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Salem Avenue has talent
On May 15, Salem Avenue Elementary School held its second annual talent show. This year’s theme was Olweus Bullying Prevention. The show consisted of acts that included dancing, singing, poetry reciting, joke telling, Hula-Hoop dancing, violin and...Tags: Dance, Colleges and Universities, Entertainment Events, Entertainment, Hospitals and Clinics
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Undoing 150 years to reveal past in Burnside's Headquarters
Special to The Herald-MailThis is the 198th in a series of articles about the historical and architectural treasures of Washington County. Mills Road runs generally north/south between Burnside Bridge and Harpers Ferry roads, near land crossed during the Battle of Antietam....Tags: Building Material, Farms
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History's 12 greatest mountaintop miles
Taken cumulatively, it might be the most historic stretch of mountaintop in the Mid-Atlantic. From the Interstate 70 footbridge south along the spine of South Mountain, the ridgeline has seen an extraordinary amount of American life (and death) go by. In...Tags: Networking, New York Yankees, Armed Forces, The Herald-Mail, Daniel Webster
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Herald-Mail receives 20 awards from Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association
The Herald-Mail on Friday received 20 awards, including one Best In Show distinction, from the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Press Association. The newspaper’s awards included six first-place and 14 second-place honors in its division. The Herald-Mail...
Tags: The Herald-Mail, Civil and Public Service, Politics, Government
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READER SUBMITTED: Middlesex County Historical Society Participates In Connecticut Open House Day
MiddletownThe Middlesex County Historical Society is participating with dozens of other museums around the state by offering free admission on Connecticut Open House Day on Saturday, June 8. The museum at the Society's headquarters, the General Joseph Mansfield...Tags: Arts and Culture, Middlesex County (Connecticut), Middletown, Culture, Sociology
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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: American Red Cross, Heart Attack, Human Interest, Army National Guard, Casimir Pulaski
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The Lehigh Valley's forgotten graves
The old gravestone is broken. A crack about three-quarters of the way to the top has severed it, exposing a rough, jagged edge, like a chipped front tooth. The detached top, where the name and date of birth were long ago etched, lies on the ground. It's...Tags: Arts and Culture, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Lehigh County, Human Interest, Veterans Affairs
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Rebellions, Lehigh County, Armed Conflicts, Culture
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Rebellions, U.S. Elections, Armed Conflicts, Lehigh County
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Major Civil War battles took place in Kansas, many courtesy of William Quantrill
The Wichita EagleAntietam, Gettysburg, Bull Run were all Civil War battles that took place elsewhere. Of the hundreds of battles fought during the Civil War, four were fought on Kansas soil, and at least two dozen skirmishes were fought in Kansas. But four stand out...Tags: Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts, Prisoners and Detainees, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment
GUNS-BACKGROUND CHECKS Markell signs expanded gun background check bill DOVER, Del. (AP) — Gov. Jack Markell has signed a bill expanding criminal background checks on gun purchases in Delaware to include most transactions between private sellers...Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Antietam National Battlefield
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Producer seeks funds online for documentary on Antietam battlefield illumination
SHARPSBURG, Md. (AP) — A Maryland producer hopes an online campaign will help him fund a documentary about annual Antietam National Battlefield Memorial Illumination. Michael Wicklein recently started a campaign to raise $23,110 to help fund the...Tags: Antietam National Battlefield, Armed Conflicts, The Herald-Mail, Unrest, Conflicts and War
May 21, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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May 17, 2013
|Column| Allentown Morning Call
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|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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|Story| Allentown Morning Call
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|Story| Allentown Morning Call
May 13, 2013
|Story| McClatchy-Tribune
May 8, 2013
|Story| AP Maryland
May 8, 2013
|Story| AP Maryland
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