. Book of the Royal blue . n and Cumberland inMaryland, Uniontown, Pa., Wheeling,W. Va., Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis,Ind., Terre Haute, Ind., and from thence,while never completed as a National Road,leads on to St. Louis. The ancient city of Frederick is too im-portant to be omitted from the route. Herein Mt. Olivet Cemetery rest the remains ofFrancis Scott Key, who wrote the immortal Star Spangled Banner. Frederick was the home of Kev and his 16 THE PROPOSED LINCOLN ROAD remains were taken there from Baltimore in1866, as it was his wish to rest neath theeverlasting hills, and in 1899 a hands
. Book of the Royal blue . n and Cumberland inMaryland, Uniontown, Pa., Wheeling,W. Va., Columbus, Ohio, Indianapolis,Ind., Terre Haute, Ind., and from thence,while never completed as a National Road,leads on to St. Louis. The ancient city of Frederick is too im-portant to be omitted from the route. Herein Mt. Olivet Cemetery rest the remains ofFrancis Scott Key, who wrote the immortal Star Spangled Banner. Frederick was the home of Kev and his 16 THE PROPOSED LINCOLN ROAD remains were taken there from Baltimore in1866, as it was his wish to rest neath theeverlasting hills, and in 1899 a handsomemonument was erected by subscription. So much interesting history clustersaround Frederick that only casual mentioncan be made of the important events of fight with the French and Indians. Hisremains were buried near Ohio Pyle on thissame National Pike. The town of Frederick was founded tenyears before in 1745 by Patrick was named after the sixth Lord BaltimoreFrederick. In 1765 the court of Fred- ^i^ M. *•. BARBARA FRIETCHIES GRAVE, FREDERICK national importance that have linked itsname with national affairs in the last onehundred and fifty years. It was in thebeginning of the f rench and Indian War of1753 that Frederick first became road which became the NationalRoad was then Braddocks Road, laid erick County made the first official protestagainst the British Stamp Act. Wash-ington, the surveyor, the colonel, the generaland the President, well knew the little villagein his thrilling journeys to the great Ohiocountry. At Frederick occurred the first meeting
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