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1. MOLIV_150426_015.JPG: Judge Edward S. Delaplaine Born 1893 Died 1838 Jurist-Historian Author of "Francis Scott Key: Life and Times" and "The Life of Thomas Johnson"
2. MOLIV_150426_023.JPG: Time capsule buried beneath this stone August 9, 1998 to be opened in 2098 Placed in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Key monument
3. MOLIV_150426_027.JPG: Written by Francis Scott Key Born August 9, 1780 Died January 11, 1842 The Star Spangled Banner O say, can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam, In full glory reflected now shines in the stream: ‘Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion, A home and a country should leave us no more! Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave! O thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
4. MOLIV_150426_034.JPG: O Say Can You See?
5. MOLIV_150426_042.JPG: O Say Can You See? On the evening of September 13, 1814, British warships in Baltimore harbor threatened the sovereignty of the United States. They had already burned Washington, DC. As they bombarded Fort McHenry, the fate of our new nation was uncertain. Francis Scott Key, an attorney and Frederick County's native son, saw the battle unfold from behind enemy lines. He had journeyed out to the British fleet to negotiate the release of an American prisoner. Through the night and into the early morning the fight raged on. The flag that Key saw at dawn was the largest American flag anyone had ever witnessed. The emotions that Key felt at seeing the flag, and knowing that our nation's independence was secure, prompted him to write "The Star-Spangled Banner." Francis Scott Key lies beneath the monument in front of you, and within view of Catoctin Mountain which he loved from his youth. With him in the cemetery beyond are the graves of hundreds of veterans from the War of 1812. In his immortal song that later became our national anthem, Key celebrated American freedom and honored its defenders.
6. MOLIV_150426_045.JPG: Members of the Key family gather around the Key Monument at is dedication August 9, 1898. Key and his wife Mary are buried in a crypt beneath the monument. School children and citizens from around the country raised money for the monument's construction. Below Key's bronze statue is the seated figure of Columbia representing patriotism.
7. MOLIV_150426_050.JPG: The day after the battle Key's song was printed in Baltimore, and sung throughout the city. This early copy of the sheet music reflects the joy and pride of Americans in maintaining their independence. Not until 1931 did Congress make the song our national anthem. To see all four verses of the song, view the bronze plaque on the back side of the Key Monument.
8. MOLIV_150426_061.JPG: Final Resting Place Francis Scott Key In the final months of his life Francis Scott Key enjoyed visits to Terra Rubra farm, his boyhood home not far from Frederick Town. He thought and wrote about the end of life and his hopes of immortality in a life to come. Key died at his daughter's home in Baltimore, January 11, 1843, and was buried nearby in Old St Paul's Cemetery. In 1866, Key's family moved his remains to a plot in this cemetery where he could lie as he wished in the shadow of Catoctin Mountain. In 1898 the Key Monument Association reinterred Key and his wife in the circle in front of you, and erected above their graves the granite monument bearing his bronze figure. "And the loud hallelujahs of angels shall rise To welcome the soul to its home in the skies. Home, home, home of the soul!" -- FS Key. Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini completed work on the Key Monument in 1898 at the cost of $30,000. School children across the nation donated pennies, nickels, and more to help pay for the monument. At the top, Key holds "The Star-Spangled Banner" manuscript and points to this nation's flag. Seated below is Columbia, representing patriotism, flanked by allegorical youths representing defense and music. The sculptor's model for Columbia was Elizabeth di Barbieri. Coppini fell in love with Elizabeth and married her five months before the monument was dedicated. Pompeo Coppini (1870-1957) Coppini designed the Half-Dollar, and thirty-six public monuments throughout the United States. In the late 1800s descendants of Key gather at his first gravesite in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Perhaps they are singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." All four verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner" appear on a bronze plaque on the rear of the monument. Coppini formed every letter, although he did not yet know the English language.
9. MOLIV_150426_065.JPG: In the late 1800s descendants of Key gather at his first gravesite in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Perhaps they are singing "The Star-Spangled Banner."
10. MOLIV_150426_067.JPG: Pompeo Coppini (1870-1957) Coppini designed the Half-Dollar, and thirty-six public monuments throughout the United States.
11. MOLIV_150426_070.JPG: All four verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner" appear on a bronze plaque on the rear of the monument. Coppini formed every letter, although he did not yet know the English language.
