On September 8, 1862, Confederates soldiers destroyed the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Bridge near Frederick. On September 8, 1862, General J. E. B. Stuart hosted a dance, now called The Sabers and Roses Ball, at the former Landon Female Seminary in Urbana. On September 8, 1866, a wind storm destroyed the Methodist Protestant Church, part of the Lutheran Church and several houses in Jefferson. On September 8, 1915, St. John's Literary Institute opened with 64 girls and 41 boys on East Second Street next to St. John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church. 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)