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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 09:04:01 -0500
On November 12, 1814, the second All Saints Episcopal
Church was consecrated on North Court Street in Frederick.
The first church was built on East All Saints Street where the
Greyhound Bus Station is today. It was dismantled brick by
brick and the materials were used in the construction of the
Court Street church.
On November 12, 1905, Frances Elizabeth Brown, an
elementary school teacher for 40 years and who was
instrumental in the founding of the Esther E. Grinage
Kindergarten Association, was born in Washington, D. C.
She died February 20, 1997, at the Carroll Manor Nursing
Home and Rehabilitation Center in Washington. She was
buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Suitland, MD.
On November 12, 1912, the cornerstone was laid for the
Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home at Frederick
City Hospital.
On November 12, 1913, in a letter to The Baltimore Sun,
a Civil War veteran confirmed the Barbara Fritchie incident.
On November 12, 1973, Rose Hill Manor was awarded
the first plaque from the Frederick County Landmarks
Foundation.
If anyone can add information to these History Moments,
or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day,
please contact me privately.
John W. Ashbury
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Walkersville, MD 21793
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