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READER SUBMITTED: Afternoon Tea - Welsh Society
Hartfordwaiting for photo to be emailed. The Welsh Society of Western New England (WSWNE) will have an Afternoon Tea with a presentation on "Welsh Gardens and Estates" on June 8 at the Town and County Club, 22 Woodland St., Hartford, a Victorian house built in...Tags: Wales, Metal and Mineral, Mining
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Altadena Junction: Civil War memorial, a summer market and rally
It's a little-known fact that Mountain View Cemetery in Altadena may have one of the largest collections of remains of Civil War veterans outside of the areas where the battles were fought. According to Nick Smith, a historian who works at the...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Memorial Day, American Cancer Society, Spanish-American War, Relay for Life
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Civil War divided Lehigh Valley
Democrats of the Lehigh Valley opposed the Republican administration's war. They were suspicious of the shifting justifications for it. They weren't interested in fighting to free anyone. They denounced the president's restrictions on civil liberties....Tags: Great Allentown Fair, Civil Rights, Newspaper and Magazine, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Career and Workplace
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Letters from a son: What Allentown's William Reichard saw at Antietam
He had never been in the smoky, confusing haze of gunfire. Never watched helplessly as strong young men fell dead in front of him. Until the Battle of Antietam, William Reichard didn't know war. Reichard, barely 20, left Allentown in the summer of...Tags: Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Rebellions, Career and Workplace, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Stephen Goldstein: Bush Library a lesson in hypocrisy
Everything that looked right about the recent dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum is what's wrong with America. First, hypocrisy was in overdrive: Against the backdrop of an architecturally pre-pubescent building, on a...Tags: Jimmy Carter, POLITICO LLC, Central Intelligence Agency, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George W. Bush
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Carrie Hightman is not afraid to take chances
Huddling with business and community leaders last month to recommend legal and financial advisers for development of Gary/Chicago International Airport, Carrie Hightman smiled as Adela Cepeda, an acquaintance from Chicago business circles, pitched her...
Tags: Science and Technology, Oprah Winfrey, Lawyers, Nisource Incorporated, Marshall Field
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Mount Monadnock: A New England Centerpiece
Fox CTWith a storied history and global notoriety, Mount Monadnock stands proud in Jaffrey, N.H., attracting more than 100,000 visitors each year. "The mountain, as far as we know now, is the third most hiked mountain in the world behind Mount Fuji in Japan... -
Chan Lowe: Obama's scandals
The affection that Barack Obama’s supporters feel for him has always been based more on what he is rather than who he is. The first African-American president. The constitutional scholar. The man who dedicated his early career to organizing society&...
Tags: Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton
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Ranson firm preserves the fabric of American history
richardb@herald-mail.comThe clothes Abraham Lincoln wore to Ford’s Theater, the flag on Iwo Jima, Stonewall Jackson’s uniform, pre-Columbian textiles and hundreds more artifacts like them have been spread across tables in a small shop in Ranson. Textile Preservation...Tags: Museums, Washington, DC, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Wars and Interventions
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Glen Ellyn welcomes new village board
Nameplates were swapped out and three new board members took their seats at the dais during a special Glen Ellyn Village Board meeting Monday. Dean Clark, Timothy Elliott and Tim O'Shea replaced Peter Cooper, Phil Hartweg and Carl Henninger. In his...
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To the Class of 2013: Resist simplicity
Members of the Class of 2013, I salute you. As everyone keeps telling you, you are graduating at a difficult and even frightening time. I wish it were otherwise — that my generation was bequeathing you a finer world. We aren't. The world that...
Tags: Authors, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Ray Bradbury, Martin Luther King Jr., Yale University
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A powerful, stabilizing and shaping influence
Contributing WriterAll across the United States, May 12 will be observed as a special day. It is Mother’s Day, and it is the 106th anniversary of the first Mother’s Day observance. That first observance was held in Andrews Methodist Church in Grafton, W.Va.,...Tags: Methodist, Anglicanism, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Woodrow Wilson
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