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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 8-13-08
Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 06:03:40 -0400


On August 13, 1895, Francis M. Smith, a Frederick native, was awarded a
Congressional Medal of Honor for actions at the Battle of Dabney's Mill (VA)
on February 6, 1865.


On August 13, 1905, the Mount Olivet Baptist Church in Brunswick was
organized.


On August 13, 1930, three metal coffee pots outside Fox's Stove Store on
East Patrick Street were removed. They had been a local landmark for
generations.




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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