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Richard Miller McQuade, 94, of Stoystown
Richard Miller McQuade, 94, of Stoystown died May 15, 2013 at Memorial Medical Center, Johnstown. Born Nov. 28, 1918 in Berlin, son of Andrew and Eva Ellen (Miller) McQuade. Preceded in death by parents, step mother Anna (Romesberg) McQuade, half...Tags: Human Interest, Awards and Prizes, Somerset County (Pennsylvania)
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Gettysburg sesquicentennial battle re-enactment in Whitehall honors the 153rd
If you walk up the long gravel pathway alongside the spacious grassy fields of Whitehall Township's 110-acre main park, the view from the top of the hill is remarkably similar to that from atop the hills just north of Gettysburg. From the Oak Ridge...
Tags: Human Interest, Northampton (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Heart Attack, Casimir Pulaski, Whitehall
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Event at Cove to help veterans travel to D.C.
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Coming soon to a ballpark near you -- the silver screen. At least for one night, The Cove is going to trade in the bats, balls and gloves for tanks, vintage fighter flyovers and a movie on the giant videoboard. But the evening isn't just...Tags: Human Interest, Flight (movie), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Movies, Washington, DC
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Calvin R. Sutker, 1923-2013
As a Cook County Board commissioner, Calvin R. Sutker gained support from his fellow county commissioners to bring the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center to Skokie. As a Skokie village trustee, he helped pass the first open housing law in...
Tags: Cook County Board of Commissioners, Skokie, Wilmette, Niles, March of Dimes Foundation
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Voice of the People, May. 12
Queen for a day Whenever I read anything about the queen of England, I ponder how different my life is (and was) from hers. We are about the same age. I am not at all envious of her, but there are a few instances where I wouldn't mind trading places...Tags: Mother's Day, Religion and Belief, Crosswords, Al Capone, Values
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Rick Atkinson talks "The Guns at Last Light"
World War II lasted six years, but Rick Atkinson needed 14 years to complete his massive trilogy on the conflict. That turned out to be time well spent. Now the wait for the concluding volume of “The Liberation Trilogy,” his magisterial...Tags: Pulitzer Prize Awards, Austria, Entertainment Events, The Washington Post, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Veterans honored for liberating France nearly seven decades ago
Nearly 70 years after they risked their lives on the blood-soaked battlefields of Europe, a proud contingent of South Florida veterans of World War II was honored for their valor Sunday in a ceremony cloaked in patriotism and solemn with emotion. "That...
Tags: Awards and Prizes, Unrest, Conflicts and War, France, Heroism, Lake Worth
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Latest Maryland and Delaware news, sports, business and entertainment
BACKHOE-ATM ROBBERY Police: 3 tried to steal Md. ATM with backhoe POTOMAC, Md. (AP) — Police in Montgomery County are looking for three people who they say tried to remove an ATM machine from a Potomac bank using a backhoe. Police say the thieves...Tags: Jack Markell, Marriage, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Dalai Lama, Political Fundraising
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Author Judy S. Walter looks to inform youth about Holocaust
Name: Judy S. Walter City in which you reside: Chambersburg, Pa. Day job: Retired teacher Book title: "Nightmare in Europe" Genre: Historical nonfiction Short synopsis of book: "Nightmare in Europe" is a concise, easy-to-understand book about the...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Washington, DC, Book, Human Interest
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Restoring Torahs
Beth David Congregation in Miami is restoring the parchments of two Torah scrolls. One of these scrolls was written in 1890 and rescued from The Holocaust. The Holocaust Torah is one of 1,564 rescued from Czechoslovakia after the Nazis emptied Jews...Tags: Human Interest, Nazi Party, Religion and Belief, Judaism, Religious Texts
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Franklin W. Littleton Jr., decorated World War II veteran
Franklin W. Littleton Jr., a retired career Air Force officer and a businessman who was a big-band and Dixieland music aficionado, died April 20 of complications from dementia at Nichols Eldercare, an Edgewood assisted-living facility. The Bel Air...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University, University of Baltimore, Unrest, Conflicts and War, University of Maryland, College Park, Golf
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Greatest Generation's spirit may be coming back, as reflected in marathons
There was nothing tangible that made what Tom Brokaw called "The Greatest Generation" great. It was just an unidentifiable spirit. I may be wrong, but I think I see signs of that spirit coming back. The St. Luke's Half Marathon, with a 13.1-mile...
Tags: Belief and Faith, Religious Conflicts, Religion and Belief, Sports, Unrest, Conflicts and War
May 17, 2013
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May 17, 2013
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