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PennDOT to replace Memorial Bridge west of Waynesboro
waynesboro@herald-mail.comWhat is old could become new again in Waynesboro as town leaders work to replace a bridge using its original design. Blueprints dated back to 1926 for Memorial Bridge are being adapted for 21st-century needs, including increased width, 5-foot sidewalks...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Culture, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, World War I (1914-1918)
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Hancock marking sesquicentennial of artillery battle
dona@herald-mail.comOne hundred and fifty years ago, Union and Confederate forces exchanged artillery fire across the Potomac River for two days, a battle being commemorated this week by the Town of Hancock. The events started Thursday night with a reading of students&...Tags: Music Industry, Arts, Concerts, Music, Students
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Step away from that cell phone: Take care to avoid communication technology blunders
alnotarianni@aol.comIt seems the days when people communicated primarily by looking one another in the eye and speaking, then listening, are gone. So are the days when folks picked up a good, old-fashioned land-line telephone and said what needed to be said. A glance inside...Tags: Culture, Culture, Skype, Email, Facebook
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Battle of Hancock sesquicentennial commemoration brings enthusiasm and excitement
alnotarianni@aol.comMost Hancock residents were unaware of the town’s significance in Civil War history. They knew soldiers had trod the land, and some had heard the story of a battle there. But few, if any, realized that Brig. Gen. F.W. Lander and his troops...Tags: Culture, Culture, Wars and Interventions, Anglicanism, Ceremonies
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'On Wings of Time' was a huge expo in the county
Editor's note: This is the second in a series of articles about one of Washington County's and Hagerstown's largest expositions, "On Wings of Time." In 1936, community leaders were sent a letter detailing one of the largest expositions in the eastern...Tags: Labor Day, Auction Service, Festive Events, World War II (1939-1945), Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Lincoln's cabinet comes alive in local student production
Nine students from E. Russell Hicks Middle School spent early January in the Miller House in downtown Hagerstown by portraying discussions held by President Abraham Lincoln with his cabinet, before and after the Battle of Antietam about the Emancipation...Tags: Culture, Teaching and Learning, Wars and Interventions, Abraham Lincoln, Education
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Happy birthday, President Lincoln
Located in an honored place in the U.S. Capitol is a monumental bust of Abraham Lincoln. It was sculpted in 1908 from a single block of marble by the artist Gutzon Borglum (1867-1941), best known for his colossal Mount Rushmore sculpture. The Lincoln...Tags: Unions, Artists, Sculpture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Museums
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Community Foundation of Washington County list of grant recipients
The following is a list of the 2012 unrestricted grants announced Thursday by The Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. in partnership with the Pauline Anderson Foundation, to include each grant recipient’s Strategic Community Impact...Tags: Culture, Employment Opportunities, Human Interest, Diabetes, Education
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List of The Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. grants
The following is a list of the 2012 unrestricted grants announced Thursday by The Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. in partnership with the Pauline Anderson Foundation, to include each grant recipient’s Strategic Community Impact...Tags: Culture, Employment Opportunities, Diabetes, Disease Prevention, Education
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Pasquerette, Prenger win school geography bee
Emmeline Pasquerette and Isabella Prenger were winners in the Sharpsburg Elementary School geography bee on Jan. 12. Fourth-graders Mason Gumm, Avery Poffenberger, Clara Ritenour, Elena Scheerer and Pasquerette reached the finals. Peyton Blood, Claire...Tags: Pancakes, Science, Roger Moore, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Culture
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Civil War graffiti being preserved at historic Morgan's Chapel in Berkeley County
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.com“Look out Johnny Reb for we are a coming. And by the help of God we are bound to lick you Traitors....” Until recently, those confident words of a Union soldier in the Civil War written on a wall in the “slave gallery” of historic...Tags: John Hancock, Culture, Anglicanism, Wars and Interventions, Human Interest
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