On September 7, 1831, Catherine Contee Tyler, wife of Dr. John Tyler, died at age 61. She was buried in the All Saints Parish Cemetery on East All Saints Street. Her husband had performed the first cataract operation in the region at his offices at 108 West Church Street in Frederick, used as the rectory of All Saints Episcopal Church from 1914 until 2010. On September 7, 1876, a permanent home for The Great Frederick Fair was established by The Frederick County Agricultural Society on East Patrick Street in Frederick. On September 7, 1962, former President Dwight D. Eisenhower spoke at a Republican rally at the farm of Representative Charles McC. Mathias (later U.S. Senator) near Frederick. On September 7, 1977, Nancy Parker Suddith, of Lynchburg, VA, upon hearing the jury's verdict in her traffic accident damage suit against John W. Frank, of Frederick County, at the Frederick County Courthouse on Courthouse Square, pulled a .22 caliber pistol from her purse and shot herself in the face. She died at University Hospital in Baltimore on September 13. The jury had reduced her award from the sought-after $75,000 to $2,000. On September 7, 2008, The Most Reverend Edwin F. O'Brien, archbishop of Baltimore, and Cardinal William H. Keller dedicated a new and expanded St. Peter The Apostle Roman Catholic Church in Libertytown. The church was destroyed by an accidental fire on June 3, 2004. 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]