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Art Callaham: Timing, patience are keys to leadership
I’ve written recently about leadership and my opinions about the important principles that make a good leader. I explored communications as one guiding principle and this week I’ll write about timing, patience and decisiveness. Great...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Baltimore was site of pivotal political conventions in 1800s
In "The First American Political Conventions: Transforming Presidential Nominations, 1832-1872," Stan M. Haynes writes that the modern presidential nominating convention evolved during the campaign of 1832.
Between the fall of 1831 and the spring of...Tags: Arts and Culture, James Buchanan, Andrew Jackson, Douglas, Social Issues
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Newspaper collectors care about much more than news
The Smart CollectorQ: I have old newspapers from the American Civil War that describe battles. How do I determine their worth? A: The first thing to do is key http://www.rarenewspapers.com, the site of Timothy Hughes Rare Newspapers in Pennsylvania. A collector/dealer...Tags: Auction Service, Holidays, Homes, Newspaper and Magazine, Charles Dickens
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Art Callaham: On message or off target?
Last year I started to do a series on leadership; my premise was to have some of our local elected officials comment on the subject and I would print in this column whatever was submitted. What I quickly found out was I don’t have total control...Tags: Colleges and Universities, John Bell, University System of Maryland, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Education
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Five for your planner: Friday, July 13
1. Firemen's carnival The Rescue Hose Company Fireman's Carnival features daily entertainment begins Monday, July 16, continues through Saturday, July 21. Special Events Center grounds, 407 S. Washington St., Greencastle, Pa. Call Brian Barkdoll at 717-...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Arts, Museums, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Historian and railroader to present Civil War lecture
John P. Hankey will present a lecture titled “Railroads and the American Civil War” at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Sunday at 2:30 p.m. The lecture is free and open to the public. The Friends of the Library will host a reception...Tags: Arts and Culture, United States Census Bureau, Railway Transportation, Transportation, Walnuts
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Civil War buffs flock to Hagerstown this weekend for art exhibit, gala, living history
marieg@herald-mail.comIn the autumn of 1862, Gen. Robert E. Lee was on the move. “We cannot afford to be idle,” he wrote, and pointed his Southern Army north toward Maryland. Numbering 50,000 — not 120,000 as the enemy believed — they were, said one...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Entertainment, Arts, Movies
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Exhibit shows wake of Civil War left few untouched
By Audrey Scanlan-Teller Special to The Herald-Mail By the time it ended in late spring of 1865, the Civil War had claimed the lives of more than 600,000 soldiers and countless civilians who suffered sickness, hunger, death, destruction and loss in...Tags: Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Abraham Lincoln, Arts, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Plans outlined to mark 150th anniversary of the Maryland Campaign
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comEvents commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War, including the battles of Antietam and South Mountain, were outlined Tuesday morning at a news conference held at Antietam National Battlefield. “The...Tags: Arts and Culture, Tourism and Leisure, National Parks, Manassas (Manassas, Virginia), Gardens and Parks
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Letters to the Editor - June 25
Thank for the tips on living a nutrient-free life To the editor: I was impressed with the details in the three articles on the first three pages in the May 27 newspaper about reducing nitrogen and phosphorous discharges to improve the health of...Tags: Barack Obama, Arts and Culture, The Herald-Mail, Primaries, Politics
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How Dunker Church was saved
The Washington County Historical Society presented the Antietam National Battlefield Park with two significant gifts. In the 1950s, purchase of the Dunker Church and gifting of the church and the Burnside Bridge were made possible through the work of...
Tags: Arts and Culture, National Parks, Maryland General Assembly, John Bell, Human Interest
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Never forget: Freedom is not free!
Is freedom free? I think not. It was not free for the Minute Men who gave their lives during the birth of our country at Lexington, Concord and Bunker Hill. It was not free for those Marines who faced the “Halls of Montezuma” on that distant...Tags: Stonewall Jackson, World War II (1939-1945), Spanish-American War, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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