Ransom Payment Sought for Civil War Debts to Frederick
The piece recounts Frederick’s 1864 ransom by Early’s forces, including $1,500 from Middletown and $200,000 plus $50,000 in supplies demanded in Frederick. Banks funded the escape to avoid burning the city, while Gen. Lew Wallace delayed Early at Monocacy. Efforts to reclaim repayment from Congress persisted for decades, with little success.
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U.S
Fredtab
Estilow
Hood College
City Hall
Farry
Potomac
Boonsboro
Middletown
Frederick
Washington, D.C
Robert E. Lee
Washington
Petersburg
Early
Frank Cooling
Cooling
Fredericktowne Savings Institution
Fredericktown Bank
Wallace
Mr. Cooling
Chevy Chase
Department of Energy
Battle of
Monocacy
Gearinger
Louis E. McComus
Goodloe E. Byron
United States
David J. Scewis
Charles Mathias
Mathias
Roscoe Bartlett
Sth
Congress
Bartlett
Dr. Bartlett
Ronald Young
Mr. Mathias
Laser show lights up park for all ages at weekend festival
Glenn Renton of Audio Visual Imagineering leads a 25 speaker laser show with movie projections and cartoon images to enchant families. AVI staff anticipate high crowds on subsequent festival nights as word of mouth fuels turnout. U.S. Postmaster Jillian Biggers also roamed the park observing the scene.
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Glenn Renton
Audio Visual Imagineering
Todd Hutter
Police Union Pushes Pay Plan Amid City Hall Protests
The FOP urged public support for a three year contract plan after Aldermen ratified it 41 to 0 with Frances Baker voting no. A picket at city hall drew motorists and mixed reactions as the 250th birthday celebration weekend approached, with plans for stamp cancellations and large parade preparations by Scouts and the Chamber of Commerce.
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Francis Scott Key Mall
Board of Aldermen
Frances Baker
FOP
City Hall
FDP
Kevin Grubb
E. Patrick St
Frederick
John Fieseler
250Th
Public Works
Bill Scheetz
Scheetz
Joseph Lebherz
Lebherz
Chamber of Commerce
NBC
Willard Scott
Pye
Leichert
Old City Hall
North Market Street
Fredericktown Bank
Frederick 250th history to air as three part TV series
Frederick Cablevision will broadcast a nine hour three part documentary titled Frederick Town tracing the town from its 1700s settlement along the Monocacy River to modern times. Over four nights September 10 to 13 experts, leaders, and local voices describe eras from the 1700s through the Civil War and industrial growth to present day.
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Frederick
Frederick Cablevision
Chris Haugh
Cable 10
U.S
Mr. Haugh
Frederick Town
Fort Detrick
Monocacy River
Francis Scott Key
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Pretty Me
Linda Wilder-Dyer
Erin Kline
Leggett of Francis Scott Key Mall
Creguett
Ike Wilson
News-Post
Joseph D. Baker
Margaret Scholl Hood
Paco
Burgess Hill Way
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Frederick's Ambulance Service, Inc
Miemss Lic
Frederick Countians
Frederick’s Ambulance Service
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Clecca Abrecht
Frederick County
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Hospital
Grove Road
Fredern Ambula
Vsce
Fen
Johns Hokins
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