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Tattered flags in West L.A. anger veteran
An upside-down American flag is considered a signal of distress. And that's the feeling Robert Rosebrock had when he looked up and noticed the red, white and blue street-lamp banners outside the Department of Veterans Affairs' West Los Angeles Medical...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, Manufacturing and Engineering, U.S. Army, Veterans Affairs, Hospitals and Clinics
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Anonymous donor offers money for Spalding Point improvements, memorial
Spalding Point may soon be beautified with a memorial to veterans, thanks to an offer from an anonymous donor. If approved by school board officials, a longtime Glen Ellyn resident will donate up to $95,000 for landscaping on a stretch of land, just...Tags: Memorial Day, Human Interest, Veterans Day, Holidays, Labor Day
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Summer events 2013
This is is not all-inclusive June 1-2 Bolingbrook Cavalcade of Planes 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Visit Bolingbrook's Clow International Airport for the annual festival of aircrafts. Enjoy a close look at historic planes and helicopters on the ground and...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Naperville Central High School, Aurora, Concerts
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LETTER: Treat Flag With Respect
I am writing to plead for loyal Americans to display and preserve our national emblem. While traveling through Hebron and other towns, I have noticed flags in front of homes on poles and attached to houses, faded and some torn. Some are improperly wrapped...Tags: Memorial Day
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READER SUBMITTED: 2013 Farmington Bank Community Concert Series Expands To 15 Performances By Simply Swing
StatewideBigger and Better, that's how the 2013 Farmington Bank Community Concert Series featuring Simply Swing looks. "We received so much positive feedback last year that we decided to continue and expand our community concert series featuring Simply Swing from...Tags: Wethersfield, Concerts, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), East Hartford, South Windsor
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Emmaus Borough plans Flag Day event
The annual Emmaus Flag Day celebration will be held at 6 p.m., on Friday, June 14, according to the Emmaus Borough website. The date and time are changed from previous years, and visitors are asked to make a note of it, the website said. The Flag Day...Tags: Emmaus, Shimerville
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Honoring the U.S. flag
Prior to June 14, 1923 — Flag Day— no state or federal regulations governed the proper display of the U.S. flag. A conference was called to adopt a National Flag Code based on provisions set forth by the Army and Navy and relating the proper...Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. Congress
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Burbank Community Band gives free concert
The Burbank Community Band will present a free concert at 7 p.m. Feb. 16 in the Burbank High School Auditorium, 902 N. Third St. This is the first public concert by the band in more than 10 years, outside of the annual Veterans' Day, Memorial Day and...Tags: Memorial Day, Bob Hope
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Three of SteelStacks' six music-genre festivals won't return for 2013
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGArtsQuest will cut three of the six genre-specific music festivals it holds at its SteelStacks campus from its 2013 lineup, the festival just announced. But it also will add a new holiday celebration, as well. Magic Slim at this year's...... -
Letter: Honor America's POW/MIA on Sept. 21
The sheer number of Americans listed as missing in action — more than 73,000 in World War II, 7,900 in Korea, hundreds during the Cold War, nearly 2,000 in Vietnam, and even on today's modern battlefields — is difficult to grasp. Thus, it...Tags: Memorial Day, Human Interest, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions, Family
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Letter: Repaved street latest sign of progress in Arbutus
On Sept. 13, the Arbutus Business and Professional Association celebrated the completion of the Leeds Avenue repaving project and the beginning of the East Drive repaving project with County Executive Kevin Kamenetz, many elected officials and community...Tags: Memorial Day, Politics, Government, Elections, Family
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Local group keeps flags waving in city
nrawls@aberdeennews.com“O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave ...” The banner does wave over Aberdeen, thanks to the Aberdeen Exchange Club. With help from the local 4-H and Warner Youth Groups, the club will set out to paint the city red, white...Tags: Memorial Day, Human Interest, Korean War (1950-1953), Veterans Day, Holidays
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