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'Lost Colony' show returns after being almost lost to fire
Of The Associated PressTwo days before opening night of ''The Lost Colony,'' Tony-award winning designer William Ivey Long was still working on costumes. They were all brand new, but had to look very, very old. ''The Lost Colony'' production, hit by a disastrous fire last...Tags: Gardens and Parks, Literature, Wildfires, Tourism and Leisure, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia)
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History, Including This Newspaper's, Is Messy
History is messy. John Adams thought the 2nd of July was going to be America's big day. That's when the Congress took its cross-the-Rubicon independence vote. July 3 was sticky too, as the Congress went over the wording of the Declaration. That's when...Tags: Frederick Douglass, Government, American Revolutionary War, Christianity, Edie Falco
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Jesse Helms, former U.S. senator from N.C., dead at 86
Associated PressWhen telling stories about Jesse Helms after his death on Independence Day, the politician who took his place in Congress recalled how the North Carolina senator liked to invite pages to sit down and chat over ice cream. "Can you imagine how excited...Tags: Civil Rights, Government, Elections, Mental Illness, Illnesses
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President praises Jefferson, freedom
Associated PressPresident Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson yesterday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying "I'll be proud to call you a fellow American." On his final Fourth of July as president, Bush told an...Tags: United States of America, International Military Interventions, Thomas Jefferson, Wars and Interventions, Fourth of July
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Former Republican Sen. Jesse Helms dies at 86
Associated Press WritersFormer Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on...Tags: Treaties, Civil Rights, Government, Elections, Mental Illness
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Former Republican NC Sen. Jesse Helms Dies At 86
Associated PressWhen telling stories about Jesse Helms after his death on the Fourth of July, the politician who took his place in Congress recalled how the iconic North Carolina senator liked to invite pages to sit down and chat over ice cream. "Can you imagine how...Tags: Civil Rights, Government, Elections, Human Rights, Gays and Lesbians
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Jefferson Bible reveals Founding Father's view of God, faith
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 5, 2008 Making good on a promise to a friend to summarize his views on Christianity, Thomas Jefferson set to work with scissors, snipping out every miracle and inconsistency he could find in the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John....Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Religious Leaders, Values, Religious Texts, Government
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Jesse Helms dies on 4th
Of The Associated PressFormer Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died on...Tags: Treaties, Government, Elections, Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups
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Conservative Senate stalwart Helms, 86, dies
The Associated PressFormer Sen. Jesse Helms, an unyielding champion of the conservative movement who spent three combative and sometimes caustic decades in Congress, where he relished his battles against liberals, Communists and occasionally a fellow Republican, died Friday....Tags: Thomas Jefferson, Fourth of July, Government, Elections, Upper House
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Bush Welcomes New American Citizens
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- President Bush invoked the memory of Thomas Jefferson Friday in welcoming new U.S. citizens at a naturalization ceremony at Monticello, saying "I'll be proud to call you a fellow American."
On his final Fourth of July as president,...Tags: United States of America, Thomas Jefferson, Wars and Interventions, Fourth of July, Migration
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