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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: Religion and Belief, Anglicanism, Christianity, Woodrow Wilson, Methodist
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City Beat: An authority on the presidents at age 5
Arden Hayes is 5. He loves Legos and doing flips onto the living room couch. He also loves our nation's presidents. He knows all 44 in order and can tell you something about any one of them. Arden knows a lot about the presidents because he reads a...
Tags: Twitter, Inc., Benjamin Harrison
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Memorial Day
Americans typically look to the future more than the past. But in this year, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, it's particularly appropriate to reflect again on the supreme sacrifices members of the U.S....Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Afghanistan, Human Interest, Memorial Day, U.S. Military
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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: Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Lehigh County, Easton (Northampton, Pennsylvania), Democratic Party, Justice and Rights
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Ready to rumble?
For all of those hoping that the interleague competition between the Orioles and the Washington Nationals would turn into an honest-to-goodness regional rivalry, there is good news to report as both teams prepare for the four-game home-and-home series...Tags: American League East, Ketchup, Memorial Stadium, New York Yankees, White House
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The Confederate general From Pennsylvania
People who passed John Pemberton on the streets of Allentown must have thought him an impressive figure. This 60-year-old's lean, 5-foot-10-inch, ramrod-straight frame showed a positively military bearing. His finely tailored suits added to Pemberton's...Tags: Montgomery County (Virginia), Big Black (music group), Allentown, U.S. Army, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Centre College President Roush speaks with Stanford Elementary students
ben@theinteriorjournal.comSTANFORD — Centre College President John Roush had a much younger audience than he's probably used to on March 27, when he paid a visit to Stanford Elementary School. Roush, Centre's 20th president, spoke to students about the 16th president of...Tags: Education, Colleges and Universities, Students, Teaching and Learning
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No easy category to put Hershey Felder
Producing theater isn't easy. Solo producing is even harder. But such is the task the redoubtable Hershey Felder has set for himself at the Royal George Theatre. Felder has one more week to go with his unusual but interesting show "An American Story," a...
Tags: Leonard Bernstein, Religion and Belief, Entertainment, George Gershwin, Music
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Letters: Crazy about cursive
Re "A different slant on cursive," April 1 The article notes that a study on cursive found that essays written in this form of handwriting received slightly higher scores. Suzanne Asherson of the group Handwriting Without Tears attributes this...Tags: Charles Dickens
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Kirk announces support for same-sex marriage
Tribune reporterWASHINGTON — Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk reversed course Tuesday and announced his support for gay marriage, entering a contentious national debate and providing potential political cover for Illinois House GOP members who may soon vote on the...Tags: Radio, White House, Democratic Party, Justice and Rights, Thomas R. Carper
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The Post Office's salvation can fit on a stamp
In Robert Heinlein's classic novella, "The Man Who Sold the Moon," an entrepreneur raises money for a lunar expedition by warning a soft-drink company that, without its support, he might have to turn to a competitor that will pay him to display its logo...Tags: Starbucks Corp., Food Industry, Mail Order Industry, Government Postal Delivery, Book
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Arena Stage premieres Tazewell Thompson's 'Mary T. & Lizzy K.'
Tragedy seemed to stalk Mary Todd Lincoln as surely as it did her husband. Long before that Good Friday in 1865 when the Lincolns decided to attend Ford’s Theatre, it was clear that the mental health of the president’s wife had begun to...
Tags: Slavery, Human Interest
May 13, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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May 24, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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Apr 1, 2013
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Apr 1, 2013
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