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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: History Moment - 6-14-06
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 06:17:07 -0400


On June 14, 1796, Plummer Ijams, the father of the man for whom Ijamsville
in eastern Frederick County is named, died.


On June 14, 1874, the Rev. Dr. Edmund R. Eschbach was installed as the
pastor of The Evangelical Reformed Church in the unit block of West Church
Street in Frederick. He remained in the post until his death on April 15,
1910.


On June 14, 1881, the remains of the Rev. Frederick L. Henop were gathered
from their resting place in the old Trinity Chapel on West Church Street in
Frederick and stored in the new church across the street. They were
reinterred inside the renovated chapel on July 2, 1881.


On June 14, 1888, the Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company,
publishers of The News and The Frederick Post (from 1916) until 2001, was
incorporated.


On June 14, 1922, a monument to Francis Scott Key, who is buried at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, was dedicated at Ft. McHenry in Baltimore.


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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