On August 1, 1769, Dr. Philip Thomas, the first physician of record in Frederick County, moved to Frederick after studying in Philadelphia for three years. On August 1, 1776, Lawrence Everhart, who would save the life of Col. William Washington at The Battle of Cowpens (S.C.) and carried a wounded Lafayette from the battlefield at Brandywine, enlisted in "The Flying Camp" under the command of Capt. Jacob Goode. On August 1, 1779, Francis Scott Key was born at Terra Rubra in present day Carroll County near Keymar. On August 1, 1840, Lawrence Everhart died in Middletown after suffering a stroke in Boonsboro while on his way to Hagerstown to see presidential candidate William Henry Harrison. He was born May 6, 1755, in Hessheim, Plaltz, Germany. On August 1, 1864, Joseph Dyer answered a knock at his Market Street door in Frederick his door and was shot twice by a drunken Pvt. Alonzo Earl, of Company B, 1st New York Veteran Calvary. Dyer died and Earl was charged but escaped jail on September 6. On August 1, 1873, J. H. Hackelton, of Bristol, Maine, was selected by the Board of Trustees of The Frederick Female Seminary, as that institution's third president. He replaced Thomas McCann, who retired for health reasons at the end of the preceding school year. On August 1, 1909, the Board of Directors of The First National Bank voted to liquidate its holdings by selling out to The Central National Bank. On August 1, 1930, the Frederick County government leased Winchester Hall for government purposes. The county later purchased the property and it is today the central offices of the County Commissioners. On August 1, 2001, The Kiwanis Club of Frederick presented the oil portrait of Francis Scott Key, which hung in the lobby of the downtown Frederick hotel which bore his name, to the Historical Society of Frederick County. The painting was completed in 1925 by William H. B. Grinage, a local African-American, self-taught artist. 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)