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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 10-12-07
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:13:26 -0400


On October 12, 1803, Samuel Knox, first principal of The Frederick Academy,
resigned. He was replaced on March 10, 1804, by Dennis Levy.


On October 12, 1853, the first "fair" held by The Agricultural Club of
Frederick began on the Barracks Grounds on South Market Street.


On October 12, 1864, 2-day citizens' voting began on proposed revisions to
The Maryland Constitution which included the abolition of slavery. The
proposals passed and became effective on November 1.


On October 12, 1864, Chief Justice of the United States Roger Brooke Taney,
a former resident of Frederick, died in Washington, D.C. He was buried in
the graveyard of St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church between East
Third and East Fourth Streets in Frederick, next to his mother Monica.


On October 12, 1871, Horace Greeley attended "the eleventh annual exhibition
of our Agricultural Society," The Great Frederick Fair.


On October 12, 1880, President Rutherford B. Hayes, who was wounded at The
Battle of South Mountain and recovered from his injuries in Middletown,
visited The Frederick Fair for the second time.


On October 12, 1900, former U. S. Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson,
candidate on The Democratic Party ticket with William Jennings Bryan for his
old office, visited The Frederick Fair.


On October 12, 1940, the cornerstone was laid at Hood College for The Joseph
Henry Apple, Jr., Library, named for the first president of that institution
who served for 41 years.


On October 12, 1972, an announcement was made of the sale of The Francis
Scott Key Hotel by Loyola Federal Savings and Loan to Norman W. Todd, former
president of Todd Steel, Inc., in Point of Rocks.


On October 12, 1990, Arnold Delauter became the first black person to be
honored by The Community Foundation of Frederick County for service to the
community. Mr. Delauter had received the first annual citizenship award from
the Kiwanis Club of Frederick in 1968.




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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