On July 19, 1753, Richard Potts was born in Upper Marlboro in Prince George's County. He was a Frederick lawyer and served as a U. S. Senator, succeeding Charles Carroll of Carrollton in 1792. On July 19, 1951, the Third Annual Tri-County Soap Box Derby Championships was held on West Patrick Street with 33 boys competing. On July 19, 1960, Thomas E. Dawkins, of Washington County, was fined $1,000 and given a year in prison for operating an illegal still, which was discovered after a farmer in the Fingerboard Road area found six heifers intoxicated from eating the mash. Robert Winston was fined $500 and given a 6-month term in the same case by Magistrate Joseph Cody. On July 19, 1978, the Carty Furniture Store at 48 East Patrick Street, founded by C. C. Carty in 1869, closed its doors. The building is now the home of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. On July 19, 1982, a reception was held to honor Margaret Clary, who retired after more than 40 years of portraying Barbara Fritchie at the Civil War heroine's replica West Patrick Street home in Frederick. 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]