Germantown, Maryland

==History==

===Early history (1830–1865)===
In the 1830s and 1840s, the central business area was focused around the intersection of Liberty Mill Road and Clopper Road. Several German immigrants set up shop at the intersection and the town became known as "German Town", even though most residents of the town were of English or Scottish descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|work=Germantown Historical Society |author=Germantown Historical Society|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview |quote=The crossroads became known as "German town" because of the heavy German accents of these people. The name has stuck even though a majority of the land-owners in the area were of English or Scottish descent. |access-date=March 10, 2013 }}</ref>

====American Civil War====
[[File:Maryland, Germantown. Headquarters Christian Commission in the Field. - NARA - 533327.jpg|thumb|A field headquarters of the U.S. Christian Commission at Germantown in September 1863]]
Although it avoided much of the physical destruction that ravaged other cities in the region, the [[American Civil War|Civil War]] was still a cause of resentment and division among residents of Germantown. Many Germantown residents were [[Abolitionism|against slavery]] and had sons fighting for the [[Union Army]]. In contrast, other residents of Germantown owned slaves, and even those who were not slave-owners had sons fighting for the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]]. As a result, many people in Germantown, who had been on friendly terms with each other, made an effort not to interact with each other, such as switching churches, or frequenting a store or mill miles away from the ones they would normally do business with.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|author=Germantown Historical Society|work=Germantown Historical Society|quote=The Civil War took a terrible toll on Germantown, not because there was any actual fighting here, but because of the animosities between neighbors that it created. Many of the families of German descent were against slavery and had sons fighting in the Union army. Many of the families of English descent owned slaves and even many who didn't, had sons fighting in the Confederate army. Many people who had formerly been friendly went out of their way to not have to deal with each other, some changing churches, or going to a mill or store miles distant from the one they usually used.|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref>

Late in the summer and fall of 1861, there were more than twenty thousand Union soldiers camped to the west of Germantown, in neighboring [[Darnestown, Maryland|Darnestown]] and [[Poolesville, Maryland|Poolesville]]. Occasionally, these soldiers would come to Germantown and frequent the stores there. In September 1862 and in June 1863, several regiments of Union Army soldiers marched north on [[Maryland Route 355]], on their way to the [[Battle of Antietam|battles of Antietam]] and [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]], respectively. In July 1864, General [[Jubal Early]] led his army of Confederate soldiers down Maryland Route 355 to attack the Union capital of [[Washington, D.C.]] Throughout the course of the war, Confederate raiders would often pass through the Germantown area. Local farmers in the Germantown area lost horses and other livestock to both Union and Confederate armies.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|author=Germantown Historical Society|work=Germantown Historical Society|quote=In the late summer and fall of 1861 there were more than 20,000 Union soldiers camped to the west of Germantown in the Darnestown and Poolesville areas. Sometimes these soldiers would come to the stores in Germantown. In September, 1862, and June, 1863, many regiments of Union soldiers marched north on Rt. 355 on their way to the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg. In July, 1864, Gen. Jubal Early led his Confederate army down Rt. 355 to attack Washington, D.C. Confederate raiders also came through the area several times during the War. Local farmers lost horses and other livestock to the armies of both sides.|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref>

====Assassination of Abraham Lincoln====
In 1865, [[George Atzerodt]], a co-conspirator in the [[assassination of Abraham Lincoln|assassination]] of [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Abraham Lincoln]], was captured in Germantown. Atzerodt had come to the town with his family from Prussia when he was about nine years old. About five years later, his father moved the family to [[Virginia]], but Atzerodt still had many friends and relatives in Germantown.<ref name="American Brutus"/> He was living in Port Tobacco during the Civil War, and supplementing his meager income as a carriage painter by smuggling people across the Potomac River in a rowboat. This clandestine occupation brought him into contact with [[John Surratt]] and [[John Wilkes Booth]] and he was drawn into a plot to kidnap President Lincoln. On April 14, 1865, Booth gave Atzerodt a gun and told him that he was to kill [[Vice President of the United States|U.S. Vice President]] [[Andrew Johnson]], which he refused to do.<ref name="American Brutus"/> When he found out that Booth had shot Lincoln, Atzerodt panicked and fled to the Germantown farm of his cousin Hartman Richter, on Schaeffer Road near Clopper Road. He was discovered there by soldiers on April 20, six days after the assassination. Atzerodt was tried, convicted and [[Hanging|hanged]] on July 7, 1865, along with co-conspirators [[Mary Surratt]], [[Lewis Powell (assassin)|Lewis Powell]], and [[David Herold]] at [[Washington, D.C.]]'s [[Fort Lesley J. McNair|Fort McNair]].<ref name="American Brutus">{{cite book|last=Kauffman|first=M.|title=American Brutus|year=2004|publisher=Random House|isbn=0-375-75974-3|pages=282–284}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|author=Germantown Historical Society|work=Germantown Historical Society|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview}}</ref><ref>"George Atzerodt: The Reluctant Assassin," The Montgomery County Story, Montgomery County Historical Society, Vol. 58 No. 1, summer 2015</ref>

