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Hiking Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania
Midway between Washington and Richmond, this town on the Rappahannock River was fought over and around repeatedly. There are four different battlefields and related historic sites at the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial...Tags: Ulysses S. Grant, Vermont, Washington (U.S. state), Real Estate, Travel
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Friday (Oct. 22) state high school football scores, area high school box scores and results
Daily PressSTATE SCORES Abingdon 34, Virginia High 28 Altavista 48, Chatham 21 Amelia County 60, Cumberland 6 Amherst County 38, E.C. Glass 15 Appalachia 42, Pound 21 Appomattox 34, Nelson County 22 Atlee 54, Armstrong 0 Bassett 43, Tunstall 6 Bath County 28,...Tags: Woodstock Festival (1969), Patrick Henry, Christianity, John Marshall, Soccer
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Friday's state high school football scores, area box scores and results
Daily PressSTATE FOOTBALL SCORES Abingdon 52, Graham 21 Altavista 55, William Campbell 32 Amherst County 55, Jefferson Forest 21 Annandale 14, W.T. Woodson 0 Auburn 49, Radford 6 Bassett 43, Patrick County 0 Bath County 28, James River-Buchanan 0 Battlefield 44,...Tags: Hampton Roads, Patrick Henry, Soccer, National Security Agency, Booker T. Washington
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Events marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe remembrance of the 150th anniversary of the first shots of the Civil War at Ft. Sumter, S.C., underway until April 17 will give rise to a host of reenactments throughout the nation until 2015, although you're unlikely to see one on a National Park...Tags: Rivers, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Memphis, Travel, Washington, DC
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Book places: Abraham Lincoln Book Shop
Special to the TribuneAmidst the busts and icons in the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, there is a Norman Rockwell print of a hunky Lincoln holding an ax in one hand and a book in the other. This romanticized Bunyanesque version of Illinois' iconic politician is a fitting image...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, Salvador Dali, Norman Rockwell
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: An American patriot
I am stirred by the thought of chivalry. A devotion to ideals beyond our own self-interest is man's dominant quest. I think of Cervantes' immortal hero Don Quixote and his aria, "One man scorned and covered with scars still strove with his last ounce of...Tags: Armed Forces, Hair and Nails, Thomas Carlyle, Texas, Defense
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Potential Texas school books: Was Jefferson Davis that bad a guy?
Opinion L.A.Producing the next generation of Reagan worshipers is one thing, but the Texas Board of Education may go a giant leap further: Social studies textbooks may cast Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis (a traitor to the republic who... -
Plan a fall foliage getaway
Daily PressThere are several options for seeing more than 800 miles of reds, oranges and yellows during Virginia's annual show of fall foliage. The picturesque Blue Ridge Parkway follows the Appalachian Mountain chain for 469 miles, taking you past meadows, streams...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Festive Events, Jamestown (Jamestown, Virginia), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Family
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High school results from December
Daily PressRESULTS FOR THURSDAY, DEC. 28 Boys basketball Junius Kellogg Memorial Classic Championship (in New York City) WARWICK 61, CAMPUS MAGNET (N.Y.) 50 WARWICK (3-6): Grimes 12, Webb 6, Lewis 4, Rankin 18, Wooten 11, Conley 8, Newsome 2. Totals 23 7-10 61....Tags: Hampton Roads, Patrick Henry, John Stone, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Basketball
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Dinosaur Land combines history and science fiction
Special To The SunIn Jurassic Park, scientists used DNA extracted from mosquitoes to bring the dinosaurs back to life. While that may be pure science fiction, there is a Jurassic park where, with just a little imagination, prehistoric creatures come to life. The...Tags: Children, Travel, Crime, Law and Justice, Landforms, Transportation
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Rivers, states and history merge at Harpers Ferry
Special To The SunFall is a wonderful time to enjoy crisp air and turning leaves in the nearby mountains of Maryland and West Virginia. The historic town of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., located where the Potomac River meets the Shenandoah, offers tours of the historic buildings...Tags: Travel, Christianity, Festive Events, Wars and Interventions, Meriwether Lewis
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Mountain twists, turns and surprises
Special To The SunNothing against the interstates, those marvels of transportation efficiency where we can insert cars at Point A and shortly come blasting out at Point B, as if we had been propelled there inside a pneumatic tube. And certainly nothing against I-68,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Rivers, Restaurants, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, West Virginia
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