pictures" and by clicking on the image, a larger
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2008 Gathering |
2008 Gathering |
2008 Gathering |
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Group picture of the
gathering
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Group picture of the
gathering
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FFAA President, Becky Korns, presented FFAA Chairman of the
Board of Trustees, Hugh Friend, a plaque for appreciation for
his many years of service to the association.
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2008
Gathering |
2008
Gathering |
2008
Gathering |
FFAA member, Delores Shade, snaps a photo of FFAA member
Louise Pence and Mary Inman, in period dress. Louise and Mary
demonstrated to those attending the Gathering how men and women
dressed (layer by layer) in earlier times.
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FFAA President, Becky Korns, presented
FFAA newsletter
editor, Board of Trustees and Chaplin, Dr. Don Fritz
a plaque for appreciation for his many years of service to the
association.
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Carlos Friend shares a wooden xylophone, believe to have been
from maple, and demonstrated the sound created when it was
played.
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2008
Gathering |
2008
Gathering |
2008
Gathering |
Carlos Friend shares a wooden xylophone, believe to have been
from maple, and demonstrated the sound created when it was
played. |
The Friend Store was open during the Gathering
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Friend cousins, Col. Don Friend and Mary Lou Fritz share
portraits of their ancestors with the group
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2008
Gathering |
2008
Gathering |
2008
Gathering |
Gary Bowers show hand tools he used to make redwood fence
pickets.
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Gary Bowers show hand tools he used to make redwood fence
pickets.
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MC, Dr. Don Fritz leads the group through the events of the
2008 Gathering. |
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2008
Gathering |
2006
Gathering |
2006
Gathering |
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Karl Friend tells of the first Friend
Gatherings. |
Group picture of the gathering
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Registration Day. The lady on left is
member Maxine Johnson. The quilt was the wall hanging made by Florence Boyer
and won by Louise Friend. |
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2006
Gathering |
2006
Gathering |
2002
Gathering |
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Busy at one
of the many seminars at the Gathering
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Ina Claire
Hicks, former Librarian with Louise.
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Ina Claire Hicks, former Librarian with
Pat Smith, FFAA 2nd Vice President
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2002
Gathering |
2000
Gathering |
2000
Gathering |
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Group picture of the
gathering
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Group picture of the
gathering
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