On August 24, 1764, Father John Dubois, who founded Mount Saint Mary's College and Seminary in Emmitsburg, was born in Paris. He died in New York, where he was a bishop, on December 20, 1842. On August 24, 1839, the Junior Fire Company tested a new engine which threw a stream of water high above Trinity Chapel on West Church Street, the usual target for testing fire engines in those days. On August 24, 1889, a dispute over a beehive in a tree led to the shooting death of John W. Hooper, youngest son of ex-County Commissioner Charles Hooper, at the hands of Thomas F. Show, at Highlands, west of Middletown. Show was later found not guilty of wrongdoing by a jury in Frederick. On August 24, 1964, ground was broken for the regional office of State Farm Insurance on Oak Street in Frederick. The original building was 80,000 square feet, but it grew to more than 200,000 square feet before a far more elaborate building was constructed starting in 1993 near Worman's Mill off Monocacy Boulevard (Trading Lane at the time) between U. S. 15 and MD 26. This second facility opened October 21, 1996. 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>