On June 14, 1796, Plummer Ijams, the father of the man for whom Ijamsville in eastern Frederick County is named, died. On June 14, 1874, the Rev. Dr. Edmund R. Eschbach was installed as the pastor of The Evangelical Reformed Church in the unit block of West Church Street in Frederick. He remained in the post until his death on April 15, 1910. On June 14, 1878, a man who identified himself as Holmes registered at The U. S. Hotel on South Market Street. He hired a horse and buggy at J. T. and E. Sinn's livery, saying he would return the next afternoon and that he might be delayed. On June 16, Colonel Sinn, having become uneasy when the horse and buggy were not returned, went to Baltimore and located the buggy at Cannon and Matthews, where it had been auctioned for $71, which the man calling himself Holmes pocketed and promptly disappeared. On June 14, 1879, the first issue of the Emmitsburg Chronicle was published. On June 14, 1881, the remains of the Rev. Frederick L. Henop were gathered from their resting place in the old Trinity Chapel on West Church Street in Frederick and stored in the new church across the street. They were reinterred inside the renovated chapel on July 2, 1881. On June 14, 1888, the Great Southern Printing and Manufacturing Company, publishers of The News, was incorporated. This firm purchased The Frederick Post in 1916 and published both papers until 2001. The newspapers were then sold to Randall Family LLC. On June 14, 1922, a monument to Francis Scott Key, who is buried at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, was dedicated at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. 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]