July Issue

Frederick Magazine: It’s never been better as we continue to celebrate life in mid-Maryland. Here are just a few things you’ll find in this month’s magazine:

• A Silver Celebration
  Frederick Magazine Looks Back … and Ahead
  By GUY FLETCHER
  Photography by ERICK GIBSON
  p. 38
   
• A Quarter Century of Images
  A Pictorial Through the Years
  p. 48
   
• Re-Mixed Use
  Shaking up Downtown Frederick’s North End
  By MATT EDENS
  Photography by TIMOTHY JACOBSEN
  p. 54

Frederick Magazine—Celebrating Life in Mid-Maryland for over 25 years!

Featured Article

A Silver Celebration

By Guy Fletcher
Photography by Erick Gibson

It was July of 1985. The Michael J. Fox smash hit “Back to the Future” opened in theaters, introducing the words “flux capacitor” to the American lexicon; New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe was named to the crew of the ill-fated space shuttle Challenger; and in Philadelphia and London, music fans flocked to the “Live Aid” concerts to raise money and awareness for famine relief in Ethiopia.

Meanwhile, in Frederick County, a new publication entered the scene. Called Diversions, the new magazine - packaged in a format that was a smallish 5 ½ by 8 inches - was innovative as one of the region’s first monthly publications...

A look back...

By Brigette C. Kamsler, Archivist, Historical Society of Frederick County

At around 10 a.m. on June 2, 1914, a fire broke out in Creagerstown and quickly spun out of control. The blaze started at the Creamery in the northwest section of town and, fanned by high winds, burned directly to the middle of the community. In about four hours, a large part of the village was destroyed...

Multimedia Feature

By Amy Lucadamo Archivist, Historical Society of Frederick County

In 1951, Frederick Mayor Donald B. Rice signed a proclamation designating the week of Sept. 23 as National Business and Professional Women’s Week. Present at the signing were Louise Strine (left), immediate past president of the Frederick Business and Professional Women’s Club (BPW), and Ruth McVean (right), then current president of the Frederick BPW...