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STORY: Chamber of Commerce brought first plane to Chambersburg
William Alexander, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Chambersburg (Pa.) and burgess of the town, conceived the idea of the first flight over Chambersburg in 1911. The Chamber contracted Paul Peck, exhibition pilot for the Rex Smith Airplane Co., to...Tags: Franklin County (Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Spence Perry: Local voters, leaders can learn from history
Sometimes, communities go in search of salvation. They sense the future is slipping away and they take desperate steps in an attempt to avoid irrelevance. Sometimes, salvation is a new facility; sometimes, a new industry or community redesign. Here, in...Tags: Pennsylvania Turnpike, Railway Transportation, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), Highway Transportation, Travel
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Washington County Historical Society finds a home
By Linda Irvin-Craig Special to The Herald-Mail For the first 55 years of the existence of the Washington County Historical Society, the group had no home and functioned under nomadic conditions. Early meetings were held in the Washington County...Tags: Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Culture, Libraries, Wars and Interventions, YMCA
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Confederate revenge raid leaves Chambersburg in ruins
Three times in less than two years Chambersburg was invaded by Confederate forces, the last incursion a revenge raid that left the town’s center a charred ruin. Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led the first raid in October...Tags: U.S. Army, Breads, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace, Franklin County (Virginia)
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Exhibit will focus on early years and people
Editor's note: This is the 10th in a 12-part series about Washington County Historical Society's founders. In late August, the Washington County Historical Society plans to open a Founders' Exhibit on the many accomplishments of the 29 men and women,...Tags: Pennsylvania, Government, Washington County (Maryland), Maryland General Assembly, Citizens Initiative and Recall
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More than a hundred tables of items on sale at model train sale
matthew.umstead@herald-mail.comDan Danzberger was a young boy when the Cumberland Valley Railroad station on Penncraft Avenue in Chambersburg, Pa., was torn down. "I can barely remember the station being there," Danzberger said at Saturday's model train sale hosted by the nonprofit...Tags: Railway Transportation, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Travel, Transportation
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