On June 5, 1822, Williams and Herbert's Company of tragedians appeared at Frederick's City Hall. On June 5, 1843, a temperance convention in Frederick drew more participants than political conventions. On June 5, 1898, the Rev. E. L. McLean, an 1893 graduate of Eastern Theological Seminary in Lancaster, PA., was installed as the first pastor of Grace Reformed Church in Frederick. The dedication of the first church edifice of this congregation was conducted on November 8, 1903. On June 5, 1902, the Rev. Maurice Dunbar Ashbury, rector of All Saints Episcopal Church from February 1, 1952, until January 1, 1970, and among the founders of Counseling Services of Frederick, Inc., was born in Portsmouth, VA. He died September 29, 1996, at Homewood Retirement Center in downtown 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]