On November 24, 1750, the exterior of the county's first courthouse was completed. The interior was finished in 1756. On November 24, 1790, John Thomas Schley, who built the first house in Frederick Town in 1746, died. On November 24, 1880, the members of The Independent Hose Company met to hear a proposal by the LaFrance Manufacturing Company, of Elmira, N. Y., to replace "Romeo," their fire engine destroyed at a fire the day before. On November 24, 1897, Judge John A. Lynch retired from the Sixth Judicial Circuit Court after 30 years on the bench. On November 24, 1908, the second monument to be erected on the Monocacy Battlefield just south of Frederick was dedicated by the State of Pennsylvania in honor of three regiments of that state that took part in the July 1864 battle. On November 24, 1955, Thanksgiving Day, the first service was held in the new sanctuary of the Frederick Church of The Brethren at the corner of West Second Street and Fairview Avenue. On November 24, 1959, The Historical Society of Frederick County, Inc., bought the Dr. John Baltzell house, and former Loats Female Orphan Asylum, on East Church Street in Frederick, for $45,000. On November 24, 2008, Jim Phelan, who coached the Mount Saint Mary's University men's basketball team for 49 years, was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in Kansas City, MO. 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