On September 24, 1808, Mount Saint Mary's College (now university) and Seminary was founded in Emmitsburg by Father John Dubois. On September 24, 1815, the second Lutheran Church structure in Middletown was dedicated. It was built on the same site as the first church which was on a lot sold to the church in 1771 by Conrad Crone. The third church replaced this one on the same site in 1860. On September 24, 1820, the Sunday School of The Evangelical Lutheran Church on East Church Street in Frederick, met for the first time in the old church building. The school was called The Mathenian Society of Frederick until 1847. On September 24, 1821, a bell was procured for the Frederick County Courthouse steeple. This building was destroyed by a suspicious fire in 1861. On September 24, 1855, John D. Hendrickson, later a prominent Frederick businessman and president of The Frederick City Packing Company, was born in Baker's Valley near Buckeystown. He died May 21, 1921, at his home on West Second Street in Frederick. On September 24, 1861, The Frederick Town Herald announced in what it called a "slip" that it was ceasing publication. The Herald began publication on June 19, 1802, and, at the beginning of The Civil War, lost favor with the public due to its support of the Southern cause. On September 24, 1870, Dr. O. B. Stone, who practiced medicine in Libertytown, was born. On September 24, 1887, Dr. Eldred W. Moberly, who was born January 3, 1803, and who practiced medicine for 60 years, died in New Market MD. On September 24, 1930, William M. Wenner, who would become a District Court, Circuit Court and Court of Special Appeals judge, was born in Brunswick. He retired in 2000, having reached the mandatory retirement age for Maryland judges. On September 24, 1935, Frederick City voters approved a $500,000 sewer bond issue in a special election. On September 24, 1977, Dr. Robert J. Wickenheiser became the 21st president of Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg. He was 34 and the youngest man to ever hold the position. On September 24, 2006, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Roman Catholic Church in Thurmont celebrated its 150th anniversary. 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>