12. MOLIV_150426_072.JPG: Italian-born sculptor Pompeo Coppini completed work on the Key Monument in 1898 at the cost of $30,000. School children across the nation donated pennies, nickels, and more to help pay for the monument. At the top, Key holds "The Star-Spangled Banner" manuscript and points to this nation's flag. Seated below is Columbia, representing patriotism, flanked by allegorical youths representing defense and music. The sculptor's model for Columbia was Elizabeth di Barbieri. Coppini fell in love with Elizabeth and married her five months before the monument was dedicated. Pompeo Coppini (1870-1957) Coppini designed the Half-Dollar, and thirty-six public monuments throughout the United States. In the late 1800s descendants of Key gather at his first gravesite in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Perhaps they are singing "The Star-Spangled Banner." All four verses of "The Star-Spangled Banner" appear on a bronze plaque on the rear of the monument. Coppini formed every letter, although he did not yet know the English language.
13. MOLIV_150426_074.JPG: Maryland's "Cemetery Beautiful"" Mount Olivet Cemetery is considered one of the most distinguished burial grounds in the country. Here, in peaceful tranquility, rest national and local heroes, veterans of every major conflict in our country's history, inventors, artists, business entrepreneurs and thousands of others whose memory is cherished. The Charter of the Mount Olivet Cemetery Company was recorded on October 4th, 1852. At that time, 32 acres were purchased, and in 1853, a landscape architect named James Belden of Baltimore was hired to lay out a "rural" or "garden" cemetery offering a peaceful, romantic resting place for both the wealthy and the average citizen. Walks, driveways and plantings soon interlaced the entire grounds. Prominent citizens often hired the finest architects to design large, elaborate monuments in the form of obelisks, columns and other displays of masterful sculpting for their plots. Additional artistic elements included mausoleums, carved granite stonework, sculpted rails and gates, and ornate iron fencing.
14. MOLIV_150426_085.JPG: Restrictions were placed on pets, vehicles, children (not accompanied by adults), smoking, "use of ardent spirits," and cutting or pulling any shrub or flower. (Period photos date to 1909)
15. MOLIV_150426_088.JPG: Visitors and lot-holders alike had to abide by a strict set of rules and regulations put forth by the Cemetery Association. At one time, entry required a ticket or pass like the one shown here.
16. MOLIV_150426_090.JPG: Francis Scott Key: Frederick's Immortal Patriot 1779-1843: The man Americans honor as the author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" began his life and career in Frederick County, Maryland. Here he first learned the American values that guided his life. Key was a child of the American Revolution, and saw his father go off to war. During the War of 1812, Key served as an officer of militia, and used his skills as an attorney to negotiate with the British on behalf of the United States. His life and career brought him into contact with many of the prominent political personalities of his time, and his opinion and oratory made a mark on the early history of the United States. Francis Scott Key is best known for his inspired account of the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814. Eighty-eight years after his death the American people prevailed upon Congress to declare his immortal song our national anthem. "Every word came warm from his heart, and for that reason, even more than for its poetical merit, it never fails to find a response in the hearts of those who listen to it." -- Roger Brooke Taney, brother-in-law of Key and later Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court when the flag "... flings forth its folds over the destitute and abandoned... then are its stars a constellation of glory..." -- F.S. Key, 1842 1779: Key is born August 9, 1779, at his father's estate, Terra Rubra, in what was then Frederick County. 1801: After graduating from St. John's College in Annapolis, Maryland. Key begins his law practice here in Frederick. 1802: Key married Mary Tayloe Lloyd in Annapolis, Maryland. 1803: Key and his wife move to the Washington DC suburb of Georgetown where he would eventually argue cases before the US Supreme Court. 1814: On September 13, Key boards a British flagship in Baltimore harbor to secure the release of an American prisoner, and witnesses the bombardment of Fort McHenry. That night and the following day, he writes "The Star-Spangled Banner." It became a popular patriotic song immediately. 1843: Francis Scott Key dies at the home of his daughter in Baltimore on January 11, 1843. 1916: President Woodrow Wilson signs an Executive Order requiring all US military bands to play "The Star-Spangled Banner" at official ceremonies. 1931: President Herbert Hoover signs a Congressional Resolution establishing the [sic] "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem of the United States. Francis Scott Key often walked the streets of Frederick, especially during the early years of his law career. Today you can walk or drive to historic sites that recall Key's emergence as a man who embodied the American spirit.
