On July 18, 1775, 300 Frederick Countians left Frederick to re-enforce troops after the Battle of Bunker Hill. They were the first militia from a southern state to join the Continental Army. On July 18, 1797, Thomas Sim Lee, Maryland's second governor, offered his farm near Burkittsville - called "Needwood" - for sale. He lived at Needwood off and on from 1784 until his death in 1819. On July 18, 1826, Issac Shelby, who was born near present day Hagerstown, then in Frederick County on December 11, 1750, and who became the first governor of Kentucky, died. Shelby distinguished himself in both The Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. On July 18, 1841, John Walker, after whom the town of Walkersville is named, died. He was buried in Israel Creek Cemetery at the intersection of Devilbiss Bridge Road and MD Rt. 194. On July 18, 1886, the new brick sanctuary of the German Baptist Church at 23 West Fourth Street, was dedicated. It stood on the old Mantz Family Cemetery, land which had been donated to the church by Mrs. W. A. Worman. The church is today called the Church of The Brethren and is located at Fairview Avenue and West Second Street. On July 18, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt made his first visit to Shangri-La near Thurmont. With him were Wild Bill Donovan, head of the Office of Strategic Services, now the CIA, and Supreme Court Justice James F. Byrnes. On July 18, 1978, Mrs. Janie H. Quynn, widow of William T. Delaplaine, Jr., publisher of The Frederick Post and The News, died at her home at 273 Dill Avenue. She was a founder of the Frederick Garden Club and was an active supporter of the arts in the county. She was born January 9, 1888. On July 18, 2005, James M. Powell, retired chief of the U. S. Capitol Police in Washington and a resident of the Lake Linganore area of Frederick County, died. He was born May 13, 1914, in Chapel Hill, TN. He was the first person to hold the position of chief of that police department when it was formed in 1965. 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]