On April 8, 1879, Frederick Douglas, renowned advocate for Negro rights, addressed a large crowd at Frederick's City Hall on North Market Street, on "Self-Made Man." On April 8, 1890, Berlin, MD, laid out by Leonard Smith in 1787, was incorporated and its name changed to Brunswick. On April 8, 1891, the first issue of The Brunswick Herald, the town's first newspaper after its name was changed to Brunswick from Berlin, was published. On April 8, 1901, the Grace Reformed Church congregation authorized the purchase of the Schissler property on East Second Street in Frederick for the purpose of erecting a new church. It was purchased at public sale on November 2, 1901, by Horace Zacharias and Joseph L. Carty on behalf of the church for $5,940. On April 8, 1950, Dr. William Schnauffer, the founder of The Schnauffer Hospital in Brunswick in 1934, died of creeping paralysis at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He was born on this date in 1903. 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 Wasps1965@comcast.net <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net>