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2013/05/25 08:05
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This year’s celebration of Memorial Day falls near the midpoint of the Civil War Sesquicentennial. That this major milestone is drawing greater attention in the East than in the West is only natural....
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2013/05/25 04:34
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Elizabeth Hogan first started getting migraines in high school. By her 30s, Hogan, a Miami Realtor, was getting the debilitating headaches up to five days a week. She spent most of her time in a...
2013/05/24 16:29
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For more than 40 years, the 3rd Infantry Regiment, also known as the Army's "Old Guard," has placed American flags on each of the 260,000 gravestones at Arlington National Cemetery ahead of the...
2013/05/24 11:42
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Do you know the stories of the young Hopkinton men who banded together a century ago and fought in the Union Army during the Civil War? On the Monday Memorial Day holiday, local history buff and...
2013/05/24 06:44
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... whole economy of the South west of the Appalachians depended on the Mississippi River. That's how we got our food and cotton to market. We floated it down the river to New Orleans. ‘And...
2013/05/24 00:01
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Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans � the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) � established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to...
2013/05/23 22:11
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When President Barack Obama travels to Oklahoma on Sunday to meet with the survivors of Monday's tornado, it will mark the third time this year that he has journeyed to a patch of America to console a...
2013/05/23 20:58
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The roots of weather forecasting in the United States date back to 1849 and stem from an overture by the Smithsonian Institute when the instrumentation used to measure and record weather was provided...
2013/05/22 13:49
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I asked Cam Morris, head of Eastern Travel/Oneonta Bus Lines, how many years her company has been handling the Safety Patrol trip to Washington, D.C. “I honestly don’t know, Big Chuck” she said with...
2013/05/22 08:23
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Committee meeting cancelled CHESTERFIELD - The Chesterfield County Liaison Committee meeting, originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon has been cancelled. Holiday delay for CVWMA recycling/trash...
2013/05/21 04:39
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Virginia’s capital of horses, hounds and fox hunting, Middleburg is sometimes dismissed as a genteel playground for the rich and famous. But with fine restaurants, eclectic boutiques and a museum...
2013/05/21 04:09
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George W. Childs' story is one from rags to riches I first visited Childs Park, near Dingmans Ferry, around 1975. I was impressed with the multi-level waterfalls and the built-in steps and walkways...
2013/05/20 11:36
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Cigar cutter from Tommy Bahama Viejo Cigars After Cigar Mints from Tommy Bahama Think about what went into the cigar before it came to you: The growing of the tobacco, the drying of the leaves, the...
2013/05/19 04:22
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Mid-May 1863 could very well be the time the Civil War was decided. On May 16 and 17, a decisive battle and decision was made that would bring forth catastrophic consequences for the Confederacy....
2013/05/18 00:49
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The pelican and the peregrine falcon are each rather amazing and unusual coastal birds. We almost lost both of them several decades ago due to the side effects of a chemical that saved millions of...
2013/05/17 15:55
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Howard A. Squires, age 88, of Gloversville, passed away on Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at St. Mary's Hospital, Amsterdam after a brief illness. Mr. Squires was born in Johnstown on April 19, 1925, a son...
2013/05/17 14:05
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This Week in The Civil War, for week of Sunday, May 19: Union assaults on Vicksburg, Miss. This week 150 years ago in the Civil War, Ulysses Grant hurled his Union forces at heavily fortified...
2013/05/17 10:52
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The display comes as preparations are under way for two major reenactments of the epic battle that raged over July 1, 2, and 3, 1863. The largest re-creation, from July 4 to 7, is expected to draw up...
2013/05/16 00:46
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Loading Slideshow Barack Obama (2009) Barack Obama delivers his inaugural address after being sworn in as 44th U.S. president at the Capitol in Washington on January 20, 2009. George W. Bush...
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Loading Slideshow George Washington (1789-97) 1st President of the United States (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images) Thomas...