On August 3, 1840, Lawrence Everhart, Revolutionary War hero, was buried in Middletown. He was born May 6, 1755, in Germany. On August 3, 1868, a Steiner child, who was never named specifically in news accounts, was given a prescription containing arsenic and later died. Harry Stair Steiner, who was born December 1, 1867, the son of Herman Francis Steiner and Othella Jane Fout, died on August 3, 1868, and is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, according to Names In Stone. This is likely the child who died after taking the poison. On August 3, 1941, Louis C. Etchison, judge of The Orphans Court and a son of the founder of The Etchison Funeral Home, died at Frederick City Hospital. An ardent sportsman and naturalist, he was also the county's first game warden. On August 3, 1974, Richard M. Nixon began a weekend visit to Camp David near Thurmont just days before he resigned as President of The United States. 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)