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Fifty Years in a Maryland Kitchen
Compiled, written, and published in 1873 by Mrs. Jane (Gilmor) Howard (1801-1890), wife of Benjamin Chew Howard, son of Col. John Eager Howard of Revolutionary War fame. Jane’s parents were wealthy Baltimore merchant William Gilmor and Mary Ann (Smith) Gilmor. A must-read for anyone interested in the history of early Maryland cuisine and traditional cooking, preserving…
A Witness to History
ANCR Nurse Laura Virginia McGonigall
Laura Virginia McGonigall Army Nursing Corps, WWI Born 6 Oct 1884 to Millard F. and Sarah R. (Stilwell) McGonigall, in Havre de Grace, MD. Graduated May 1912 from the prestigious Training School for Nurses at Union Protestant Infirmary in Baltimore, MD. Founded in 1854 as Baltimore’s first community hospital, in 1920 the facility was renamed…
Author’s Spotlight! Sherry Wickliffe Kast
From a small Indian community near Mason, Ok, Phillip W. Coon would join millions of Americans in answer to the call to defend America after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 Dec 1941. Surviving the brutal, forced 65 mile “Bataan Death March” in intense tropical heat without adequate food or water after the…
Pvt. Earl Junior Brown
Search for Cecil County’s first hometown hero killed in the Korean War in your internet Browser and the results will present you with Capt. William H Eder, Jr., a resident of Elkton who lost his life in combat on September 22, 1950, while serving with Company G, 24th Infantry, 25th Division, U.S. Army during the…
Lt. Junius Butler French
Descended from Old World Irish and Scottish stock, Junius Butler French was born 7 Aug 1837 in Fauquier Co., VA to James and Sarah Scarborough Butler (Henry) French, Junius was the fourth of five children to survive into adulthood. His father was a Planter by trade but would also serve three terms in the Virginia…