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    1. [MDFR] History Moment - 1-12-16
    2. John Ashbury via
    3. On January 12, 1818, William Hammond, a free Negro, deeded part of Lot #10 on East All Saints Street to the trustees of a new Methodist Episcopal Church on which they were to build a new sanctuary. This church was the forerunner of Asbury United Methodist Church and was called Old Hill Church. On January 12, 1853, The Agricultural Club of Frederick County was organized with Lewis Kemp as president. It adopted the bylaws of "The Farmers' Club." On January 12, 1864, Mrs. David Nusbaum and her youngest son were shot and killed near Oak Orchard in the Liberty District during an apparent robbery at her home. Granville Smelser was hanged on July 22, 1864, at the Frederick County Jail on West South Street in Frederick for this crime. On January 12, 1969, President Lyndon B. Johnson spent the next to last weekend of his presidency at Camp David, where he ordered the Bureau of The Budget to request $431,000 for the John F. Kennedy grave at Arlington National Cemetery. 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>

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