On April 28, 1749, the Rev. William Runkel, pastor of the German Reformed Church on West Church Street from 1784 to 1801, was born in Oberengelthum, Germany. On April 28, 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution. On April 28, 1914, Jesse Henry Routson, longtime superintendent of The Buckingham School near Buckeystown, died of stomach cancer. He was born January 13, 1868. On April 28, 1925, The Kiwanis Club of Frederick donated a portrait of Francis Scott Key, painted by William H. B. Grinage, a local African-American, to the Francis Scott Key Hotel for display in the lobby. (The Kiwanis Club is offering prints of this portrait for sale as a fund raiser for its foundation scholarship program.) On April 28, 1948, the Glade Valley Grange was organized at a meeting at the home of Bruce and Frances Crum. 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)