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Boonsboro High School student a finalist in writing contest
A Washington County student will be honored as a Maryland finalist April 13 at the CityLit Festival at the Enoch Pratt Free Library for her entry into the Letters About Literature contest. Boonsboro High School student Elizabeth Longerbeam will be...Tags: Libraries, Awards and Prizes, Authors, Ceremonies, Enoch Pratt Free Library
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Josef F. Bikle
janeth@herald-mail.comJosef “Chris” Bikle was just waiting for a nice spring day so he could sit on the porch of his Boonsboro home with his daughter-in-law, Lisha Bikle. Even though he had been living at the Village at Robinwood for about three years, his family...Tags: Lutheranism, Lifestyle and Leisure, Apples, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Tom Clemens edits second volume of work of Civil War general Ezra Carman
Name: Thomas G. Clemens Age: 62 City in which you reside: Keedysville Day job: retired professor emeritus, Hagerstown Community College; licensed Battlefield Guide at Antietam; president, Save Historic Antietam Inc., a battlefield preservation...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Government, Armed Conflicts, Teaching and Learning, Battle of Antietam
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Sugarhill Gang still sweet 33 years after 'Rapper's Delight'
crystal.schelle@herald-mail.comSugarhill Gang made a musical mark in history when in 1979 they topped the charts with “Rapper’s Delight.” The 15-minute rap told us to “rock it to the bang-bang,” as it rocketed up the charts making it the first hip-hop...Tags: Music, Radio, Disc Jockeys, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lotteries
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How many workouts in 2013?
One question I often get asked is.... Chad, How many days a week should I work out? I wish I had a dollar for every time someone asked me that question, I'd have — a lot of dollars. Let me first answer your question with a question. (Something...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise
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Bunker Hill man, a former member of Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 93
richardb@herald-mail.comElvin E. Thomas died Monday after a short illness at age 93, an end to an adult life that began after high school as a hotel bellhop before he was drafted in World War II and sent to Italy with the famed, all-black Tuskegee Airmen. The highly decorated...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Obituaries, Movies, Tuskegee Airmen, Entertainment
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Elvin E. Thomas, 93
World War II veteran, Elvin Edward Thomas, 93, of Bunker Hill, W.Va., was called home Monday, Dec. 17, 2012, after a short illness. Born Oct. 29, 1919, in Sun, W.Va., he was the son of the late Clarence Megginson and Amelia Thomas. He received his...
Tags: Tuskegee University, World War II (1939-1945), American Legion, Mount Hope, Rosedale (Baltimore, Maryland)
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Art Callaham: A mission to share our veterans' stories
With today being Veterans Day, I want to take this opportunity to announce several features at The Herald-Mail that focus on veterans. “Through a Veteran’s Eye” is a relatively new television show on HMTV6. Fred Shinbur (Maryland&...Tags: Television, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Satellite and Cable Service, Libraries
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Photograph exhibit brings Civil War 'to our doorsteps' at Pry House Field Hospital Museum
alnotarianni@aol.comDuring October 150 years ago, people lined the street outside a New York gallery to see something the likes of which they had never seen before. Inside were images of corpses captured just moments after battle hundreds of miles away at a place called...Tags: World War II (1939-1945), Frederick County (Maryland), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Battle of Antietam, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Columbus Day seen by some as significant, by others as 'a mistake'
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comOn Monday, Federal Employees will be off work and other U.S. citizens will have the day free as well, all because of an accident. “When I was in school, Columbus Day was a day off,” Hagerstown resident Emily Ricketts, 23, said. “...Tags: Dominican Republic, Government, Columbus Day, Hispaniola, Politics
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Special Orders 191 remain one of the war's best stories
It’s always easy to overestimate the significance of any particular event as a “turning point” in history. In 1940, the Chicago Bears defeated Washington 73-0, but early on, with the score only 7-0, Redskins receiver Charlie Malone...
Tags: Armed Forces, Republican Party, Elections, Sammy Baugh, Politics
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Photo in ad solves Civil War mystery
richardb@herald-mail.comKaren Thatcher knew when she saw it that a photograph of a tintype of a young Confederate soldier was of David Miller Thatcher, her husband Larry Thatcher’s great-great uncle, who died in the Civil War in 1863. “It was the hands,” she...Tags: Libraries, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts, Fauquier County, Photography
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