On April 22, 1775, William Elder, a native of England who is thought to be the first resident of the Emmitsburg area, died and was buried in the old Roman Catholic Cemetery near where Mt. Saint Mary's College was founded in 1808. On April 22, 1827, Harriet Brien died at Auburn, at Catoctin Furnace, at 43. She was the wife of Catoctin Furnace owner John Brien. Harriet Chapel Episcopal Church was named in her honor. On April 22, 1858, Glenn H. Worthington, who would become chief judge of the Frederick County Circuit Court and who would write a history of The Battle of Monocacy, was born near Frederick on a farm on which that Civil War engagement was conducted. He died August 7, 1934. On April 22, 1859, the Reverend Henry Vandyke Johns, rector of All Saints Church from September 14, 1832, until September 7, 1836, died in Baltimore. He was born October 23, 1803, in New Castle, Delaware. On April 22, 1868, the Board of Visitors of The Maryland School for the Deaf and Dumb decided to open the school for the first time on "the first Wednesday in September." On April 22, 1864, Job Rice, 29, a member of Cole's Calvary, was shot and killed by George Alexander on South Market Street in Frederick near the United Engine Firehouse as Rice attacked Alexander with a horse whip. The disagreement had begun earlier in the day over a buggy race. On April 22, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed through Frederick on his way to Camp 3-Hi Catoctin to plan the summer retreat from Washington's oppressive heat. The president later named the facility Shangri-La after the mountain retreat in James Hilton's novel "Lost Horizon." On April 22, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made his first visit to Camp David near Thurmont for a special meeting with former President Dwight D. Eisenhower just one week after the Bay of Pigs disaster. On April 22, 1972, The Frederick Chapter of The Daughters of the American Revolution held special ceremonies at the grave of Emily Nelson Ritchie McLean at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Mrs. McLean was President General of the DAR from 1905 to 1909, and was born in Frederick January 28, 1859. 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>