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READER SUBMITTED: Efforts Underway To Honor Fallen Military From Connecticut
StatewideWhat is Memorial Day? Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May and falls on May 27 this year. Many people confuse Memorial Day with Veterans' Day. Veterans' Day is celebrated in November to honor all those who have served our country throughout...Tags: Memorial Day, Iraq, Afghanistan, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Holidays
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Free Thursday concerts at Fort Monroe, Mariners' Museum begin in June
A popular summer concert series has seemingly escaped looming federal budget cuts. Fort Monroe's Music By the Bay series will begin June 13 and with a performance by the U.S. Fleet Forces Band Wind Ensemble. Concerts take place on Thursday evenings at...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Virginia Arts Festival, U.S. Air Force
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Century of firepower
The Daily Independent, Ashland, Ky.A side-by-side comparison of the Model 1873 "Trapdoor" Springfield used by Custer's cavalry and the Model 1860 Henry rifle used by native Americans at the Battle of the Little Bighorn offers insight about the nature of the famous last stand. Members...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sociology, Culture, Firearms
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Top 10 Gettysburg events, attractions
Top 10 Gettysburg events, attractions •Major re-enactments June 29th and 30th (at Bushey Farm) and July 4-7 (at Redding Farm), with 10,000-plus re-enactors on the field. •Commemorative ceremony, Gettysburg: A New Birth of Freedom, June 30,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Museums
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El Zaguan horse-chestnut trees succumb to stress
The Santa Fe New MexicanOne of the two stately horse-chestnut trees, which have been landmarks on Canyon Road for nearly a century and a half, appears to be dead. Both trees began showing signs of stress, such as rust on their leaves, about 15 years ago. They went dormant...Tags: Rentals, Abraham Lincoln, Amsterdam (Netherlands), Balkan Peninsula, Chestnuts
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Wyoming County Civil War Days in Oceana
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.Numerous activities are planned for the second annual Wyoming County Civil War Days this Saturday and Sunday on the field behind Oceana Middle School. "This year marks the 150th birthday of West Virginia, the only state born of the Civil War, so the...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Man on a mission to honor fallen Confederate soldiers
Cecil W. Thomas III strides down an old brick walk outside historic St. John's Church, scanning its ancient cemetery left and right for the tell-tale signs of Civil War soldiers. Hundreds and hundreds of tombstones and monuments rise from the earth...
Tags: Memorial Day, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Human Interest
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Nelson wins regional award for African-American research
Culpeper Star-Exponent, Va.A life-long Culpeper County resident keeps uncovering untold and under-recognized stories in American history, an essential effort that keeps gaining attention. For her extensive field work, research, investigation and writing about African American...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Culpeper County, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions
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Actress brings Clara Barton to life at Fallston library
Stories from one of American history's most revered women, Clara Barton, filled the Fallston library April 11, when more than 50 people watched Mary Ann Jung portray Barton during a living history presentation that spanned Barton's brave life as a...Tags: Arts and Culture, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Libraries, American Red Cross
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Civil War to come alive
Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis never had the chance to meet each other as leaders during a divided America, but they're going to this weekend. The town? Costa Mesa. The place? Fairview Park. The occasion? "The town hall meeting that never...
Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Arts and Culture, Sociology, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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A right and proper death of the euro
William PfaffPARIS -- When the proposal was initially made for a common European currency, it seemed to this writer to be a good idea, with the flaw that it wouldn't work. Although inexpert in economics (being a product of the age of arithmetic), it struck me as an...Tags: Angela Merkel, Tea Party Movement, Market and Exchange, International Organizations, Germany
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History book author to speak in Keedysville
Hagerstown author Preston “Toby” Law will speak to the Keedysville Historical Society on Monday at 7 p.m. at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 53 N. Main St., Keedysville. Law will discuss his new book, “Drummer Boy for the Bonnie Blue,...
Tags: Rentals, Arts and Culture, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Authors
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