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The Frederick County government and the African American Resources Cultural and Heritage (AARCH) Society will conduct a countywide study as part of a Recovering Identity project. ....
As we settle into the winter season, many of the winter activities of Frederick past are pleasant memories. Christmas and holiday memories for 2020 will be few. We have had Christmas Day with 60 degree temperatures, thunderstorms, snowstorms, sleet, rain and sun. But this year, we have Christmas with COVID-19. I do not remember the Christmas I received my first train, an American Flyer. But, I can vividly recall the Baltimore & Ohio train that ran around the Christmas tree at my Uncle George and Aunt Kitty Castleâs house in Brunswick. Uncle George was an engineer on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad out of Brunswick. Not to confuse, My Uncle George Bowers was a brakeman on the Baltimore and Ohio and also lived and worked out of Brunswick. The Christmas train at Uncle George Castleâs consisted of a Baltimore and Ohio diesel locomotive and what seemed to be a hundred black coal cars with white âB&Oâ on each side. Uncle George Bowers would also have a âB&O� ....