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Taliban offer to free U.S. soldier in exchange for 5 Gitmo prisoners
Associated PressThe Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. army soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday. The offer follows...Tags: Afghanistan, War in Afghanistan (2001-present), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, U.S. Army
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Movie showtimes: June 21-23
For Friday through Sunday Movie times listed are those provided as of noon Wednesday and may be revised by theaters at any time. MARYLAND LEITERSBURG CINEMAS 20145 Leitersburg Pike, Hagerstown • 240-329-2093 www.leitersburgcinemas.com...Tags: Arts and Culture, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Epic (movie), PG-13 Rated Movies, Education
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Five for your planner: Wednesday, June 19
1. Civil War-themed movies Two Civil War-themed movies, “Fields of Freedom” and Maryland Public Television’s “Heart of the Civil War,” will be shown. “Fields of Freedom” Producer Robert Monahan will lead a Q&A...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Wars and Interventions
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Community band to perform June 30 at Gettysburg anniversary
The Williamsport Community Band has been invited to perform Sunday, June 30, along with the Detroit Metropolitan Choir, for the Commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The concert will be held at the Basilica at The Seton...Tags: Human Interest, Lifestyle and Leisure, Western Sizzlin Corporation, Spaghetti, Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
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This Week in The Civil War, 150 Years Ago
By The Associated PressMore fighting rages in Virginia 150 years ago during the Civil War after the major cavalry battle at Brandy Station, Va., Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee dispatches a sizable column of soldiers from the Army of Northern Virginia to scatter Union rivals...Tags: Wars and Interventions
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Vacation Bible school
The community is invited to St. John’s Lutheran Church this week for vacation Bible school. At “Athens: Paul’s Dangerous Journey to Share the Truth,” families will step back into time to ancient Greece and the story of Paul&...
Tags: YMCA, Arts and Culture, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Religion and Belief
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Three generations of Kaplan family connect through a WWII truck
kaustuv.basu@herald-mail.comThe rusting hulk of the Chevrolet Army truck sat near the machine shop off Virginia Avenue in Hagerstown for more than three decades. When its owner, William Kaplan, died in 2004 at the age of 93, his son inherited the truck. William Glenn Kaplan had...Tags: Aberdeen, Manufacturing and Engineering, Heavy Engineering, Fort Eustis, Mack Trucks, Inc.
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Washington Township historian shares knowledge of Civil War at Allison-Antrim Museum
roxann.miller@herald-mail.comAs part of the commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, the Allison-Antrim Museum in Greencastle hosted five nationally recognized Civil War speakers on Saturday. Ted Alexander, chief historian at Antietam National Battlefield,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Measles, Monterey (Berks, Pennsylvania), Fredericksburg (Fredericksburg, Virginia), Antietam National Battlefield
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Author to talk at Ferry Hill
Local Civil War historian and author Steve French will be the guest speaker Sunday from 2 to 3 p.m. at Ferry Hill Plantation across the river from Shepherdstown, W.Va. French will discuss lesser known Civil War actions that occurred along and near the...
Tags: Wars and Interventions
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Vacation Bible school planned at area church
A community vacation Bible school will be held at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, at 17630 Virginia Ave., beginning Sunday, July 14, from 3 to 5 p.m., and continuing Monday, July 15 through Thursday, July 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. The theme is “...Tags: YMCA, Arts and Culture, Music, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Veterans Affairs
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Hagerstown City Council mulls weapons measure
holly.shok@herald-mail.comWith a section of the city’s firearm regulations requiring repeal because it is superseded by state law, the Hagerstown police chief wants to take the opportunity to “close a gap” in current restrictions by making it unlawful to...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Firearms, Laws, Local Government
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Arthur J. Nield, 83
Arthur Joseph Nield, 83, of 711 Chestnut St., Hagerstown, Md., died Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Providence Place in Chambersburg, Pa. Born Dec. 26, 1929, in Hagerstown, he was the son of the late Frank Nield Sr. and Margaret McNamee Nield. He was...
Tags: Verizon Communications, American Cancer Society, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Tolland (Tolland, Connecticut), Korean War (1950-1953)
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