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Subject: Re: [MDFR] History Moment - 7-5
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2001 13:33:03 -0400

When was the Maryland School for the Deaf established
and when was the school built?

Thanks
Jean


On Thu, 5 Jul 2001 06:53:07 -0400 "John Ashbury" <>
writes:
> On July 5, 1857, the first wooden bridge was put in
> operation over the Potomac River from Berlin to
> Lovettsville, VA.
>
> On July 5, 1862, C. Thomas Kemp, owner of Kemp's
> Department Store on The Square Corner in Frederick,
> was born. He died July 1, 1930, of Parkinson's Disease
> at his home at 208 Rockwell Terrace. He was buried at
> Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
>
> On July 5, 1876, Hiram Winchester, the president of the
> Frederick Female Seminary until 1865, and the man for
> whom Winchester Hall on East Church Street in
> Frederick is named, died at Cambridge, MD at 72. He
> came to Frederick in 1838 and started a girl's school.
>
> On July 5, 1967, the demolition of the 97-year-old main
> building at the Maryland School for The Deaf was begun.
>
> 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
> ()
> Walkersville, MD 21793
>
>
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