17. MOLIV_150426_100.JPG: Home of Francis Scott Key in Washington DC
18. MOLIV_150426_106.JPG: Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore
19. MOLIV_150426_125.JPG: "Frederick's Other City" When Frederick Town was laid down in 1745, founder Daniel Dulany provided lots to different faith denominations to build churches. These would serve as centers of religious, educational, and social life for the new settlers in Maryland's colonial backcountry. Many of these same lots would also serve as the town's first burying grounds. Over the next 100 years, congregations grew in step with the town, necessitating church expansion and additional room for burials. Representatives from Frederick's leading churches came together and called for a new, community-owned, non-denominational, cemetery. This would be located on a large rolling parcel south of town, adjacent the Georgetown Turnpike. At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mount Olivet would collect additional inhabitants as bodies were steadily re-interred from existing church cemeteries into the dignified and tranquil setting of "Frederick's Other City."
20. MOLIV_150426_128.JPG: Aerial view of cemetery (c. 1949). Today, there are in excess of 38,000 inhabitants, a number that rivals the population of the state capital of Annapolis. Since its inception, Mount Olivet has grown from 32 acres to over 150 acres and is served by eight miles of paved roadways.
21. MOLIV_150426_131.JPG: Illustrated scene of cemetery from "View of Frederick, Maryland", 1854
22. MOLIV_150426_135.JPG: Notable Ladies of Mount Olivet: Ann Crawford (c. 1793-1854) has the distinction of being Mount Olivet's first interment, which took place on May 30, 1854 in Area A, one week after the official dedication of the cemetery. Barbara Fritchie (1766-1862) defiantly responded "Shoot if you must this old gray head, but spare your country's flag" as the Civil War Unionist & heroine of John Greenleaf Whittier's famed poem. Clair McCardell (1905-1958) was a renowned fashion designer and creator of the "American Look," paving the way for women's apparel changes that would revolutionize the clothing industry. Charlotte Winters (1897-2007) was founder of the National Yeoman Association and, at age 109, the last surviving female American veteran of World War I.
23. MOLIV_150426_138.JPG: Home of the Brave "Then did I remember that there were gathered around that banner, among its defenders, men who had heard and answered the call of their country – from these mountain sides, from this beautiful valley, and from this fair city of my native County." - -- Francis Scott Key, August 6, 1834, Excerpt from a speech describing his writing of the "Star-Spangled Banner" given during a celebratory dinner on the Frederick Courthouse lawn Since its unveiling in 1898, hundreds of dignitaries and thousands of tourists have visited the grave of Francis Scott Key. In the shadow of the monument, linger over 100 known soldiers of the war that led to Key's rise to meteoric fame. Frederick's Mount Olivet Cemetery holds the second highest concentration of War of 1812 veterans in the state of Maryland, behind Baltimore's Greenmount Cemetery. One of these is Francis Scott Key, himself. Although no battles or skirmishes occurred here in Frederick County, the citizenry proudly took up arms in this second War of Independence in an effort to keep this area, and surrounding region, safe and secure. Volunteer soldiers helped to form local militia units. Many of these men would muster and drill at nearby Frederick (Hessian) Barracks, located on the current-day campus of Maryland School for the Deaf. These militiamen were sent east to help defend Annapolis and Baltimore from enemy attack. During the 2012-2014 bicentennial observance and statewide commemoration of this conflict, the graves of soldiers of this conflict were located, researched and decorated with the placement of special granite markers.
24. MOLIV_150426_145.JPG: Volunteer soldiers helped to form local militia units. Many of these men would muster and drill at nearby Frederick (Hessian) Barracks, located on the current-day campus of Maryland School for the Deaf. These militiamen were sent east to help defend Annapolis and Baltimore from enemy attack.
25. MOLIV_150426_147.JPG: Frederick Town Herald newspaper notice for soldiers to report to the "Frederick Barracks" from September, 1814.
26. MOLIV_150426_150.JPG: During the 2012-2014 bicentennial observance and statewide commemoration of this conflict, the graves of soldiers of this conflict were located, researched and decorated with the placement of special granite markers.
