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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 5-6
Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 07:30:12 -0400

On May 6, 1755, Lawrence Everhart, who save Col.
William Washington's life at The Battle of Cowpens
(S.C.) and who carried a wounded Lafayette from The
Brandywine Battlefield near Philadelphia, was born in
Hessheim, Germany. He died August 1, 1840, in
Middletown.

On May 6, 1806, Barbara Hauer and John C. Fritchie
were married.

On May 6, 1843, James Allen, who was awarded a
Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at The
Battle of South Mountain on September 14, 1862,
was born in Ireland.

On May 6, 1913, the remains of the foundation of the
original All Saints Episcopal Church on East All Saints
Street were uncovered during excavation of the
graveyard. All bodies located were reinterred at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery.

On May 6, 1981, an Air Force converted Boeing 707
jet from Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,
exploded over Walkersville and crashed into the
farmland just north of town. All 21 people aboard
were killed.

On May 6, 1985, G. Edward Dwyer Jr., a 39-year-
old Frederick attorney, was sworn in as a judge of the
Frederick County Circuit Court.

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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