On March 25, 1634, The Ark and The Dove landed on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay at St. Mary's County, beginning the colonization of Maryland. On March 25, 1753, the land on which Brunswick was later laid out by Leonard Smith, and previously conveyed to John Hawkins by King George II, was surveyed. The grant was called "Merry Peep-O-Day." On March 25, 1775, Dr. William Hilleary, one of the earliest physicians of record in Frederick County, was born at Mt. Pleasant. He died March 15, 1834. On March 25, 1790, Leonard Smith, who laid out Berlin (now Brunswick) on November 9, 1780, died and was buried in St. John's Roman Catholic Cemetery in Frederick. On March 25, 1865, Dr. George Frederick Smith, who developed and patented Smith's Rosebud Salve, which was produced in Woodsboro, was born. He died February 5, 1952. On March 25, 1874, B. F. Hammaker established his marble and granite works at Mechanicstown (Thurmont). In 1907 the firm made the Alabama Division Monument for the Gettysburg Battlefield in Pennsylvania. The company also made the Boy Scouts monument in Washington, DC. On March 25, 1899, the banking firm of Flook, Gaver & Co. was organized in Myersville. On March 25, 1911, Federated Charities Corporation of Frederick was incorporated. It was formed to provide assistance to Frederick Countians in need. On March 25, 1914, Baltimore's Sun newspaper reported a fire in Mount Airy that destroyed two mills, a bank, several other stores and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station. Frederick fire companies were summoned to help contain the blaze. On March 25, 1954, The Historical Society of Frederick County unveiled a bronze plaque at the replica Barbara Fritchie House on West Patrick Street in Frederick to commemorate the visit there on May 17, 1943, of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. On March 25, 2006, ground was broken for a new $3.5 million visitors center at the Monocacy Battlefield, just south of Frederick. 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>