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    Mar 31, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail
  1. 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

  2. Mar 23, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail
  3. Josef F. Bikle

    Josef “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.
    janeth@herald-mail.com
    Josef “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)

  4. Mar 10, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail
  5. Tom Clemens edits second volume of work of Civil War general Ezra Carman

    <strong>Name:</strong> Thomas G. Clemens
    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

  6. Jan 16, 2013 |Story| Herald Mail
  7. Sugarhill Gang still sweet 33 years after 'Rapper's Delight'

    Sugarhill Gang made a musical mark in history when in 1979 they topped the charts with &ldquo;Rapper&rsquo;s Delight.&rdquo;
    crystal.schelle@herald-mail.com
    Sugarhill 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

  8. Dec 28, 2012 |Column| Herald Mail
  9. 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

  10. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  11. Bunker Hill man, a former member of Tuskegee Airmen, dies at 93

    Elvin 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.
    richardb@herald-mail.com
    Elvin 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

  12. Dec 19, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  13. 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.
    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)

  14. Nov 10, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  15. 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

  16. Oct 6, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  17. Photograph exhibit brings Civil War 'to our doorsteps' at Pry House Field Hospital Museum

    During 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.
    alnotarianni@aol.com
    During 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

  18. Oct 5, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  19. Columbus Day seen by some as significant, by others as 'a mistake'

    On Monday, Federal Employees will be off work and other U.S. citizens will have the day free as well, all because of an accident.
    caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.com
    On 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

  20. Sep 14, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  21. Special Orders 191 remain one of the war's best stories

    It&rsquo;s always easy to overestimate the significance of any particular event as a &ldquo;turning point&rdquo; in history. In 1940, the Chicago Bears defeated Washington 73-0, but early on, with the score only 7-0, Redskins receiver Charlie Malone dropped a gimme touchdown pass from Sammy Baugh. Baugh was asked if this was a turning point that would have changed the course of the game.
    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

  22. Apr 8, 2012 |Story| Herald Mail
  23. Photo in ad solves Civil War mystery

    Karen 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&rsquo;s great-great uncle, who died in the Civil War in 1863.
    richardb@herald-mail.com
    Karen 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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