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    1. [MDFR] History Moment - 5-13-16
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    3. On May 13, 1866, the Rev. Osborne Ingle became rector of All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street in Frederick. He remained in the post until September 20,1909, the day he died. His more than 43 years of service is the longest in that church's history. On May 13, 1913, the bodies of Barbara and John Casper Fritchie were removed from the German Reformed Cemetery at West Second and North Bentz Streets in Frederick. They were reinterred at Mt. Olivet Cemetery on May 30. On May 13, 1914, James M. Powell, the first chief of the U. S. Capitol Police in Washington, D.C., was born in Chapel Hill, TN. At the time of his death on July 18, 2005, he was a resident of the Lake Linganore area of Frederick County. On May 13, 1924, McCurdy Field on South Jefferson Street in Frederick, opened for the first time. Then known as The Frederick County Athletic Field, The Frederick Hustlers hosted a team from Hanover, PA, for a baseball game in the Blue Ridge League. On May 13, 1960, Democratic presidential candidate John F. Kennedy made a whirlwind tour of Frederick. He met officials at The Frederick County Courthouse, ate lunch at The Francis Scott Key Hotel and visited the American Optical plant at the Frederick Municipal Airport. 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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