On January 1, 1773, Thomas Gantt, Jr., received a deed for a parcel of land from the estate of his father Thomas Gantt, Sr., on which Brunswick was later developed. The elder Gantt had received the property from John S. Hawkins on July 31, 1766. On January 1, 1908, the Young Men's Christian Association building was dedicated at the southeast corner of West Church Street and North Court Street in Frederick, on the site of the old Park Hotel and The Carlin House. On January 1, 1914, the pews at All Saints Episcopal Church were made free after 172 years of being rented. Even Roger Brooke Taney, a noted Roman Catholic and later Chief Justice of The United States, rented a pew here because his wife was an Episcopalian and she was not allowed to rent the pew in her name. On January 1, 1936, WFMD-AM went on the air. On January 1, 1946, WFRE-FM went on the air as WFMD-FM. On January 1, 1970, Jungleland Serpentarium became Catoctin Mountain Zoological Park near Thurmont. On January 1, 1973, a fire of suspicious origin heavily damaged the sanctuary area of St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church on East Second Street in 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 (wasps65@earthlink.net)