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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: History Moment - 11-12
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 10:17:51 -0500
On November 12, 1814, the second All Saints Episcopal Church was consecrated
on North Court Street in Frederick.
On November 12, 1905, Frances Elizabeth Browne, an elementary school teacher
for 40 years who was instrumental in the founding of the Esther E. Grinage
Kindergarten Association in 1937, was born in Washington. She died February
20, 1997, at the Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in
Washington. She was buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Suitland, MD. (The Esther
Grinage Kindergarten was the first such school for Negro children in
Frederick.)
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 Sun of Baltimore, a Civil War
veteran confirmed the Barbara Fritchie story.
On November 12, 1950, a memorial was placed in the triangle where Woodsboro
Pike (old MD 194) and Maryland 550 meet in the town of Woodsboro to honor
residents who served in both World War I and World War II.
On November 12, 1973, Rose Hill Manor, the last home of Maryland's first
Governor, Thomas Johnson, was awarded the first plaque by 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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