On April 10, 1855, the cornerstone for a new All Saints Episcopal Church on West Church Street in Frederick was laid. The finished building is now the church's sanctuary. On April 10, 1856, Dr. Franklin Buchanan Smith, the first health officer for both Frederick City and Frederick County, was born in Frederick. He was the brother of Emma Josephine Smith, who donated seven acres on the northwest edge of Frederick for a hospital. Dr. Smith died November 5, 1912, of typhoid fever and was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On April 10, 1865, the end of The Civil War was unofficially celebrated in Frederick City. On April 10, 1866, Dr. Jacob Shellman Baer, who served as the surgeon to the regiment of Western Maryland troops at The Battle of North Point in 1814, died. He had practiced medicine in Frederick and Middletown. On April 10, 1877, the new steam fire engine, purchased by the Independent Hose Company of Frederick from the LaFrance Manufacturing Company of Elmira, N. Y., was thoroughly tested at P. H. Pyler's coal yard. The next day a stream of water was thrown more than 20 feet above the steeple of the old Evangelical Reformed Church (Trinity Chapel) on West Church Street. 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]