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Arbutus Library visitors find scavenger hunt a fun way to learn during Black History Month
It's a big area to search.
As the second-newest branch of the Baltimore County Public Library, the Arbutus Library features 25,000 square feet of space for more 110,000 items, several meeting rooms and a large computer area, as well as areas for...Tags: Leon Day, Black History, Libraries, Harriet Tubman, Baseball
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Children's novel promotes healthy lifestyle
The children's novel "The Adventures of M.T. Pitt" is helping Howard County promote healthy lifestyles for youths. The book shines a light on an imaginative young boy whose expanding girth makes him a target for the school bully. The Howard County Health...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Obesity, Literature, Weight, Bullying
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You liked Red Tails and the Tuskegee Airmen? Read on
"Red Tails," the years-long project of director George Lucas, is sure to bring some overdue attention to the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-black aviation unit that fought discrimination in the U.S. military as well as our enemies in World War II. Reviews for...Tags: Wars and Interventions, World War II (1939-1945), U.S. Military, Minority Groups, Tuskegee University
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Edgewater band wraps up superior year
Four years ago, Reginald Leandre came to the Edgewater High School band program with expectations for what his high school career would hold. There was a new band director, Bruce Green, and the program had a lot of room for growth. "I came in with Mr....Tags: Music, Teaching and Learning, The Happiest News!, Concerts, University of Central Florida
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War re-enactments pay tribute to veterans
South Bend Tribune, Ind.David Browning attended his first war re-enactment when he was 7. "I was just tagging along with my dad," the 17-year-old St. John, Ind., resident recalled. "I was dressed up in a little uniform, but I was not in any battle. "I was just out to go...Tags: Korean War (1950-1953), Wars and Interventions, Air Transportation Industry, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Armed Forces
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William White, Tuskegee Airmen successfully battled racism, America's enemies in WWII
William White says he and his fellow members of the famed Tuskegee Airmen fought two battles during World War II: one against America's enemies and another against racism. White is sure he and his mates helped win the former on the battlefield, while he...Tags: Civil Rights, Hampton Roads, U.S. Army, Labor Legislation, Racism
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Tuskegee Airmen, veterans to be honored
Talk about a nice way to be honored. As part of Armed Forces Day, 10 Tuskegee Airmen along with veterans of wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan will be guests of honor at the Miami Yacht Club on Saturday. The Tuskegee Airmen were a small group of black...Tags: U.S. Army, Tuskegee University, Armed Forces
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Work on Tuskegee Airmen tribute in Sewickley finally to begin in June
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewFunding and lack of a contractor delayed construction two years on the largest outdoor memorial in the country to Tuskegee Airmen, but those problems appear to be resolved, officials said. Tuskegee Airmen became the military's first black pilots...Tags: Ceremonies, General Contracting, Tuskegee University, Pittsburgh, Culture
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Smithsonian to preserve, display Edisto slave cabin
The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.One of this area's few remaining slave cabins seemed certain to be lost to history. The two-room, wood-sided building, once one of dozens of similar cabins on Point of Pines plantation, had suffered from decades of neglect, a pronounced lean and lots of...Tags: Employees, Museums, Wars and Interventions, Harriet Tubman, Smithsonian Institution
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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...
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BRIEF: Tuskegee Airmen exhibit, P-51 join air show
The Dayton Daily NewsA traveling exhibit highlighting the history of the Tuskegee Airmen and a World War II-era Red Tail P-51 Mustang will join the line-up at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Rise Above, a 30-seat theater with a panoramic screen, documents the history of the...Tags: U.S. Military, Armed Forces
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BRIEF: Tuskegee Airman Gomer to speak at St. Louis County Board meeting
Duluth News TribuneWorld War II Tuskegee Airman Joe Gomer of Duluth will speak at Tuesday's St. Louis County Board meeting at the county courthouse in Duluth. Gomer will give a presentation at the start of the 9:30 a.m. meeting, part of a year-long initiative by County...Tags: St. Louis, U.S. Military, U.S. Army, Television Industry
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