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Saving soldiers' lives: Tour, exhibit and festival honor Gettysburg work of Daughters of Charity
When the Daughters of Charity awakened June 27, 1863, the pastoral grounds of their Emmitsburg, Md,. property had become a Union Army encampment for thousands of Union Army officers and men destined to fight during the Battle of Gettysburg. This would...
Tags: U.S. Army, Hospitals and Clinics, Nursing, Grateful Dead (music group), Breads
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Lehigh Valley Civil War Days in Whitehall
Battles and skirmishes. Living history scenarios. Confederate and Union camp life displays. Civil War music and cooking. Infantry and artillery firing demonstrations. Lehigh Valley Civil War Days, presented by Camp Geiger in the Whitehall Parkway...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Whitehall, Music
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Renville County, Minn., museum director had ancestors on both side of 1862 conflict
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn.Franky Jackson had no idea he would make history of his own when he accepted the position as director of the Renville County Historical Society and Museum in Morton. As a Dakota and member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe in South Dakota, Jackson, 40, was...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Museums
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Fox comes to Circle Park
Highlands Today, Sebring, Fla.It didn't cost anything for Sebring residents to visit the downtown circle Friday and spend time with some of the city's most well-known residents, including politicians, business owners and at least one protester. Others attending the live broadcast of...Tags: Media Industry, Fox Broadcasting Company, Avon (Dare, North Carolina)
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Corbett urges Villanova Law graduates to emulate Lincoln, More
The Philadelphia InquirerGov. Corbett urged Villanova Law School graduates Friday to embody the passion of Abraham Lincoln and the integrity of Sir Thomas More as they embark on their careers. At the school's commencement, Corbett praised those men, both lawyers, for standing...Tags: Justice System, Labor Markets, Graduation, Colleges and Universities, Labor Legislation
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Ken Venturi dies at 82; golfer had dramatic win in 1964 U.S. Open
Ken Venturi, who won the 1964 U.S. Open golf championship in dramatic fashion and became a longtime television commentator, died Friday in Rancho Mirage. He was 82. Venturi, who was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame earlier this month, died at...
Tags: Golf, Pneumonia, Fatigue, Masters Tournament, CBS Corp.
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Altadena Junction: Civil War memorial, a summer market and rally
It's a little-known fact that Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena may have one of the largest collections of remains of Civil War veterans outside of the areas where the battles were fought. According to Nick Smith, a historian who works at the...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Relay for Life, Memorial Day, Spanish-American War, American Cancer Society
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READER SUBMITTED: Afternoon Tea - Welsh Society
Hartfordwaiting for photo to be emailed. The Welsh Society of Western New England (WSWNE) will have an Afternoon Tea with a presentation on "Welsh Gardens and Estates" on June 8 at the Town and County Club, 22 Woodland St., Hartford, a Victorian house built in...Tags: Mining, Metal and Mineral, Wales
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Artifacts more eloquent than words
"Slave Shackles Intended for a Child, ca. 1800" The caption for the first image in "The Civil War in 50 Objects" will stop a reader cold, but the photo of those shackles pierces the gut, teaching a lesson words never could. Historian Harold Holzer combed...Tags: Sociology, Wars and Interventions, Culture
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Glimpse into Civil War era's leaders
The Philadelphia InquirerWhen he wore that slouch hat and blue frock coat 150 years ago, Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade faced a crucial choice that could affect the outcome of the Civil War: Fight or flee? Across an open field at Gettysburg, the Confederate Army under...Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Tourism and Leisure, U.S. Army, Hobbies, Arts
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BRIEF: Latest book by Merris explores Naples
Jacksonville Journal-Courier, Ill.Like most writers, Bob Merris weaves together tales about subjects with which he is familiar. In recent years, the newspaperman-turned-author has found material by turning to his past and to communities and subjects he knows well. He has written about... -
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: Armed Forces, Rebellions, Battle of Antietam, Sociology, Allentown
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