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Monocacy National BattlefieldBest Farm, Monocacy National Battlefield (facing south)
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The Best Farm looking west from MD Rt. 355  

Did You Know?
The Best Farm was once a 748-acre plantation known as L'Hermitage, which was founded by a family of French planters from the colony of Saint-Domingue (Haiti).
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