On November 11, 1777, Thomas Johnson of Frederick was inaugurated for his second one-year term as governor of Maryland. On November 11, 1850, Professor George Edward Smith, three-time mayor of Frederick, an Orphans' Court judge, and a Register of Wills, was born on a Washington County farm. He died in his Frederick County Courthouse office on January 24, 1927. On November 11, 1860, John Thomas Willard, who practiced medicine in Wolfsville, MD, died there. He was born in April of 1832 at Broad Run, in Frederick County. On November 11, 1881, Felix Munshour was hanged in the Frederick County Jail courtyard on West South Street in Frederick for the murder of his cousin, James L. Wetzel. On November 11, 1924, The Statue of Victory was unveiled in Memorial Grounds Park, the former cemetery of the German Reformed Church, at West Second and North Bentz Streets in Frederick. It was the first monument erected locally to honor Armed Forces veterans from the county who served in World War I. On November 11, 1929, the Thurmont Memorial Park Association deeded its park to the town in special ceremonies. It has been a part of Thurmont's park system ever since. On November 11, 1994, Shirley D. Peterson, a former commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, was selected to succeed Dr. Martha Church as president of Hood College. On November 11, 2007, Erni Nasher, the man who brought pizza to Frederick in 1955, celebrated his 100th birthday. He was born in Austria. He died January 28, 2009, at Citizens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center 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]