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    May 24, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  1. Transcript of Obama's remarks to U.S. Naval Academy graduates

    Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of our extraordinary Navy and Marine Corps teams.
    Hello, Midshipmen! (Applause.) Well, thank you, Governor O'Malley, for your kind introduction and the great support that Maryland gives this Academy. To Secretary Mabus, Admiral Greenert, General Paxton -- thank you all for your incredible leadership of...

    Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), Budget Control Act of 2011, Finance, Barack Obama, Afghanistan

    2. May 24, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  2. Frances M. Finney, educator

    Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82.
    Frances M. Finney, who overcame poverty, earned a college degree and became a city school teacher, died April 19 from heart failure at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Guilford resident was 82. Frances Mae Hopkins was born in Baltimore and was...

    Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Christianity, American Red Cross, The Women (movie, 2008), Baltimore Housing

    3. May 23, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  3. Back Story: First Memorial Day celebrated 145 years ago

    <em>"We cherish too, the Poppy</em><em> red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies."</em>
    "We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies." — "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial...

    Tags: Holidays, Christianity, U.S. House of Representatives, World War I (1914-1918), Memorial Day

    4. May 23, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  4. 'It just looks like a war zone,' says Harford native of Oklahoma twister destruction

    Diane Starr McDaniel's daily commute from her job as a physical therapist at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Okla., north to her family home in Edmond, Okla., takes her through the heart of Moore.
    Diane Starr McDaniel's daily commute from her job as a physical therapist at Norman Regional Hospital in Norman, Okla., north to her family home in Edmond, Okla., takes her through the heart of Moore. While on the telephone with a reporter from The...

    Tags: Physical Therapy, American Legion, Tornadoes, Havre de Grace, The Washington Post

    5. May 20, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  5. Library brings musical side of Lincoln to life

    Enjoy a truly unique musical role-playing experience with General Grant and President Lincoln. Will and Bernadine Boyce have spent years perfecting their impersonations of General and Mrs. Grant (along with other Civil War personalities) and Dr. Duke Thompson, director of the Maryland Conservatory of Music, has recently conceived a concert performance unlike any other he has ever done. Together these presenters will bring an entertaining program entitled "Dr. Duke and Mr. President" to Harford County on June 1.
    Enjoy a truly unique musical role-playing experience with General Grant and President Lincoln. Will and Bernadine Boyce have spent years perfecting their impersonations of General and Mrs. Grant (along with other Civil War personalities) and Dr. Duke...

    Tags: Harford County, Libraries, Abraham Lincoln, Smithsonian Institution, Culture

    6. May 15, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  6. Vietnam-era anti-war act in Catonsville still resonates

    Mary Murphy looked up from the paperwork on her desk one day in May 1968.
    Mary Murphy looked up from the paperwork on her desk one day in May 1968. A man stood in the doorway of her office — a Catholic priest. He was staring at her. "Can I help you, sir?" said Mary Murphy. The man in the doorway didn't hesitate....

    Tags: University of Oxford, Christianity, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Guatemala, Roman Catholicism

    7. May 15, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  7. Two members of the Catonsville Nine return after 45 years

    One of the most catalytic anti-war actions of the Vietnam War happened at 1010 Frederick Road in Catonsville in 1968, but most people wouldn't know it by looking at the building today. Not even two people who were there.
    One of the most catalytic anti-war actions of the Vietnam War happened at 1010 Frederick Road in Catonsville in 1968, but most people wouldn't know it by looking at the building today. Not even two people who were there. "I didn't recognize it at all....

    Tags: Catonsville, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Baltimore County, Prisons

    8. May 13, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  8. Keep Md. Guard safe — and home

    I wish to express how delighted I am that the Maryland National Guard is seeing its final deployment to Afghanistan ("Md. Guard preparing for Afghanistan, and after," May 10). Now, let's bring all of them home from the all the other hellholes. (Kosovo, perhaps?)
    I wish to express how delighted I am that the Maryland National Guard is seeing its final deployment to Afghanistan ("Md. Guard preparing for Afghanistan, and after," May 10). Now, let's bring all of them home from the all the other hellholes. (Kosovo,...

    Tags: International Military Interventions, Vietnam War (1955-1975), Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Iraq

    9. May 10, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  9. Should we continue to be the indispensable nation?

    <strong></strong> In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation."
    In Hillary Clinton's farewell remarks in February on stepping down as President Barack Obama's secretary of state, she echoed one of her predecessors, Madeleine Albright, declaring America to be "the indispensable nation." "We are the force for...

    Tags: NATO, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton

    10. May 8, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  10. 'Hit & Stay' looks to Catonsville Nine and beyond

    Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script.
    Joe Tropea thought he was writing a research paper on the Catonsville Nine, a group of Catholic anti-war activists who set draft records ablaze outside a Selective Service office in 1968. But what he was really working on was a movie script. "I just got...

    Tags: Mount Royal, Charles Theatre, Maryland Film Festival, Religious Conflicts, Chicago Underground Film Festival

    11. May 7, 2013 |Story| Patuxent Homestead

  11. Towson costumer passes on her passion for history to her students

    Nora Worthington, the resident costumer for the Baltimore School for the Arts, has long loved the idea of dressing up and living the past. As a sixth-grader, she starred in Hampton Elementary School's Bicentennial production, and she visited her two grandmothers who had houses overflowing with antiques.
    Nora Worthington, the resident costumer for the Baltimore School for the Arts, has long loved the idea of dressing up and living the past. As a sixth-grader, she starred in Hampton Elementary School's Bicentennial production, and she visited her two...

    Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Fort McHenry, Teaching and Learning, Same-Sex Marriage, Slavery

    12. May 7, 2013 |Story| Baltimore Sun

  12. What will happen to weapons the U.S. gives to Syria's rebels?

    Does it occur to anyone in the left-wing Obama administration that arming Syrian rebels with modern weapons will result in arming a group of fighters who live just across the border from Israel ("The best bad option," May 2)?
    Does it occur to anyone in the left-wing Obama administration that arming Syrian rebels with modern weapons will result in arming a group of fighters who live just across the border from Israel ("The best bad option," May 2)? Does it dawn on anyone on...

    Tags: Parkville, Barack Obama, Israel

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