On September 17, 1743, Joseph Wood, after whom Woodsboro is named, was born. On September 17, 1792, Thomas John Clagett was consecrated as the first Episcopal Bishop of Maryland. He was the first bishop ordained on American soil and it is for him that the Episcopal Diocese of Maryland named its Christian education center south of Buckeystown, the former site of The Buckingham School. Buckingham's Choice Retirement facility is located on part of this property today. On September 17, 1861, the Maryland General Assembly reconvened in Frederick at Kemp Hall (Market & Church Streets) to take a vote on secession. No vote was ever taken because several legislators with Southern sympathies were arrested. On September 17, 1862, the bloodiest, single-day battle of The Civil War occurred at Antietam in Washington County, sending thousands of wounded men to hospitals in Frederick and Frederick County. On September 17, 1862, Mrs. Lucy Ware Hayes, wife of Col. Rutherford B. Hayes, of the 23rd Ohio Regiment, who would later become president of The United States, arrived in Middletown to comfort and care for her husband, who had been wounded at The Battle of South Mountain. On September 17, 1918, The G.L. Bakery on South Carroll Street in Frederick was converted into a U.S. government bakery to make hard bread, sometimes called hardtack, for soldiers fighting World War I. James H. Gambrill, Jr., was the bakery owner. On September 17, 1926, The Lawrence Everhart Chapter of The Sons of The American Revolution unveiled a memorial to General Lafayette's visit to Frederick in 1824. On September 17, 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and a party of about 30 White House aides, Secret Service men, and reporters, ate an impromptu picnic lunch at Braddock Heights overlooking the Middletown Valley. On September 17, 1942, Leo Weinberg, who donated the building used as a synagogue in Frederick since 1923, died in Philadelphia. On September 17, 1978, The Camp David Accords, an agreement between Egypt and Israel, was signed at Camp David near Thurmont. It was the highlight of President Jimmie Carter's presidency. 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