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Memorial Day events in Central Florida
Memorial Day Ceremony: 11 a.m. Friday; Starke Lake Gazebo, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive, Ocoee. Ocoee Police Department Honor Guard and Ocoee High School Air Force JROTC Color Guard. Details: 407-905-3100. Valiant Air Command Open House: 9 a.m.-5 p.m....
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Orlando, Winter Garden, Wars and Interventions, Liberty Bell
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Civil rights fight always has critics
One of the first casualties of the Revolutionary War was Crispus Attucks, a half-black, half-Indian merchant seaman and slave, who was killed at the Boston Massacre in 1770. Similarly, one of the first Union soldiers to fall at the outbreak of the Civil...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Civil Rights, World War II (1939-1945), Democratic Party, Justice and Rights
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Saturday Boca Raton Green Market, local produce, plants, prepared foods, specialty items, fresh cut flowers, live music, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Royal Palm Place corner of South Federal Highway and South Mizner Boulevard. Call 561-368-6875. Concert, award-...Tags: Homes, Hospitals and Clinics, High Blood Pressure, Museums, Lake Worth
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Friday's Calendar
FRIDAY LWV of Orange Coast Luncheon Costa Mesa Councilman Jim Righeimer and former Costa Mesa Mayor Sandy Genis will be the featured speakers at a League of Women Voters of Orange Coast luncheon, starting at noon at Coco's at Fashion Island, 151 Newport...Tags: Petco Park, Verde (music group), Culture, San Diego Padres, Judaism
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Thursday's Calendar
THURSDAY SOY Fiesta Save Our Youth holds its fourth annual SOY Fiesta from 5 to 8:30 p.m. at the Halecrest Park Clubhouse, 3107 Killybrooke Lane, Costa Mesa. Paloma Bautista, a SOY program and Costa Mesa High School graduate who went on to study at...
Tags: Petco Park, Culture, Arts and Culture, San Diego Padres, Mountains
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Wednesday's Calendar
WEDNESDAY 'Keeping Your Brain Healthy for Life' The Corona del Mar Chamber of Commerce presents a networking luncheon with Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadzki, executive director of the Hoag Neurosciences Institute. He will talk about "Keeping Your Brain Healthy...
Tags: Petco Park, Arts and Culture, San Diego Padres, Culture, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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FAU to honor 3 local Tuskegee Airmen
Seventy years after battling foreign enemies abroad and racism at home, three local Tuskegee Airmen are receiving a special honor from Florida Atlantic University. President Mary Jane Saunders on Thursday will issue her Distinguished Service Medallion to...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, George Lucas, World War II (1939-1945), Brooklyn (New York City), Red Tails (movie)
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'Red Tails'
Zap2ItThe story of the Tuskegee Airmen gets fresh treatment in this George Lucas-produced drama that truly takes flight in its superbly filmed aerial sequences. The script recounts how the young African-American pilots were called up to serve as U.S. forces...Tags: George Lucas, Entertainment, Movies, World War II (1939-1945), Tristan Wilds
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Big leaguers honor baseball pioneer
NEW YORK - LaTroy Hawkins has heard the stories from his 87-year-old grandfather, about his days of picking cotton in Mississippi, about the times when there were no black players in big league baseball.
And about what it meant when Jackie Robinson...Tags: Manny Acta, Jackie Robinson, Michael Bourn, New York Yankees, Robinson Cano
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Benefit held for the Friends of the Booker T. Washington National Monument
A famous retired Tuskegee Airman drew a large crowd at a fundrasing event for a local national monument Saturday evening. More than 50 people attended the fundrasing event for the Friends of the Booker T. Washington National Monument. It was held at...
Tags: Booker T. Washington
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Tuskegee airman returns to New Trier as honored alumnus
TribLocal - Wilmette & Kenilworth » NewsHe first dodged bullets in Alabama, as a black youth fleeing racism in the Deep South. He later dodged bullets during three wars as a …... -
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Sunday, March 25 Fundraiser The Goshen Farm Preservation Society's annual "Java & Jazz Event," a fundraiser to benefit the restoration and preservation of Goshen Farm in Cape St. Claire, will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Margaret's Episcopal...Tags: Easter, Annapolis, Arts, Anne Arundel County, Pleasant Plains
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