On March 9, 1827, The Independent Hose Company received a new fire engine. On March 9, 1866, James H. Gambrill, Jr., prominent Frederick miller, sportsman and conservationist, was born in Baltimore. The gymnasium at Hood College, a wing at Frederick Memorial Hospital, and Gambrill State Park are named in his honor. On March 9, 1965, the Carroll Manor Elementary School near Adamstown opened. With this event the last of the "colored" schools in Frederick County, the Doubs school, closed. On March 9, 1994, Dr. George R. Houston Jr., endowment fund manager for Georgetown University, was named the 23rd president of Mount Saint Mary's College in Emmitsburg. 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)