===Expansion (1865–1950)===
Germantown did not have a public school until after the end of the [[American Civil War]]. During that time, education was handled at home. In 1868, a one-room schoolhouse was built on [[Maryland Route 118]], near Black Rock Road, which hosted children from both Germantown and neighboring Darnestown.<ref name="19th century history"/> In 1883, a larger one-room schoolhouse was built closer to Clopper Road. Another, newer school was constructed in 1910, on what is now the site of Germantown Elementary School.<ref name="19th century history"/> This school had four rooms, with two downstairs and two upstairs, with each room housing two grade levels. After the eighth grade, the students would head via train to nearby Rockville, for further education.<ref name="19th century history">{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|author=Germantown Historical Society|work=Germantown Historical Society|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|quote=There was no public school in Germantown until after the Civil War. Before that time school was held in people's homes. In 1868 there was a one-room school on built on Rt. 118 near Blackrock Road that served the children of both Germantown and Darnestown. In 1883 a larger one-room school was built closer to Clopper Road to teach the children of Germantown. Another new school was built in 1910 on the present site of Germantown Elementary school. This school had four rooms—two downstairs and two upstairs—each room housing two grades. After eighth grade the children rode the train to attend high-school in Rockville.|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref>

[[File:The Cider Barrel, Germantown, Maryland, 1925.jpg|thumb|The Germantown Cider Barrel in 1925.]]
The wooden structure of the Bowman Brothers Mill fell victim to a fire in 1914. Four years later, the owners were back in business again, selling the mill to the Liberty Milling Company, a brand new corporation. Augustus Selby was the first owner and manager of the new Liberty Mill, which opened in 1918. Electricity was brought into Liberty Mill and also served the homes and businesses nearby, making Germantown the first area in the northern portion of Montgomery County to receive electricity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|work=Germantown Historical Society|author=Germantown Historical Society|quote=Fire engulfed the old wooden structure of the Bowman Brothers Mill in 1914, but four years later they were in business again and sold the mill to a brand new corporation—the Liberty Milling Company. Augustus Selby was the first owner/manager of the new mill which opened in 1918. Electricity was brought into the mill and also served the homes and businesses nearby, making this the first area in the northern part of the county to get electricity.|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref>

In 1935, professional baseball player [[Walter Perry Johnson]], who played as a pitcher for the Washington Senators (now the [[Minnesota Twins]]), purchased a farm on what is now the site of [[Seneca Valley High School]]. Used as a dairy farm, Johnson lived there with his five children and his mother (his wife had died), until his death in 1946.<ref name="WalterPerryJohnson">{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|author=Germantown Historical Society|work=Germantown Historical Society|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|quote=Johnson bought his dream farm in Germantown in 1935 and lived here with his five children and his mother, his wife having passed away, until his death in 1946. His dairy farm was located where Seneca Valley High School is today. He was elected by the local people to two terms as a County Commissioner.|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref>  A road near the school was named after him.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

"Feed the Liberty Way" was used as a slogan for Liberty Mill which, with eight silos, became the second largest mill in all of Maryland, supplying flour to the [[United States Army]] during [[World War II]]. Cornmeal and animal feed were also manufactured at Liberty Mill, and a store at the mill sold specialty mixes, such as pancake and muffin mix.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|work=Germantown Historical Society|author=Germantown Historical Society|quote="Feed the Liberty Way" was the slogan for the mill which, with its 8 silos, became the second largest mill in Maryland and supplied flour for the army during World War II. Cornmeal and animal feed were also made at the mill, and a mill store sold specialty mixes like pancake and muffin mix.|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref> Following the end of [[World War II]], the Liberty Mill went into disrepair. For over 25 years, the mill continued to deteriorate until it was destroyed by an arsonist on May 30, 1972.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|work=Germantown Historical Society|author=Germantown Historical Society|quote=After the war the mill went into decline, and was burned by arson in 1971.|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref> The cement silos were removed by the county in 1986 to make way for the MARC Germantown train station commuter parking lot.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://patch.com/maryland/germantown/the-dawn-of-the-industrial-age-in-germantown | title=The Dawn of the Industrial Age in Germantown | date=August 25, 2011 }}</ref>

