On July 5, 1857, the first wooden bridge was put in operation over the Potomac River from Berlin (Brunswick) to Lovettsville, VA. On July 5, 1862, C. Thomas Kemp, owner of Kemp's Department Store on The Square Corner in Frederick, was born. He died July 1, 1930, with Parkinson's Disease at his home at 208 Rockwell Terrace in Frederick. He was buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. On July 5, 1876, Hiram Winchester, the president of the Frederick Female Seminary until 1865, and the man for whom Winchester Hall on East Church Street in Frederick is named, died at Cambridge, MD, at 72. He came to Frederick in 1838 and started the female seminary. On July 5, 1967, the demolition of the 97-year-old main building at the Maryland School for The Deaf was begun. 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]