Westminster, Maryland -
Whittaker Chambers' Pumpkin Patch
Chambers hid secret documents in hollowed-out pumpkins on his family farm, then gave them (the documents, not the pumpkins) to Dick Nixon to fight the Commies.
- Address:
- Saw Mill Rd, Westminster, MD
- Directions:
- Pipe Creek Farm. I-795 to exit 9B. Drive 12.5 miles west on Hwy 140/Baltimore Blvd. Exit onto Hwy 97/Littlestown Pike north. Drive five miles, then turn right onto Saw Mill Rd. for about a half-mile. The patch is unmarked; it's now a lawn.
- Hours:
- Private property. Visible from road.
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Whittaker Chambers' Pumpkin Patch The pumpkin patch was more of a compost area where "volunteer" pumpkins grew, and is now just lawn. Chambers, looking for a unique place to hide communist documents he held to prove his case, hid them for a short time in hollowed-out pumpkins.
This is on private land still owned by the Chambers family. [David Almasi, 11/28/2010]
And even better, after you're done, you can choose between Baugher's, Hoffman's, or Simmon's General Store for great homemade ice cream. Yum! [anon, 01/01/1998]
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