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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 7-27-07
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 06:14:21 -0400


On July 27, 1834, John Brien, the owner of Catoctin Furnace, died in Bedford
Springs, PA.


On July 27, 1848, wires for the magnetic telegraph from Baltimore to
Wheeling, VA, were installed in Frederick.


On July 27, 1917, Amos Tecumseh "Tup" Lucas, who was born into slavery, died
at his Thurmont home at age 69. He had become a familiar figure in town and
had a barber shop for many years which served Thurmont's white population.


On July 27, 1944, the deed giving ownership of the historic Steiner House,
at the intersection of West Patrick Street and South Jefferson Street, to
the Historical Society of Frederick County for its first permanent home was
recorded.


On July 27, 1958, President and Mrs. Dwight D. Eisenhower made a surprise
call at the home of Goodloe and Beverly Byron on Fleming Avenue in
Frederick. During World War II, Mrs. Eisenhower shared an apartment in
Washington with Mrs. Ruth Butcher, Mrs. Byron's mother. Mrs. Butcher was
staying with the Byrons at the time of this visit. Both Mr. and Mrs. Byron
were later elected to the U. S. House of Representatives.




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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