On June 8, 1841, Francis Thomas, a Frederick County native who would become Maryland governor in 1842, married Sallie Campbell Preston McDowell. On June 8, 1850, the new Evangelical Reformed Church, on the north side of the unit block of West Church Street in Frederick, was dedicated. On June 8, 1882, the Loats Female Orphan Asylum, located in the building which now houses the Historical Society of Frederick County in the first block of East Church Street in Frederick, accepted its first admission. On June 8, 1901, Lee McCardell, Frederick native and reporter, foreign correspondent and feature writer for The Sun of Baltimore, and first cousin of fashion designer Claire McCardell, was born. He died February 7, 1963. McCardell also wrote a definitive biography of British General Edward Braddock. On June 8, 1991, President George H. W. Bush attended his first Frederick Keys baseball game at Grove Stadium in Frederick. On June 8, 2008, the Rev. Thomas A Momberg was installed as the 16th rector of All Saints Episcopal Church in Frederick. He was the former associate rector of The Church of the Holy Communion in Memphis TN. 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]