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    1. [MDFR] History Moment - 3-8-13
    2. John Ashbury
    3. On March 8, 1837, former President Andrew Jackson arrived at Talbott's Tavern in the first block of West Patrick Street in downtown Frederick, leaving the next day for The Hermitage in his "coach and four." On March 8, 1877, the Rev. Anthony Shulenberger was installed as the pastor of the Mt. Pleasant Reformed Church. He served until November 1, 1894. On March 8, 1880, renowned attorney Belva A. Lockwood, of Washington, DC, appeared in Frederick County Circuit Court as the lawyer for three boys charged with larceny from a railroad car at Point of Rocks. Ms. Lockwood is believed to be the first woman to appear in a local court as an attorney. She was also the first woman to practice law before the Supreme Court of the United States. On March 8, 1949, Dr. Victor F. Cullen, director of the tuberculosis sanatorium at Sabillasville from 1909 until his retirement on January 1, 1947, died at Union Memorial Hospital in Baltimore after suffering a stroke. He was 67. He was buried in Hagerstown. The state named the hospital in his honor following his death. It closed in 1965. 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 [email protected]

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