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Memorial Day observances
Saturday, May 25 • Rose Hill Cemetery, 600 S. Potomac St., annual Memorial Day service, 9:30 a.m. Speaker is U.S. Army Lt. Col. (retired) Arthur Callaham, Civil War re-enactors bagpiper, color guard and more. • Sharpsburg, 145th annual...Tags: Festive Events, Korean War (1950-1953), Holidays, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Letters to the Editor - May 12
Police chief supports Zook in Pa. judicial race To the editor: As the chief of the Shippensburg (Pa.) Police Department and a retired state police sergeant with more than 40 years of combined experience, I write this endorsement. I have had the...Tags: National Rifle Association of America, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Assault, Gun Control
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Martinsburg's founder is difficult to picture
matthewu@herald-mail.comRevolutionary War Major Gen. Adam Stephen, Martinsburg’s founder, was a rival of George Washington’s in Virginia politics before he was removed from his post in the Army, his biographer said Tuesday. Stephen’s dismissal after the...Tags: U.S. Army, George Washington, Arts and Culture, General Practitioners, Arts
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Living in the past: Fort Frederick volunteer prepares for 18th Century Market Fair
Special to The Herald-MailMusic played, stories told, historical items sold: A lot happens at the 18th Century Market Fair at Fort Frederick, but one man knows about it more than anyone. Chris Holmgren of Dickerson, Md., is a longtime volunteer and artisan featured at the fair....Tags: Entertainment, Music
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Conococheague DAR Chapter honors students
The Conococheague Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, or DAR, held the annual DAR Good Citizens awards ceremony and tea March 13 at the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown. Conococheague Chapter Regent Jo Ann Schuchman...
Tags: Culture, Teaching and Learning, Awards and Prizes, Education, Students
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Two bombs explode near finish line of Boston Marathon; three killed, more than 140 injured
Two bombs exploded in the crowded streets near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 140 in a bloody scene of shattered glass and severed limbs that raised alarms that terrorists might...
Tags: Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Massachusetts General Hospital, Road Running, Boston Marathon
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West Virginia's birth detailed in Charles Town author's new book
richardb@herald-mail.comMany who have not studied West Virginia history believe it became a state in the middle of the Civil War because the people who lived in western Virginia objected to Virginia’s vote to secede from the Union. True for some, but the schism between...Tags: Slavery, Politics, Career and Workplace, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Authors
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Art Callaham: Local leaders could learn from Knox
Henry Knox — now there’s a name you don’t hear very often. Sure, lots of folks recognize the name Knox when it’s related to Fort Knox in Kentucky. Yes, Fort Knox is named after the first secretary of war (both under the U.S....Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Weaponry, U.S. Army, Local Elections
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Gifts to historical society continue
The Bell Pottery Collection was given to the Washington County Historical Society by Frank W. and Roy V. Mish in honor of Mary Vernon Mish. The first telephone service at the Miller House cost $4.80 a month, and installation cost $6. In August...Tags: Museums, Book, American Legion, Maryland Historical Trust, Finance
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Waynesboro celebrates Memorial Park upgrades
richardb@herald-mail.comIn 2010, Waynesboro borough officials applied for a $45,000 state grant to make improvements to the town’s nine-acre Memorial Park. On Friday afternoon, they cut a ribbon in honor of the upgrades that grant plus some local in-kind contributions...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, American Legion, Baseball, Sports, Babe Ruth
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Shepherdstown's 250th anniversary celebration wraps up this weekend
richardb@herald-mail.comA year and half of planning culminating with a year’s worth of events will wrap up Shepherdstown’s 250th anniversary celebration this weekend with a community soup fest and a “Coming Home Parade,” one of the biggest in town...Tags: Festive Events, U.S. Postal Service, Foods and Beverages, Separation of Church and State, Human Interest
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Tri-State briefs
Conococheague Institute to hold membership meeting WELSH RUN, Pa. — The Conococheague Institute's annual membership meeting will be Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Welsh Barrens Visitors Center, Rock Hill Farm, at 12995 Bain Road in...Tags: The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania General Assembly, Authors, James Buchanan, Ceremonies
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