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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 11-11-07
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 06:47:05 -0500


On November 11, 1777, Thomas Johnson of Frederick was inaugurated for his
second one-year term as governor of Maryland.


On November 11, 1850, Professor George Edward Smith, three times mayor of
Frederick, an Orphans' Court judge, and a Register of Wills, was born on a
Washington County farm. He died in his Frederick County Courthouse office on
January 24, 1927.


On November 11, 1881, Felix Munshour was hanged in the Frederick County Jail
courtyard on West South Street in Frederick for the murder of his cousin,
James L. Wetzel.


On November 11, 1924, The Statue of Victory was unveiled in Memorial Grounds
Park, the former cemetery of the German Reformed Church at West Second and
North Bentz Streets in Frederick. It was the first monument erected locally
to honor Armed Forces veterans from the county who served in World War I.


On November 11, 1929, the Thurmont Memorial Park Association deeded its park
to the town in special ceremonies. It has been a part of Thurmont's park
system ever since.


On November 11, 1994, Shirley D. Peterson, a former commissioner of the
Internal Revenue Service, was selected to succeed Dr. Martha Church as
president of Hood College.




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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