===Development and master plan (1950–1980)===
[[File:Cider Barrel in Germantown, Maryland (1966), by Dan Brodt.jpg|thumb|Cider Barrel in 1966]]
In January 1958, the [[U.S. Atomic Energy Commission]] was relocated from its location in downtown [[Washington, D.C.]], to Germantown, which was considered far enough from the city to withstand a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] nuclear attack.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.er.doe.gov/SC-80/trail/history.htm |title=Redirection Page |work=U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911094925/http://www.er.doe.gov/sc-80/trail/history.htm |archive-date=September 11, 2009 |df=mdy }}</ref> The facility now operates as an administration complex for the [[U.S. Department of Energy]] and headquarters for its Office of Biological and Environmental Research.<ref name="Biological"/>

Marshall Davis owned a farm located where [[Interstate 270 (Maryland)|I-270]] and Germantown Road intersect today.<ref name= once>{{cite news |title= Once-Rural Germantown Growing Up |first= Felicity |last= Barringer |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= September 19, 1977 |page= A1 |id= {{ProQuest|146738794}} }}</ref> After I-270 divided his farm in two, Davis decided to sell the last of his land to the International Development Corporation for about $1,300 per acre in 1955.<ref name= once/> [[Fairchild-Hiller Corporation]] bought the land for about $4,000 per acre in 1964, and it built an industrial park on the land four years later.<ref name= once/> Harry Unglesee and his family sold their farm near Hoyles Mill Road for less than $1,000 per acre in 1959.<ref name= once/> Other farmers soon sold their land to developers and speculators as well.<ref name= once/>

The Germantown Master Plan was adopted in 1967.<ref name= boasts>{{cite news |title= Germantown Master Plan Boasts a Time Schedule |newspaper= The Washington Post |date= August 11, 1973 |page= E21 |id= {{ProQuest|148394807}} }}</ref> The plan for the {{convert|17|sqmi|km2|adj=on}} area included a dense central downtown area and less dense development surrounding it.<ref name= revision>{{cite news|title=Revision Approved Of Germantown Plan: 'New Town' Plan Change Is Approved|first=Alice|last=Bonner|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 9, 1974|page=C1|id={{ProQuest|146220112}}}}</ref> In 1967, the [[Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority]], in its planning of the [[Washington metro]], considered having Germantown be the western terminus for the [[Red Line (Washington Metro)|Red Line]]. Ultimately, [[Shady Grove station|Shady Grove]] was selected instead.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://architectofthecapital.org/posts/2016/6/18/wmata-metro-proposal-1967 | title=WMATA's Metro Proposal from 1967 | date=June 19, 2016 }}</ref>

In 1974, the Montgomery County Council approved an amended plan written by the Montgomery County Planning Board.<ref name= boasts/> The amended plan included a downtown area and six separate villages, each comprising smaller neighborhoods with schools, shopping areas, and public facilities.<ref name= revision/> The amended plan also included the construction of a third campus for [[Montgomery College]] near the downtown area.<ref name= revision/> The same year, the completion of a sewer line helped the development and growth of Germantown.<ref name="Sewer">{{cite web|url=http://www.germantownmdhistory.org/?q=node/2|author=Germantown Historical Society|work=Germantown Historical Society|title=Germantown's History, A Brief Overview|quote=The area felt a new surge of energy with the building of interstate 270 in the 1960s. For a while the old and the new mixed as employees of the Atomic Energy Commission (now the Department of Energy) came to the old Germantown store for lunch and Mr. Burdette's cows often had to be cleared from the road. When the sewer line was completed in 1974 building in Germantown began in earnest.|access-date=March 10, 2013}}</ref>

During the 1970s, [[Wernher von Braun]], a German rocket scientist during [[World War II]], worked for the aerospace company [[Fairchild Industries]], which had offices in Germantown, as its vice president for Engineering and Development. Von Braun worked at Fairchild Industries from July 1, 1972, until his death on June 16, 1977.<ref name="Braun">{{cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/people/wernher-von-braun-9224912|title=Wernher von Braun Biography|publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC|access-date=September 19, 2017}}</ref> The [[A-10 Thunderbolt]] and the landing gear of the [[Space Shuttle]] were both designed at these offices.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rockvillenights.com/2023/08/fairchild-apartments-in-germantown.html | title=Fairchild Apartments in Germantown recall the golden age of Montgomery County (Photos) }}</ref>

