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    1. [MDFR] History Moment - 11-12-15
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    3. On November 12, 1814, the second All Saints Episcopal Church was consecrated on North Court Street in Frederick. On November 12, 1885, John Henry Crum, who practiced medicine at Burkittsville and Jefferson, died. He was born in Jefferson on August 7, 1854. On November 12, 1905, Frances Elizabeth Browne, an elementary school teacher for 40 years who was instrumental in the founding of the Esther E. Grinage Kindergarten Association in 1937, was born in Washington. She died February 20, 1997, at the Carroll Manor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Washington. She was buried at Lincoln Cemetery in Suitland, MD. (The Esther Grinage Kindergarten was the first such school for Negro children in modern times in Frederick.) On November 12, 1912, the cornerstone was laid for the Georgianna Houck Simmons Nurses Home at Frederick City Hospital. On November 12, 1913, in a letter to The Sun of Baltimore, a Civil War veteran confirmed the Barbara Fritchie story. On November 12, 1950, a memorial was placed in the triangle where Woodsboro Pike (old MD 194) and Maryland 550 meet in the town of Woodsboro to honor residents who served in both World War I and World War II. On November 12, 1973, Rose Hill Manor, the last home of Maryland's first Governor, Thomas Johnson, was awarded the first plaque by the Frederick County Landmarks Foundation. 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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