Montgomery County has reprinted its 2001 “Places from the Past: The Tradition of Gardez Bien in Montgomery County, Maryland” on more than 400 historic sites in the county, plus added a new electronic version. We speak with the author, Kelly, a county historic preservation planner.
How did “gardez bien” become the county motto? Montgomery County is named for Richard Montgomery, who is the first American who was killed in the Revolutionary War. His family motto was gardez bien, which means to take good care.
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