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Gettysburg sesquicentennial battle re-enactment in Whitehall honors the 153rd
If you walk up the long gravel pathway alongside the spacious grassy fields of Whitehall Township's 110-acre main park, the view from the top of the hill is remarkably similar to that from atop the hills just north of Gettysburg. From the Oak Ridge...
Tags: Northampton County (Pennsylvania), Wars and Interventions, Army National Guard, Whitehall, Battle of Antietam
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Polka party praises Revolutionary War hero
Strap on your dancing shoes for the first Pulaski Polka Fest noon-6 p.m. Sunday at the Sun Inn courtyard in Bethlehem. The accordion-heavy event celebrates Polish military-officer-turned-Revolutionary-War-hero Casimir Pulaski's stay at the inn in 1778....Tags: Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Cabbage, Radio, Dance
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Events planned around the Lehigh Valley area
LEHIGH COUNTY ALLENTOWN SALVATION ARMY will accept applications for their six-day overnight camp for ages 7-12 to be held June 26-July 1 at Camp Ladore in the Poconos. The camp will feature swimming, boating, fishing, crafts, camping, nature, hiking...Tags: Arts and Culture, YMCA, Kidspeace, Wildflowers, Fogelsville
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Bethlehem honors Polish Revolutionary War hero Gen. Kazimierz Pulaski
As a small green oasis at a busy urban intersection, Bethlehem's Pulaski Park is easy to miss. Too bad. It's worth sitting there and reflecting on what might have been had Brig. Gen. Kazimierz Pulaski never come to the colonies to lend his military...
Tags: Charlie Dent, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Hellertown, Lehigh University, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Ambassador Rodman, Gov. Quinn and, on his special day, Casimir Pulaski
Change of SubjectHere are the trivia questions I ask Kristen toward the end of the show: What is the descriptive phrase most often applied to Casimir Pulaski’? Which major Chicago street was renamed for Pulaski in the 1930s, touching off a 20-year...... -
Highwood's Kidd Russell raps about Pulaski Day
Chicagoans are used to giving Casimir Pulaski lots of love. But, frankly, you're no one until someone writes a song about you. Well, the Revolutionary War figure has finally hit the big time, courtesy of Kidd Russell, a Highwood-based hip-hop artist and...
Tags: Food Network (tv network), Michigan Avenue, Oxygen (tv network), Music, Social Media
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Teachers strikes roiled schools for decades
Chicago Tribune reporterChicago has experienced such a remarkable streak of strike-free school years, it is easy to forget how rancorous teacher-school board relations once were in the city. The last time Chicago teachers walked out was 25 years ago. Yet before that 1987...Tags: Strikes, Students, PTA, Teachers Unions, Career and Workplace
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Strange bedfellows for street art
Musicians collaborate all the time; so do actors. But artists, not really — and that goes double for street art, where making an individual mark is the name of the game. That's why one of Baltimore's best-known street artists had to try it. The...
Tags: Artists, Entertainment, Fine Artists, Skype, Station North
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George Kalin: Put jokes aside and recognize contributions of all people
When you live in Indiana, you hear Kentucky jokes. In Maryland, they are about West Virginia. When you’re Polish, it doesn’t matter where you live — you are the brunt of jokes. I want to dispel the idea that this nationality is worthy of...Tags: Religion and Belief, England, Germany, Poland, Nazi Party
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Pulaski County History
Founded: March 30, 1839 History: Pulaski County was created in 1839 from parts of Montgomery and Wythe Counties, becoming the 87th Virginia county. It was named after Count Casimir Pulaski, a Polish nobleman who came to America after he was exiled...Tags: Virginia, Gardens and Parks, Tourism and Leisure, William McKinley, Forestry and Timber
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Should Good Friday be a national holiday?
Change of SubjectThe folks at The Campaign to Commemorate Good Friday as a National Holiday say yes. I say no. I say we already have too many government-imposed holidays -- they're expensive and disruptive -- and adding another Christian holiday to the......
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