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Walker Delivers Pep Talk To State GOP
The Hartford Courant— Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin and hero to conservatives across the nation for his efforts to quash public employee unions, delivered a pep talk to Connecticut Republicans Monday night. Walker reminded the crowd at the state GOP's...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Senate, Executive Branch, Dannel P. Malloy , Scott Walker
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Man plans 200-plus mile walk across part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula to help fellow veterans
MUNISING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan man plans to walk more than 200 miles across part of Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of an effort to help fellow veterans. WHMI-FM reports (http://bit.ly/1911JcQ ) that Joe Ostervik of Howell plans to begin... -
READER SUBMITTED: Memorial Day Parade And Remembrance Ceremonies In East Hampton
East HamptonEast Hampton's Memorial Day Parade and Remembrance Ceremonies will be held on Monday, May 27. The Parade will assemble at the East Hampton High School parking lot at 8:30 a.m. A Remembrance Ceremony will be held at 9 a.m. in front of Fowler-Dix-Park VFW...Tags: High Schools, Human Interest, Music, Armed Forces, East Hampton (Middlesex, Connecticut)
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Frozen pizza purchase pays off in a big way
South Bend TribuneMark Howie, of South Bend, recently had to make a decision about what to do for dinner. His wife, Molly, had a nephew’s ballgame to attend. He had to fly solo through cuisine-land. So he went to CVS, 51467 U.S. 31 North, to pick up a frozen pizza...Tags: Science and Technology, Sage, Services and Shopping, Pathology, University of Maryland, College Park
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War re-enactments pay tribute to veterans
South Bend TribuneBENTON HARBOR -- David Browning attended his first war re-enactment when he was 7. "I was just tagging along with my dad," the 17-year-old St. John, Ind., resident recalled. "I was dressed up in a little uniform, but I was not in any battle. "I...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Korean War (1950-1953), Air Transportation Industry, Wars and Interventions, Tuskegee Airmen
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Lloyd Waters: Remembering Sheila and Katherine Lyon
It was Good Friday in 1975. The Vietnam War was coming to an end, and I was going to school at Mount Saint Mary’s college in Emmittsburg during the day while working as a correction officer at the Maryland Correctional Institution at night. It...Tags: The Herald-Mail, Easter, Kensington, Frostburg State University, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Downers Grove officer killed in '74 remembered
Downers Grove first responders, elected officials and staff members honored the village's only officer to die in the line of duty during an annual ceremony Thursday afternoon. The memorial for Richard J. Barth, who wore badge number 11, coincides with...
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Eight students to compete at National History Day
South Bend TribuneMISHAWAKA — It felt awkward because seventh grader Tyler Eskridge had never interviewed anyone. Yet here he was one-on-one with a Vietnam War veteran. And he’d just touched a nerve. “I asked him how he felt about people protesting the...Tags: Sage, Monarchy (music group), University of Maryland, College Park, Judges, China
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Orb trainer McGaughey has Triple Crown reminders 'every day'
BALTIMORE - Wednesday morning at Pimlico race track was similar to most mornings for Claude McGaughey III. Except there were lots of reporters around, which made it different. McGaughey is a thoroughbred horse trainer, currently the one in the catbird'...Tags: Preakness Stakes, Equestrian, Breeders' Cup, Doug O'Neill (racehorse), Secretariat (racehorse)
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Family-Friendly Exhibits
MODERN MEALS: REMAKING AMERICAN FOODS FROM FARM TO KITCHEN
May 17-August 18. Guests will be able to examine how Americans began eating foods that were mass-produced in the first half of the 20th century. The exhibit includes images and artifacts that...Tags: Miami Beach, University of Miami, Burj Khalifa, Everglades, Art Basel Miami Beach
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Korean War veterans honored in Somerset
Daily American Staff Writer, @damichellegThe Korean War is often referred to as the forgotten war. But it was not forgotten Thursday as Somerset County Korean War veterans were honored in a ceremony at the Somerset County Office Building. Lt. Col. Kang Moon Ho, assistant defense attache for...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of Defense, South Korea, Washington, DC, Kim Jong Un
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Wethersfield Memorial Parade Offers Both Celebration, Solemnity
The town is gearing up to honor veterans from the Afghanistan conflict to the Revolutionary War at the upcoming Memorial Day parade. This year's parade will step off at 9 a.m. on May 25 from the state Department of Motor Vehicle parking lot on State...
Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Executive Branch, Human Interest, Wars and Interventions
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