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A piece of history transformed
247-4795Back in the 1950s, Susie Kirkpatrick donated an old family heirloom – passed down to her from her mother – to the old Syms-Eaton Museum in Hampton. The necklace, thought to have been made before or after the Civil War, consists of glass...Tags: Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Defense, Charity, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Battlefield Virginia
Hartford Courant Staff WriterFrom the heavy guns of a seacoast fort through battle-scarred Yorktown and the swampy outskirts of Richmond, the Virginia Peninsula tells the story of a massive war campaign and the evolution of warfare. Along this finger of land cut by the York and...Tags: Slavery, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Mariners' Museum, Defense, Historic Jamestowne
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Lincoln slept here (into eternity)
A new Civil War tour of Washington includes a visit to the newly restored Lincoln Cottage, Abe Lincoln's summer retreat on the campus of the U.S. Armed Forces Retirement Home. The three-hour tour, "Civil War Washington: Soldiers and Citizens" is...Tags: James Taylor, Defense, Photography, Rodeo, Brooklyn Bridge
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Two museums, two perspectives on Civil War
The Associated PressMore than 140 years after Civil War cannons fell silent, two museums in Richmond are offering very different views of the War Between the States. The century-old Museum of the Confederacy offers a more single-minded approach to the war. Located in...Tags: Slavery, Jefferson Davis, Wars and Interventions, The White House, Government
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Peru and Pizarro the killer
Washington Post Book WorldThe Spanish conquest of South and Central America during the 16th century is an almost unmatchable story of human courage and cruelty, resourcefulness and duplicity, profit and exploitation. It has been celebrated and deplored in histories, novels and...Tags: Washington Post Company
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Science fiction goes political
DAVID WEIGEL is an associate editor at Reason magazine (www.reason.com).Be afraid, conservatives. If you survived the victory speeches of Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and allowed yourself to think, "Things can't get any worse," get over it. They can. Two years from now, terrorists under the banner of the "Progressive...Tags: George Bush, Rick Santorum, Government, Harry Reid, Michael Moore
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Harrisburg is a Keystone gem
WHERE Harrisburg, Pennsylvania's capital, is often overlooked by tourists streaming to nearby Hershey and Gettysburg. But besides the state Capitol and museum, there are plenty of things to see in the compact, revitalized city on the Susquehanna River....Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Hotels and Accommodations, Tourism and Leisure, Physical Fitness, John Harris
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Traveling through time
Times Staff WriterOnce upon a time, travel was heroic. Stepping outside your home meant drifting with Huck and Jim down the Mississippi south of Cairo. It meant burning and bopping and struggling along with Dean Moriarty in the old car south of Abilene, or dreaming with...Tags: Game Playing, JetBlue, Air Transportation Industry, Vacations, Edward Gibbon
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The numbers prove it -- Iraq's a civil war
BARRY LANDO, a former producer for CBS' "60 Minutes," is the author of the forthcoming book "Web of Deceit" about the role of the West in Iraq.SO IS IT A CIVIL WAR in Iraq or isn't it? By the straightforward definition — a war fought between factions or regions within a single nation — the answer seems clearly to be yes. That's why NBC and the Los Angeles Times recently decided to...Tags: NBC, CBS Corp., Wars and Interventions, Massacres, Murder
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Get Outta Town!
Of MergeIt's summer -- the prime season for vacationing. Of course a big-budget, full week's trip to somewhere exotic is ideal but, for some college students and young profs, doing so would mean missing rent and becoming homeless. The good news: you can still...Tags: Condos and Houses, Six Flags Incorporated, Gardens and Parks, Rivers, Tourism and Leisure
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