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Day trips: Gliding into the new year
Hershey, Pa.
The Spa at the Hotel Hershey
Enjoy a spa day at the "sweetest place on Earth." Throughout January, the Spa at the Hotel Hershey will be offering its guests the "Champagne Celebration." The two-hour treatment includes citrus oils and a blend...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Woodrow Wilson, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Hershey (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), James Monroe
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1908 Illinois race riot was impetus behind founding of the NAACP
When an African-American was accused of raping a white woman and another of murdering a white locomotive engineer, Springfield, Ill., exploded into a race riot on the evening of Aug. 14, 1908. The mob grew furious when they learned that the two men had...Tags: Activism, Labor Legislation, Druid Hill, Lawyers, Justice System
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Local schools open wide for National Education Week
Students, faculty and parents of area schools are participating this week in American Education Week, which runs through Nov. 18. Parents are welcome all during that week, but some of our schools have arranged for one special Visitation Day. That day was...Tags: High Schools, Schools, Halloween, Springfield, Arts
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Revisionist history about Baltimore and the Civil War
Revisionist history is often times inaccurate, and such is the case with J.B. Salganik's recent op-ed article ("Baltimore true identity," Sept. 6). There are multiple points in Mr. Salganik's commentary which require clarification. First and foremost,...Tags: Habeas Corpus, Fort McHenry, Wars and Interventions
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Daniel Day-Lewis makes a great Abe Lincoln
The first look at Daniel Day-Lewis as the headliner in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," shows an eerie resemblance to the Civil War-era president. Lewis was caught at a restaurant in Richmond, a city that was the capital of the Confederacy and that still...Tags: Daniel Day-Lewis, Steven Spielberg
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Thief may have sold more historic documents
Document thief Barry Landau may have sold more of the national treasures he stole from museums — including the Maryland Historical Society in Baltimore, where his scheme unraveled — than previously thought, according to the National Archives...Tags: Trials, Theft, Museums, FBI, Rod J. Rosenstein
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All Americans
It's easy to lose sight of the reality that Harford County — like the whole of Maryland — is ground zero for U.S. History. A key part of that history was recalled over the weekend at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Abingdon, where there...Tags: Slavery, History, Francis Scott Key, Wars and Interventions, Anglicanism
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Mathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, former acting first lady of Maryland, dies at 91
Baltimore Sun reporterMathilde B. "Mimi" Lee, who as the wife of Lt. Gov. Blair Lee III eschewed the political pomp and circumstance of Annapolis for the fields and woods where she could freely hike, canoe and swim, died Tuesday of congestive heart failure at Laurel Regional...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Canoeing and Kayaking, Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Marvin Mandel, Periodicals
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World War II veteran's experience is valuable history lesson as 9/11 anniversary approaches
Warren Coligny, husband, father, Navy seaman and Pearl Harbor survivor, died Aug. 13 at an assisted-living facility in Bowie. His passing is notable not just because he belonged to the fragile and rapidly shrinking population of World War II veterans, who...Tags: History, World War II (1939-1945), Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Defense, Veterans Affairs
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HBO's 'Game Change' trailer: Gibson vs. Palin brings back memories of 2008
The Baltimore SunSeeing HBO's latest trailer for "Game Change," the made-for-TV version of the 2008 GOP presidential campaign with John McCain and Sarah Palin, brought back memories of the early days of Z on TV when I was doing media-and-politics 24/7 -- and loving it....Tags: Russia, George W. Bush, Sarah Palin, Charles Gibson, Elections
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Baltimore's true identity: black history
A new vision for our city in the 21st century is sorely lacking from the discourse in the Baltimore City mayor's race.
Sure, lowering property taxes is a good idea, but it is not a game changer — even if it could be done without slashing city...Tags: History, Highlandtown, Fells Point, Charles Street, William Donald Schaefer
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NBC Thursday Comedies: Makeovers and Ugly Hats
While Greendale updates its outdated commercial, Tom and Jerry upgrade the Parks Department's brochure. Andy takes Dundler-Mifflin on a field trip and Whitney gets a handicapped dog.
"Community": The Board of Trustees grants the Dean $2,000 to film a...Tags: Firearms, Lisa Lampanelli, Trips and Vacations, Defense, Luis Guzman
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