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The Great Academy Fire of 1885

Richard D. L. Fulton “The home of the Sisters of Charity… came very near being destroyed by fire today.” – The Baltimore Sun, issue of March 21, 1885 (the story was actually filed the day before). Much of Emmitsburg’s remarkable history lies among the piles of old, long-forgotten newspapers, one of these stories being the…

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