27. MOLIV_150426_151.JPG: War of 1812 Soldier Francis Scott Key Aug. 1, 1779-Jan. 11, 1843 Lieutenant who first served with the Georgetown Artillary in July 1813, and later under Major George Peter as a Lieut. and Quartermaster from June 19 to July 1, 1914. On Aug. 24, 1814, he helped with the deployment of troops in Bladensburg defending Washington DC. Later witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry.
28. MOLIV_150426_153.JPG: The National Society United States Daughters of 1812 State Presidents and Charter Members April 5, 1979 pay this tribute to Francis Scott Key, author of Our National Anthem. "Then conquer we must when our cause it is just and this be our motto, 'In God Is Our Trust' "
29. MOLIV_150426_155.JPG: The Thirty Fourth District Rotary International at its first conference March 1923 pays this tribute to Francis Scott Key, author of Our National Anthem. "And the Star Spangled Banner oh, long may it waved, o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave."
30. MOLIV_150426_157.JPG: USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657) The first ship of the fleet named for Francis Scott Key, Author of the National Anthem. Born 1 August 1773 Died 11 January 1843. Wrote the verse for our National Anthem "The Star Spangled Banner" during the British Fleet's bombardment of Fort McHenry 14 September 1814. Prominent lay leader of the Episcopal Church 1800-1843 Distinguished Maryland Attorney 1810-1843 United States Attorney for the District of Columbia 1833-1841.
31. MOLIV_150426_166.JPG: Wat of 1812 Soldier Peter Storm Jan. 21, 1787 - Apr. 28, 1821 5th Corporal in the 3rd Regt. MD Militia under Capt. George W. Ent from Aug. 24 to Sep. 30, 1814.
32. MOLIV_150426_171.JPG: War of 1812 Soldier Thomas Johnson Grahame Nov. 21, 1794 - Feb. 24, 1827 Private in the MD Militia under Capt. Henry Steiner from Sep. 3 to Sep. 27, 1814.
33. MOLIV_150426_188.JPG: Mount Olivet Cemetery Community Owned Since 1852 "The Founder's Garden"
34. MOLIV_150426_201.JPG: President John Hanson, 1715-1783 No presidential couple suffered more tragic fates than did Jane and John Hanson. Jane's husband served the 1781-82 term as the first president of the original United States government under the Articles of Confederation. He was interred in a family crypt at Oxon Hill Manor in Prince George's County where he died November 22, 1783. The crypt was illegally destroyed during land development in the 1980s. The fate of John Hanson's body remains a mystery. The John Hanson National Memorial is located at the Frederick County Courthouse a few blocks north of here. The Jane Hanson National Memorial was donated by the John Hanson Memorial Association to this cemetery in 2014.
35. MOLIV_150426_203.JPG: First Lady Jane Contee Hanson, 1728-1812 In the unmarked mass grave behind this memorial rests Jane Hanson, the original first lady of the United States. She is buried here with 285 others reinterred in 1913 from Frederick's Old Episcopal Graveyard. Seventy with legible gravestones were buried here identified as were Jane's daughter Jane Thomas, son-in-law Dr. Philip Thomas, and their children John Hanson Thomas, Sr. and Rebecca Thomas Magruder whose graves are directly behind this memorial. The 286 with illegible or no gravestones or who like Jane rested in unmarked coffins within family crypts were buried anonymously in the mass grave mount seen behind this memorial. Jane Contee Hanson descended from French nobility and was the great-great-granddaughter of the high sheriff of London. She presided over one of the nation's great estates, witnessed her husband's ascent to the presidency, sacrificed two sons in the Revolution, served in the first presidential mansion as the nation's original first lady, and outlived twelve of her thirteen children. They and her grandchildren were elected to the United States Senate, House of Representatives and Maryland General Assembly; served as chancellor of Maryland, electors of George Washington, and a college president; and were related directly or by marriage to four presidents, Chief Justice John Marshall and a governor of Maryland. Renowned sculptor Antonio Tobias Mendez conceived of this dual-bust memorial to reunite Jane and John Hanson after their 231 years apart. He also created the John Hanson National Memorial.
