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Ironclad on a rampage
No one imagined the destruction about to unfold as the CSS Virginia eased from its berth late on the morning of March 8, 1862, for what was supposed to be its maiden voyage. But even as the sailors at Portsmouth’s Gosport Navy Yard prepared to...
Tags: Fort Monroe, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Shootings
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Lincoln directs fall of Norfolk
When Abraham Lincoln stepped ashore at Fort Monroe late on May 6, 1862, he hoped his visit would prod Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan and his Army of the Potomac into action. By the next morning, however — after finding that McClellan’s long...
Tags: Fort Monroe, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Washington, DC, Hampton Roads, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death
When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...
Tags: Fort Monroe, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Roads, USS Monitor, Hatteras
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Eugene Adolph Otto
Sioux Falls: The funeral service for Eugene Adolph Otto, 86, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Aberdeen, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 214 Seventh Ave. S.W., in Aberdeen, with the Rev. Hyle Anderson presiding....Tags: American Legion, Korean War (1950-1953), U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities, Riverton
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Eugene Adolph Otto
Sioux Falls: The funeral service for Eugene Adolph Otto, 86, of Sioux Falls and formerly of Aberdeen, will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, 2013, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 214 Seventh Ave. S.W., in Aberdeen, with the Rev. Hyle Anderson...
Tags: American Legion, Korean War (1950-1953), U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities, Riverton
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Local chef heads to White House to teach
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comSteven Weiss is about to blow the culinary minds of White House military chefs. "This is made out of carrots," he said, cupping in his hand what actually looked like small beads of caviar. He'll be doing such magic tricks in the kitchen when he...Tags: Washington, DC, Cheese Corn, Caviar, Carrots
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Minerva V. Batten, 98
Minerva Virginia Batten, 98, formerly of Hedgesville, W.Va., died on Jan. 2, 2013, at Reeders Memorial Home in Boonsboro, Md. Born Aug. 20, 1914, in Dargan, Md., she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Saylor and Mary Elizabeth Waters Saylor....
Tags: Franklin (Franklin, Virginia), Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland), Washington, DC, Rosedale (Queens, New York)
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'The Amazing Race' Recap: Take Down That Million
WDBJ7 BloggerIt is the finale; it is go time for the teams! Trey and Lexi are the first to leave the Pit Stop. Teams travel to Barcelona, Spain then catch a train to the Loire Valley in France. Once there they have to find the Garden of France. While on...Tags: The Amazing Race (tv program), Mushrooms, New York City, Landforms, United Nations
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Ironclad mourned 150 years after its death
When the USS Monitor left Hampton Roads on the afternoon of Dec. 29, 1862, the southwest wind was light, the skies clear and the seas smooth. Nobody imagined that just 36 hours later the famous ship hailed as the savior of the Union after its historic...
Tags: Fort Monroe, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Roads, USS Monitor, Hatteras
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How to spend a long weekend in Boston
BOSTON - I'm always amazed by how many people who consider themselves travelers have never visited Boston. True, having lived there for most of my formative years, I'm a bit prejudiced, but I've been to almost every city worth visiting and I can...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Arts, John Kerry, Cambridge (Middlesex, Massachusetts)
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Music review: Gabriel Kahane's score is conducted by his father
Gabriel Kahane, best known as an indie singer-songwriter, was his own charismatic singer-songwriter Saturday night in the West Coast premiere of his affecting "Crane Palimpsest" at the Alex Theatre. As he does in a club, he used a microphone and wore...
Tags: Concerts, Hart Crane, Poetry, Paul Bowles, Popular Music (genre)
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The Civil War at 150: The Union masses on the Peninsula, the Confederates dig in
Few observers watching from the rebel earthworks at Sewell's Pointwould have noticed when the number of ships steaming in to Fort Monroe began to pick up late on March 17, 1862.
By the next morning, however, the always busy wharves at the Federal bastion...Tags: Fort Monroe, Hampton (Hampton, Virginia), Hampton Roads, Hampton University, Hudson River
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