On April 28, 1749, the Rev. William Runkel, pastor of the German Reformed Church on West Church Street in Frederick from 1784 to 1801, was born in Oberengelthum, Germany. On April 28, 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. On April 28, 1914, Jesse Henry Routson, longtime superintendent of The Buckingham School near Buckeystown, died of stomach cancer. He was born January 13, 1868. On April 28, 1925, The Kiwanis Club of Frederick donated a portrait of Francis Scott Key, painted by William H. B. Grinage, a local African-American, to the Francis Scott Key Hotel for display in the lobby. Currently it is on display at the Historical Society of Frederick County on East Church Street. On April 28, 1948, the Glade Valley Grange was organized at a meeting at the home of Bruce and Frances Crum. On April 28, 2009, some members of the Board of Directors of the historic Visitation Academy purchased the facility on East Second Street, just east of St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church in Frederick. The Frederick News-Post carried the story on May 7, 2009. The Visitation sisters, three in number, left in 2005. The new owners, Visitation Academy, Inc., was headed by David Grove, a Frederick attorney, at the time of the sale. 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>