On November 1, 1765, The Stamp Act, passed in March by the British Parliament imposing taxes on all legal documents, went into effect in America. On November 1, 1852, Robinson & Eldreds Southern Circus visited Frederick. Admission was 25 cents with no "half-price." On November 1, 1879, the cornerstone was laid for the Trinity Reformed Church (now Trinity Reformed United Church of Christ). The church still stands on East Main Street in Thurmont. On November 1, 1909, a large two-story building, with the ability to handle and store 10,000 gallons of milk every day, was put into operation by the Baltimore and Washington White Cross Milk Company in Frederick. On November 1, 1913, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, a former Democratic Party presidential candidate, was the principal speaker at a banquet at The New City Hotel on West Patrick Street in Frederick. On November 1, 1967, the sale of WFMD-AM and FM by Mrs. Evelyn C. Leonard to Jim Gibbons, a Washington radio and television personality, was completed. On November 1, 1977, Ronald N. Young was re-elected mayor of Frederick. Claude R. Delauter, Jr., was re-elected alderman and became president pro-tempore of the board. In 1973, Delauter became the first African-American elected to the board, and thus, in January 1978, became the first of his race to be president pro-tem. On November 1, 1991, state officials announced that restoration work on The Catoctin Furnace Ironworks at Cunningham Falls State Park near Thurmont had been completed. 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]