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Cinco De Mayo 'As American As July 4,' UCLA Prof Says
CNNLOS ANGELES -- Cinco de Mayo -- the unofficial U.S. holiday long believed to have been imported, with celebratory beer, from Mexico -- isn't a Mexican holiday at all but rather an American one created by Latinos in the West during the Civil War, according...Tags: Cinco de Mayo, CNN (tv network), Minority Groups, Newspaper and Magazine, White House
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Owner of Bottom House aims to protect Civil War gem
jking@amnews.comPERRYVILLE — Alan Hoeweler was 16 the first time the sound of his boots was heard on the floorboards of the H.P. Bottom House in the middle of the Perryville Battlefield. His daddy thought he’d stolen the car that day to get there, he said,...Tags: Property, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, World War II (1939-1945)
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln i/¿e¿br¿hæm ¿l¿¿k¿n/ (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional,...Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Ulysses S. Grant, Assassinations, Abraham Lincoln, Elections
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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: U.S. Congress, Finance, National Parks, U.S. Department of the Interior, Renovation
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Dr. Ernst F. L. Niedermeyer
Dr. Ernst Friedrich Lepold Niedermeyer, who was a leading researcher, author, clinician and pioneer in the field of electroencephalogy and its use in epilepsy and other brain research, died Thursday of colon cancer at Gilchrist Hospice in Towson.
The...Tags: Roman Catholicism, Austria, Concerts, Psychiatry, Medical Specialization
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Loading up for the Battle of Costa Mesa
Disguised as men, female soldiers slung revolvers and fired cannons alongside their male counterparts in 1861. This is just one of many truths to discover this weekend at the fourth annual Battle of Costa Mesa, a Civil War reenactment event in Costa...Tags: Unions, Abraham Lincoln, World War II (1939-1945), Sociology, Mountains
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Md. Civil War museum gives severed arm a good look
The Associated PressLong after the guns grew silent at Antietam, the earth yielded up gruesome reminders of the bloodiest day of the American Civil War: bodies, bones, buttons and entire severed limbs — one of which is now the focus of intense study at the National...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Museums, Wars and Interventions, General Practitioners, Arts and Culture
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David L. Henson, 65
Mr. David L. Henson, age 65, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died April 23, 2012, from complications of cancer. A memorial service will be held Saturday, May 5, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church in North Wilkesboro, N.C., with the Revs. Keith Franklin...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, U.S. Army, Cancer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, College Basketball
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Now it's Shiloh's turn to commemorate the Civil War
SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK, Tenn. — "The battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, fought on Sunday and Monday, the 6th and 7th of April, 1862," wrote Union Major Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, "has been perhaps less understood, or, to state the case...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Ulysses S. Grant, Gardens and Parks, Museums, Music
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Slave Insurance: lawmaker wants CT companies to share old records
In 1855, the Aetna Life Insurance Co. issued a policy covering the life of a slave in Mississippi named Peter, who was listed as a “laborer.” Like most slave insurance policies, he was only identified by his first name.
Hundreds if not...Tags: Toni N Harp, Slavery, Insurance, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Social Issues
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Seniors: Scrabble at the Bain Center
Activity Pals For single seniors. Get together with others to attend events, shop, go sightseeing, dine out and more. 301-596-6385. The Bain Center 5470 Ruth Keeton Way, Columbia. 410-313-7213. •A New Year, a New You. Jan. 30, 10 a.m. Free....Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Personal Service, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Religious Conflicts, Civil Unrest
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Art Callaham: A county of contrasts
Where in the world did 2011 go? Such was the question I asked myself this week after the New Year brought us all 2012. Like most everyone, I’m still trying to remember to write the number 12 in my checkbook registry as well as on the checks. It...Tags: Civil Rights, Abraham Lincoln, Human Rights, Parties and Movements, Slavery
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