On May 8, 1747, the Rev. Michael Schlatter arrived in Frederick on the first of many missionary trips to Frederick Town. On May 8, 1813, an artillery force under the command of Capt. Henry Steiner, and a company of infantry, left Frederick for Baltimore to protect that city from an attack by the British during the War of 1812. On May 8, 1861, the second Frederick County Court House was destroyed by a fire of a suspicious nature. On May 8, 1861, Bradley T. Johnson, a direct descendant of Governor Thomas Johnson, left Frederick in command of about 60 men to enter the Confederate Army. He became a general and later practiced law in Richmond (VA) and in Baltimore. On May 8, 1872, P. T. Barnum brought his circus to Frederick. It arrived on two trains, each pulled by two locomotives, and included 70 cars. The main attraction at the circus, exhibited on East Patrick Street, was four "cannibals" and Admiral Dot, billed as the smallest man in the world. On May 8, 1909, Charles Edward Trail, president of Farmers & Mechanics National Bank from 1878 to 1894, and the builder of The Trail Mansion on the south side of the 100 block of East Church Street in Frederick (now The Keeney, Basford Funeral Home), died. On May 8, 1956, Robert C. Tyson, who was born in Thurmont on August 13, 1905, became chairman of The Finance Committee of United States Steel. He was the son of Robert Alexander and Effie May Fleming Tyson. 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 <mailto:Wasps1965@comcast.net> Wasps1965@comcast.net