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The Ross Home
in this home General Lafayette lodged as the guest of Colonel John McPherson
Dec. 29-31, 1824
In 1840, Francis Scott Key, author of The National Anthem was inspired here to rite the poem that honors his cousin Mrs. Eleanor Potts then the owner of the home.
Erected by the Frederick Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution and Friends, 1974. |