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Eagle Archives: German POWs in Westminster helped harvest the crops during World War II
I recently came across a local newspaper headline from May 18, 1945, noting, "German Prisoners For Farm Work." The idea that Carroll County was the home of German prisoners of war during World War II was nothing new to me. I had heard many oral...Tags: Employees, Nazi Party, Prisons, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Carroll County (Maryland)
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Wendell W. Wichmann, decorated career Army officer
Col. Wendell W. Wichmann, a highly decorated career Army officer who fought in three wars, died May 22 of renal failure at Lorien Mays Chapel Health Center in Timonium.
He was 96.
Wendell Willard Wichmann, the son of farmers, was born and raised in...Tags: Japan, Baltimore County, Linthicum, Timonium, Armed Forces
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A shameful response to a nonexistent problem
Bill Internicola had to show his papers. He received a letter last month from the Broward County, Fla., supervisor of elections informing him the office had "information from the state of Florida that you are not a United States citizen; however, you are...
Tags: Bill Nelson, Election Rigging, Rick Scott, Parties and Movements, Eric Holder
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Robert M. Coulbourn III, industrial designer
Robert M. Coulbourn III, a retired industrial designer who had been active in the affairs of several Baltimore-area Episcopal churches, died May 23 of pneumonia at the Blakehurst retirement community in Towson. He was 87.
The son of a salesman and a...Tags: Roland Park, Christianity, Greenbelt (Prince George's, Maryland), Culture, Bolton Hill
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John S. Croucher, hospital engineer
John Stewart Croucher, a retired hospital assistant engineer and World War II naval veteran, died of a stroke Tuesday at Gilchrist Hospice Care. The Bel Air resident was 90.
Born in Baltimore and raised on Eastern Avenue in Highlandtown, he was a...Tags: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, Highlandtown, American Medical Association
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Bay Theatre, Infinity join together for summer children's shows
Bay Theatre Company co-founder and artistic director Janet Luby joined Infinity Theatre co-producing artistic directors Alan Ostroff and Anna Roberts Ostroff last week to announce their summer collaboration on three original shows for children. The...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Annapolis, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Entertainment Events, Chicago Transit Authority
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Grimaldis exhibit showcases Alexey Titarenko's haunted photographs
Alexey Titarenko's black-and-white photographs conjure up gray areas between motion and inertia, living and getting by, past and present. The images haunt, and are haunted.
For the third time since 2003, Baltimore's C. Grimaldis Gallery is presenting a...Tags: Saint Petersberg (Russia), Photography, Arts, Charles Street
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First black academy graduate held back?
I read the obituary regarding the first African-American to graduate from theU.S. Naval Academy("Wesley A. Brown," May 25) and am left wondering what went wrong with this person. Here is a man who served in three wars, and for over 20 years of active...Tags: Glen Burnie, United States Naval Academy
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Paul P. Snead, electronics repairman
Paul P. Snead, a World War II Navy veteran and self-employed electronics repairman, died of kidney failure May 27 at the Dove House hospice in Westminster. The Mount Airy resident was 86. Mr. Snead was born in Pikesville, the son of a homemaker and a...Tags: Randallstown, U.S. Military, Mount Airy, Electronics, Sykesville
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Preventive wars are tricky to judge in retrospect
As David Swanson points out in his recent article, the War of 1812 was indeed senseless, born of wanton stupidity ("America's first war of choice: 1812). It served no useful purpose, local battle glories notwithstanding. Not all wars are like that,...Tags: Kandahar Massacre (2012), Germany, Nazi Party
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Pikesville mosque to open at Slade Mansion on Park Heights Avenue
Synagogues and schools line Park Heights Avenue in Pikesville — Temple Oheb Shalom, Baltimore Hebrew Congregation and the Shoshana S. Cardin School, among them. Nearby is the nation's largest kosher grocery store, and signs promoting Jewish...Tags: Islam, Pakistan, Religious Conflicts, Cults and Sects, Judaism
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Edgewater Marine killed in Afghanistan
A Marine from Edgewater has died in Afghanistan, defense officials said Wednesday. Sgt. Julian C. Chase, 22, died Monday while conducting combat operations in Helmand province, Afghanistan, the Pentagon said. Chase was assigned to the 5th Air Naval...Tags: The Pentagon, Woodrow Wilson, Afghanistan
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