36. MOLIV_150426_215.JPG: War of 1812 soldier John Hanson Thomas May 8, 1889 - May 2, 1815 Paymaster that was appointed in the 1st Regimental Cavalry District under Lieut. Colonel Henry Kemp on July 14, 1814.
37. MOLIV_150426_217.JPG: Here lie the mortal remains of John Hanson Thomas who died the 2nd of May 1915 in the 55 Year of his age of a disease contracted from an anxious attendance at the deathbed of his Father who died only six days before him pouring forth blessings with his latest breath, on his beloved Son.
38. MOLIV_150426_221.JPG: War of 1812 Soldier John Lackland Harding Abt. 1780 - Oct. 15, 1837 Private in the MD Militia under Capt. Henry Steiner from Sep. 9 to Sep. 27, 1814.
39. MOLIV_150426_223.JPG: War of 1812 Soldier Joseph Adlum Abt. 1778 - Aug. 24, 1844 2nd Sergeant in the 1st Regt. MD Militia under Capt. John Brengle from Aug. 25 to Sep. 10, 1814, and fought at the Battle of North Point.
40. MOLIV_150426_236.JPG: Thomas Johnson
41. MOLIV_150426_279.JPG: Confederate Row: Frederick County was central to the Civil War military campaigns of 1862, 1863, and 1864, while Frederick City served as a major hospital center for soldiers of both armies. Hundreds of men died here, prompting the need for local burial. Many Southern families lacked the financial or transportation means to bring loved ones back home. Unlike their Union counterparts first placed in this cemetery, Confederate casualties were not afforded the later honor of reburial in nearby Antietam National Cemetery. Today, 275 identified soldiers lay beside 29 unknowns in Mount Olivet's famed "Confederate Row." Jacob Engelbrecht: A tailor by occupation, this die-hard Unionist kept a diary of Frederick life from 1819-1878 and served as mayor of Frederick (1865-68). He is buried nearby in Section H, Lot 276.
  I went to Mount Olivet Cemetery. Went with a corpse of a Union soldier to be buried. His name was "Matthew Burk, Company G 59th Regiment New York." I helped carry him in the grave. The graves were a long trench about 7 feet wide and about 30 feet long. The last coffin being partly uncovered, we put him next ot the last, about one inch apart, and left ready for the next one. They bury some days 8 or 10. Those of the Rebel Army are buried in another row the same way and up to that time numbered sixty. Some of the headboards were marked with their names. One was "Lieut. Col. T.C. Watkins, 22 Regiment South Carolina." Another "Lieut. Raisin Pitts, 6th Regiment Alabama." -- Jacob Engelbrecht, September 29, 1862
  The Ladies Monumental Association of Frederick County was organized in 1879 with the purpose to raise the funds to erect a monument to the Confederate soldiers interred here. An impressive monument was unveiled on June 2, 1881. The statue of a Confederate sentinel was created in Italy.
42. MOLIV_150426_285.JPG: The Ladies Monumental Association of Frederick County was organized in 1879 with the purpose to raise the funds to erect a monument to the Confederate soldiers interred here. An impressive monument was unveiled on June 2, 1881. The statue of a Confederate sentinel was created in Italy.
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Wikipedia Description: Mount Olivet Cemetery (Frederick)
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Mount Olivet Cemetery is a cemetery in Frederick City, Maryland. It was chartered on October 4, 1852 to provide several of the downtown churches more room for interments, after their cemeteries became full. Over time some of these smaller cemeteries were also relocated to Mount Olivet.

Initial shares were sold for US$20 with the intention that after the cemetery was laid out that each share would be exchanged for 12 grave lots. The first burial took place on May 28, 1854.

Persons of note interred:

* George Baer, Jr., (1763-1834), U.S. Congressman for Maryland's 4th District, 1797-1801 & 1815-1817.
* James Cooper (1810-1863), U.S. Congressman and Senator from Pennsylvania, Union Army general
* Barbara Fritchie (1766-1862), American patriot during the Civil War and the subject of John Greenleaf Whittier's 1864 poem.
* Thomas Johnson (1732–1819), the first Governor of Maryland, United States Supreme Court justice
* Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) author of The Star-Spangled Banner the US national anthem
* John Ross Key (1754-1821) commissioned officer in the Continental Army, judge, lawyer and the father of Francis Scott Key
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