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Art Callaham: Maryland's politics have changed over time
On Friday, Jan. 6, I had the privilege of speaking during the Battle of Hancock Sesquicentennial Commemoration at the Hancock Performing Arts Center. The four-day event was coordinated by Ms. Lily Wolford and included many activities for young and old...Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Christianity, Wars and Interventions, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Religion and Belief
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Weekend calendar - Jan. 15
Telescope clinic TriState Astronomers will host a clinic for owners of telescopes. Amateur astronomers will set up telescopes and show people how to use them. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today. Discovery Station, 101 W. Washington St., downtown Hagerstown. Free...Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Entertainment, Martin Luther King Day, Artists, Fine Artists
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The footsteps of freedom walked by those Dargan hills
As a kid, a few of my buddies and I would always pitch a few pennies or nickels up against the concrete wall of Jim Grim’s small country store in Dargan. The owner of the closest coin to the wall would win all the loot. Summers were always...Tags: Washington (U.S. state), Abraham Lincoln, John Brown, Politics, Rentals
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'American to the Backbone' author to speak at Washington County museum
Washington County Free Library will welcome author Christopher Webber to the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts on Thursday, July 14, at 7 p.m. as part of a fundraising event benefiting the library’s Western Maryland Room and the museum’s...Tags: Maryland, Washington (U.S. state), Washington County (Maryland), New York, Connecticut
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The beauty of American history is its flexibility
I’m getting sick and tired of these liberals like Leonard Pitts telling us Tea Party types that we don’t know anything about history.
In the first place, many of these historical references of ours that he ridicules are the product of “...Tags: Paul Revere, Entertainment, Benjamin Franklin, History, The Pilgrims
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Film about Storer College premieres in Charles Town
richardb@herald-mail.comIn 1951, Ann H. Jones wanted to attend Syracuse (N.Y.) University but she knew her all-black elementary and high school education didn’t prepare her to reach so high. Instead, she followed her sister to Storer College, a historically black...Tags: Entertainment, Maine, Movies, History, Education
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Black History Month salute raises money for Doleman Black Heritage Museum
roxann.miller@heraldmail.comDressed in blue robes, Morgan State University's choir stepped onto risers on the stage of the Maryland Theatre in Hagerstown as the crowd waited in anticipation. Under the direction of Eric Conway, students kicked off the two-hour Black History Month...Tags: Real Estate, Homes, Minority Groups, History, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland)
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Letters to the Editor - Feb. 6
United Way still needs help to reach its goal To the editor: As partner agencies of United Way, we would like to thank the Washington County community for its faithful and generous support over the years for the United Way campaign....Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Minority Groups, Gays and Lesbians, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Health
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Black history tribute honors lesser-known figures
davem@herald-mail.comThe stories behind black historical figures like Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass are the ones that stick out for most people. But black history goes much further, as speakers emphasized during a black history tribute Sunday afternoon at the...Tags: John Brown, Washington County (Maryland), Billie Holiday, Frederick Douglass, Minority Groups
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Smithsonian Associates tour Jefferson County Courthouse
richardb@herald-mail.comIn the years leading up to 1801, when Jefferson County was created, two local slaves, John and Robert, were severely punished for stealing a vest and two yards of calico. They were sentenced to “be burned in the hand and receive 20 lashes.”...Tags: Washington, DC, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Jefferson County (Pennsylvania), John Brown, Virginia General Assembly
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A story of survival
dan.dearth@herald-mail.comAmerica's entry into World War II was only a few months away when Lester Hart dropped off his brother at the military inception station in Washington, D.C. It was the summer of 1941, and Harold Hart and some of his friends had enlisted in the Army Air...Tags: Automotive Equipment, Hawaii, Trips and Vacations, Entertainment, Firearms
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Historic exhibit on blacks in the Panhandle being resurrected
richardb@herald-mail.comExcerpts from an interview under Anna Robert Roberson’s photo, one of 18 in an upcoming historic exhibit on blacks in the Eastern Panhandle, tell of her aunt who was a house slave in Shepherdstown, W.Va. Roberson’s story is part of a...Tags: Washington, DC, Minority Groups, African Americans, Education, Colleges and Universities
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