The Germantown Campus of [[Montgomery College]] opened on October 21, 1978. At the time, it consisted of two buildings, 24 employees, and 1,200 students.<ref name="Montgomery College">{{cite web|url=http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/maps.aspx?id=23554|title=Montgomery College – Germantown Campus|publisher=Montgomery College|access-date=August 16, 2017|archive-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822103254/http://cms.montgomerycollege.edu/edu/maps.aspx?id=23554|url-status=dead}}</ref> Enrollment had increased to five thousand students by 2003, with eighty employees across four buildings. A steel [[water tower]] modeled after the [[Earth]] can be seen from orbiting satellites in [[outer space]]. As of 2008, a forty-acre bio-technology laboratory was nearing completion.<ref>{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=Margaret|title=Then & Now: Around Germantown|url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=wikipedia&q=isbn%3A9780738554167|access-date=March 8, 2013|year=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=978-0-7385-5416-7|page=72|quote=Montgomery College, Germantown Campus, opened October 21, 1978, with two buildings, 1,200 students, and a faculty of 24. A steel water towel modeled Planet Earth as seen from a satellite. By 2003, enrollment was 5,000 with 80 faculty members in four buildings. A 40-acre biotechnology laboratory is nearing competition in 2008.}}</ref>

===Economic growth and modern development (1980–present)===
[[File:Wea02110 - Flickr - NOAA Photo Library.jpg|thumb|[[Seneca Creek State Park]]'s Clopper Lake in October 2002]]
Since the early 1980s, Germantown has experienced rapid economic and population growth, both in the form of townhouses and single-family dwellings, and an urbanized "town center" has been built. Germantown was the fastest growing zip code in the [[Washington metropolitan area]] and Maryland in 1986, and the 1980s saw a population growth of 323.3% for Germantown.<ref>{{cite news|title=Germantown: Zip Code Seeking Identity; Montgomery Community's Dream Is Sidetracked by Economics|last=Meyer|first= Eugene L.|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 17, 1987|page=A1|id={{ProQuest|306866256}}}}</ref>

In 2000, the Upcounty Regional Services Center opened in Germantown, and a 16,000 square feet section of the first floor was home to the Germantown Public Library for several years until it moved to a new, 19 million dollar complex in 2007.<ref name="RenamedCenter">{{cite web |url=http://www.gazette.net/article/20130930/NEWS/130939994/1261/germantown-center-renamed-for-former-county-executive&template=gazette |first=Sylvia |last=Carignan |location=9030 Comprint Court, Gaithersburg, Maryland |title=Germantown center renamed for former county executive: Ceremony to be held Sept. 29 |date=September 30, 2013 |work=The Gazette |publisher=Post-Newsweek Media, Inc. |access-date=October 4, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005153634/http://www.gazette.net/article/20130930/NEWS/130939994/1261/germantown-center-renamed-for-former-county-executive%26template%3Dgazette |archive-date=October 5, 2013 |df=mdy }}</ref><ref name="GTPL">{{cite book|last=Coleman|first=Margaret|title=Then & Now: Around Germantown|url=http://www.worldcat.org/search?qt=wikipedia&q=isbn%3A9780738554167|access-date=March 8, 2013|year=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|location=Charleston, South Carolina|isbn=978-0-7385-5416-7|page=58|quote=Until recent years, Germantown book lovers went to the library in Gaithersburg or patronized the weekly bookmobile. In the year 2000, the Upcounty Regional Services Center opened and the largest first-floor space became the library. In 2007, the Germantown Public Library moved to its own, separate location. The new library opened at a cost of $19 million. Now library space is enlarged from 16,000 to 44,193 square feet on two levels. There are 180,000 volumes on the shelves, and 37 PCs available for public use.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mont.lib.md.us/gt.html|title=Germantown Community Library|date=November 1996|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970330211323/http://www.mont.lib.md.us/gt.html|archive-date=March 30, 1997|work=Montgomery County Public Libraries|location=Montgomery County, Maryland}}</ref> On September 29, 2013, it was renamed as the Sidney Kramer Upcounty Regional Services Center after Sidney Kramer, Montgomery County executive from 1986 to 1990.<ref name="RenamedCenter"/>

In October 2000, the [[Maryland SoccerPlex]] opened in Germantown.<ref name="History">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdsoccerplex.org/aboutus/mdsoccerplex/857704.html|title=Maryland Soccerplex History|publisher=Maryland Soccer Foundation|date=May 6, 2000|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609035021/http://www.mdsoccerplex.org/aboutus/mdsoccerplex/857704.html|archive-date=June 9, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> The sports complex includes nineteen natural grass fields, three artificial fields, a 5,200 seat soccer stadium with lighting and press box, eight indoor convertible basketball/volleyball courts.<ref name="Soccerplex Map"/> Two miniature golf courses, a splash park, a driving range, an archery course, community garden, model boat pond, two BMX courses, tennis center, and a swim center are also located within the confines of the complex.<ref name="Soccerplex Map">{{cite web|url=http://www.mdsoccerplex.org/aboutus/mdsoccerplex/857706.html|title=Maryland Soccerplex Map|publisher=Maryland Soccer Foundation|access-date=August 14, 2017|archive-date=August 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170825061451/http://www.mdsoccerplex.org/aboutus/mdsoccerplex/857706.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The soccerplex was the home of the [[Washington Spirit]] of the [[National Women's Soccer League]] from 2013 to 2019.<ref name="History"/>

