On September 14, 1771, Frederick Calvert, the sixth and last Lord Baltimore, and the man for whom Frederick and Frederick County are believed to have been named, died in Naples, Italy. On September 14, 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote "The Defence of Ft. McHenry" in Baltimore. The poem was later set to music and became our National Anthem. On September 14, 1862, Pvt. James Allen, a member of Company F, 16th New York Infantry, who was born May 6, 1843, in Ireland, participated in The Battle of South Mountain and was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for capturing the flag of the 16th Georgia Infantry and 14 prisoners single-handedly. On September 14, 1862, Gen. Jesse Reno, after whom Reno, Nevada, is named, was killed at Fox's Gap. He was the only general killed in Frederick County during The Civil War. On September 14, 1889, the North's Ninth Army Corps unveiled a granite monument to Gen. Jesse Reno on South Mountain where he was killed. On September 14, 1922, William G. Baker, Sr., who founded The Buckingham School at Buckeystown, died of lung congestion. He was born March 1, 1842. September 14, 1930, the new Calvary Methodist Church was dedicated at West Second and North Bentz Streets in Frederick. The land was donated by Mr. And Mrs. Joseph Dill Baker. On September 14, 1975, Elizabeth Ann Seton was canonized, becoming the first native-born American Saint of The Roman Catholic Church. She founded the Sisters of Charity in Emmitsburg and began the parochial school system in America in the same town. 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]