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Spring break hotel deals in the Mid-Atlantic region
Baltimore Sun reporterThe more hotel deals I write about the more I get. So my inbox will never be empty. But maybe your pockets will be a little less empty with these deals. (Maybe. I'm not guaranteeing anything. Doing your research and checking the small print is always...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Travel Deals, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), Busch Gardens Orlando, St. Michaels
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Day Trip: Run For the Dream at Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg, Va., which already has parks and attractions galore for Baltimore day-trippers, has added a half-marathon and 8K race, taking place Saturday and Sunday.
Participating runners get the usual T-shirts and protein bars, but also receive free...Tags: Armed Forces, Theme Park Vacations, Gardens and Parks, Defense, Executive Branch
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It takes a team of artisans to make the trophies Preakness winners take home
No one gets to take the Woodlawn Vase home anymore.
Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt made sure of that in 1953 after her husband's horse, Native Dancer, won the Preakness by a neck. She was not going to be responsible for the three-foot-tall, 30 pound solid...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Companies and Corporations, Woodlawn (Baltimore, Maryland), The Jockey Club Incorporated, Preakness Stakes
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Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia
Baltimore Sun reporterGo here: Step back in time to walk the streets that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry walked on the road to American independence. Scores of original buildings and hundreds of homes, shops and public buildings are reconstructed over...Tags: Government, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Thomas Jefferson, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Heads of State
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Journey to Jamestown
My daughter, Isabelle, loves great stories -- especially the ones that are full of gloom. Her favorite movie scene is from Cinderella, when the main character's stepsisters rip apart her lovely pink dress just before the ball, followed closely by one from...Tags: Gardens and Parks, John Smith, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Death, Trips and Vacations
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Going from a dairy farm to custom-built homes
Special to The SunMount Hebron is a quiet neighborhood where some of the founding landowners still live. Deer are known to nibble on landscaping. Sounds of the local high school marching band can be heard as residents rake their leaves in the fall. "It gives a nice feel...Tags: Howard County, Halloween, Safeway Inc., Jordan, Maryland
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Joshua Johnson
Sun ReporterCity was home to black portrait painter Enigma: Joshua Johnson's artistic contributions and his status as a free black man intrigue historians -------------------- Joshua Johnson, considered by art historians and collectors the first significant black...Tags: Monuments and Heritage Sites, History, Maryland, Death, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Unsure footing
Sun reporterhat's strange is that it no longer seems strange, this spectacle. The empty loafers cruising down the conveyer belt. The flip-flops dumped in the plastic bin. The booties of a tiny boy, whipped off by his mother and loaded into the X-ray machine,...Tags: Thurgood Marshall, Death, Microsoft Corporation, Tallahassee (Leon, Florida), Colonists of North America
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Restaurants open on Christmas Day
Dining@LargeJoyce W. asked if we had discussed restaurants that are open on Christmas Day yet, and the answer is no, we haven't. Thanks for reminding me, because it's something I get more and more requests for as the years go......Tags: Fells Point, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking, Holidays, Christmas
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Even the movies are close at hand
Special to The SunBaltimore is a city of historic rowhouses, but one of its most common types isn't historic at all. The post-World War II Early American rowhouse is the unsung hero of Baltimore housing. A plain red brick front with a few Colonial flourishes around the...Tags: Senator Theatre, Gardens and Parks, Movies, World War II (1939-1945), Tourism and Leisure
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Middle Peninsula antiquers enjoy finding, assessing and selling treasured items
TOPPING — What is the value of a fine set of stemware? Or your mother's favorite chair? Or a long-lost toy? If you specialize in antique selling, the value can always be found if the price is right. Janice Jones is one of those people who buy and...Tags: Storage Wars (tv program), Sociology, PBS (tv network), IKEA, Homes
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Blue Stars Museums program returns for summer months
Daily PressThe Blue Star Museums initiative returns this summer, offering free admission to participating museums for active duty military and their families. This year, military families can get free access to the Hampton History Museum, Peninsula Fine Arts...Tags: Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Arts, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), Museums, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia)
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