On October 14, 2002, the [[D.C. sniper attacks|D.C. snipers]] briefly stopped at Milestone Shopping center in Germantown.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7sSzi4c_Fc&list=PLOYjsh73gPKRoMOpdsZwLm_ny3cNyoSgy&index=21&ab_channel=FOX5WashingtonDC | title=Call Me God - Episode 6 &#124; Three Weeks of Hell: The DC Snipers Podcast | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

In 2003, one of Germantown's trailer parks, the Cider Barrel Mobile Home Park, closed after decades of operation, having been in business since at least the 1970s.<ref name=last2close>{{cite news |url=http://www.gazette.net/stories/112807/germnew201732_32363.shtml |title=County's last trailer park to close |newspaper=The Gazette |date=November 28, 2007 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |first=Meghan |last=Tierney |archive-date=July 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180719113716/http://www.gazette.net/stories/112807/germnew201732_32363.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://insidemc.montgomerycollege.edu/details.php?id=41472 |title=William E. Cross Foundation Awards $20,000 to Support Montgomery College Students |publisher=Montgomery College |date=December 3, 2012 |access-date=July 19, 2018 |quote=The Cross family established the Cider Barrel Mobile Home Park on Route 355 in Germantown, Md., not far from the College's Germantown Campus. }}</ref> Despite this closure, the Barrel building itself was preserved, with a cluster of [[apartment#Garden apartment (US)|garden apartments]] erected near it.<ref name=last2close />

On August 14, 2011, a [[7-Eleven]] convenience store in downtown Germantown fell victim to a [[flash rob|flash mob robbery]] of nearly forty people.<ref name="FlashMobRob"/> The incident garnered widespread attention in the United States and internationally.<ref name="FlashMobRob">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/crime-scene/post/possible-flash-mob-robbery-in-germantown/2011/08/15/gIQAmZFvGJ_blog.html#pagebreak|title=Police probe Germantown flash-mob thefts|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=August 15, 2011|access-date=March 10, 2013|author=Justin Jouvenal and Dan Morse}}</ref>

Holy Cross Health opened a {{convert|237000|sqft|adj=on}} hospital on the campus of Montgomery College in October 2014, becoming the first hospital in the U.S. to be built on a community college campus.<ref name="HCH">{{cite web|url=http://www.holycrosshealth.org/about-holycrossgermantown|title=About Holy Cross Health – Germantown|publisher=Holy Cross Health|access-date=September 19, 2017}}</ref> The opening of the new 93-bed hospital strengthened the college's medical program by giving students the opportunity for hands-on work and access to more advanced medical technology.<ref name="HCH"/> The hospital was projected to eventually bring 5,000 new jobs to the area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.holycrosshealth.org/hcgh |title=Holy Cross Germantown Hospital |publisher=Holy Cross Health |access-date=May 11, 2014 }}</ref>

In August 2017, Brandi Edinger initiated efforts to [[crowdfund]] the repurposing of the historic Cider Barrel as a bakery via [[Kickstarter]], but failed to meet the $80,000 goal set.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Zimmermann |first1=Joe |title=Germantown Resident Hopes to Resurrect Cider Barrel as Bakery |url=https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/dine/germantown-resident-hopes-to-resurrect-cider-barrel-as-bakery/ |website=Bethesda Magazine |access-date=2 January 2020 |date=10 August 2017}}</ref> On January 1, 2020, it was reported that plans are underway to reopen the Barrel in the spring of that year after it was closed for nearly two decades.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tsironis |first1=Alex |title=The Cider Barrel to Reopen This Spring |url=https://www.mocoshow.com/blog/the-cider-barrel-is-coming-back/ |website=The MoCoShow |access-date=2 January 2020 |date=1 January 2020}}</ref> However, due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] it had been delayed indefinitely.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Pekow |first1=Charles |title=Will the Cider Barrel ever reopen? |url=https://www.montgomerymag.com/will-the-cider-barrel-ever-reopen/ |website=Montgomery Magazine |access-date=6 July 2022 |date=6 April 2022}}</ref>