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| Courage! The Civil War in Washington Washington Post This walking tour uses historic anecdotes and photos to recreate the first year of the Civil War in Washington. Currently there are no reader reviews for this listing. Be the first to write a review. Please note:You must be signed in to write a comment ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Two books help mark Civil War anniversary STLtoday.com Two books, no doubt inspired by the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, are both timely, yet they differ starkly in style and content. Adam Goodheart's "1861" is an eloquent review of major events and characters across the country in the years leading ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Honor Flight info session to be held in Aurora Chicago Sun-Times HEATHER EIDSON/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER World War II veteran Raymond Janus of Aurora rests after walking around the World War II Memorial in Washington DC Wednesday. The free trip was made possible by Honor Flight Chicago. 6/25/08 AURORA — Countryside Care ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Palace to bishops: Don't turn RH bill issue into personal war vs Aquino GMANews.TV Malacañang on Sunday urged Catholic bishops to stop turning the debate on the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) into a personal battle with President Benigno Aquino III. "It's better to raise the level of our public debates and not make it ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Irish regiment places headstones for five Civil War soldiers in Philadelphia ... Philadelphia Inquirer By Linda Loyd Under a sunless morning sky Saturday, young Timmy Kelly sang the haunting Irish patriotic ballad "Minstrel Boy" while reenactors from the 69th Pennsylvania Irish regiment stood at five graves where headstones had been placed for Civil War ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War re-enactors battle through streets of Carthage Joplin Globe Civil War re-enactors rampaged on Saturday through Carthage to re-create a battle fought here 150 years ago, but this time, the town didn't burn. Thousands of spectators looked on as more than 500 soldiers representing Union troops and Missouri State ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Inside the art deco war room for Nato on Libya Telegraph.co.uk The imposing Art Deco building that dominates the hills above the Bay of Naples has been turned into a war room for Nato's military campaign against another notorious dictator, Libya's Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. By Con Coughlin, at Nato Headquarters, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Incendies' filmmaker takes on war in a fictional, but very real, Middle East Washington Post But that nation is easily identified as Lebanon, and characters and events in the script are derived from the country's 1975-1990 civil war. Already an unlikely hit in Canada, the movie was one of the five finalists for the 2011 Oscar for Best Foreign ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Presbyterians separated into factions during war News-Leader.com The Civil War had important influences on what would become First and Calvary Presbyterian Church, but it was another national disaster that created the congregation today. The Great Depression left two congregations with financial struggles as their ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rural poor caught in budget war over clinics Minneapolis Star Tribune MANKATO - Deb Zupke gets both angry and bewildered that the ordinary-looking strip-mall storefront in her hometown has become a target of the budget battles in Washington and St. Paul. Planned Parenthood relocated its clinic to the site just next to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| War room to boardroom Times of India KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee and Pranab Mukherjee met in Kolkata on Saturday evening this time with a difference. It is very likely that Congress will join the Trinamool Congress-led coalition government but the deal will be formally sealed only after ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Could dust be the cause of war vets' ailments? The Tennessean 3:36 am Could dust be the cause of war vets' ailments? US troops in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait have inhaled microscopic dust particles laden with toxic metals, bacteria and fungi -- a toxic stew that may explain everything from the undiagnosed Gulf ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cubs at Fenway: Classic stuff Boston Globe Back then, World War I was a much bigger deal than Fenway, the Sox, or the Cubs, much bigger than all of baseball, all of everything. Would it be that way today, a world war ahead of a World Series? Debatable. The Cubs lost, 2-1, that day, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Forgotten War' vet receives medals 60 years later Stamford Advocate Jim Himes D-Greenwich presents Korean war veteran and life-long Stamford resident Robert Gaipa with service metals he never received at Gaipa's home in Stamford, Conn. on Friday May 13, 2011. Gaipa received the National Defense Service Medal, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Civil War and Virginia Appeal-Democrat And absolutely no state played a more important part in the most important armed conflict in our nation's history, the Civil War, whose sesquicentennial we continue to celebrate this year. That last claim stems in part from the fact that this week (May ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sri Lanka Rajaratnam conviction first step in larger war Lanka Business Online NEW YORK, May 15, 2011 (AFP) - Federal prosecutors' victory against Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam in the biggest insider trading case in a generation is just the first step in a wider war against Wall Street corruption, analysts say. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| WOUNDS OF WAR | Officials anticipating 'huge costs' for care Louisville Courier-Journal That's happened in the past, he noted, with the Persian Gulf War Syndrome, which encompasses chronic problems such as fatigue, headaches and muscle pain; and problems among Vietnam veterans related to the defoliant Agent Orange. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| North Hall woman connects with Civil War ancestor through letter Gainesville Times By Brandee A. Thomas bthomas@gainesvilletimes.com For many Southerners, not just soldiers, the closing days of the Civil War were terrifying, with the Union army marching their way. Such was the case with Alabama's Ann Dozier Powell, raising five ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Slaying the hydra: War on terror must avoid blowback East African But, big ideas, big words aside, no more than common sense. As in action, reaction, consequence. More specifically, of foreign policy pursued through intelligence and security actions — sometimes covert, sometimes illegal. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| War Memorial remembers Brookfield's fallen Danbury News Times Jean Mariano, of New Milford, holds a display photo of her son, Jason Lewis, a Navy SEAL, who was killed in combat, during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2007, at the War Memorial Exhibit, at the Brookfield Historical Society, on Saturday, May 14, 2011. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexico's drug war The Economist (blog) That might be an achievement of sorts, but after four years of war against the cartels, the government must surely have hoped for more to boast about by now. But at the very least the research underlines the improvements that Mexico has made in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Robert Kustra: 'The Longest War' offers essential account of the conflict ... IdahoStatesman.com Bergen's latest book, "The Longest War: The Enduring Conflict between America and Al-Qaeda," is an important addition to his bibliography that should be required reading for those seeking insight into the life bin Laden led and his leadership of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Leinster's Joe Schmidt: It'll be a war against Northampton Mirror.co.uk By Ciaran O Raghallaigh 15/05/2011 Joe Schmidt says Leinster will have to go to war with Northampton to win the Heineken Cup. The Leinster coach is bracing himself for a titanic clash, particularly up front where both sides will field some truly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Osama's Death and The War on Terror American Thinker But, above all, the most discernible observation is a growing dismissal on the "War on Terror" as a chapter of a bygone era. The "War on Terror" (exceedingly derided and yet as significantly crucial) seems to have been disposed into the political bin ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Swinton: 'It's a horror film, a love story, a war film, not social comment' The Independent Swinton added: "It's a horror film, a love story, a war film – it's not social commentary." Herself the mother of twins, Swinton said: "I'm happy to say it's no documentary. I was in the fortunate position, the second I had my children, of being really ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| An un-Common culture war Chicago Tribune As rap becomes more mainstream, the culture war looks increasingly like a war against black culture. Fortunately, the White House stuck by its invitation to Common and the event went off without a hitch. That's a relief to those of us who would hate to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Terror And The Military Industrial Complex Black Star News By Colin Benjamin The death of Osama bin Laden, two weeks ago, raises the question: will his demise change the fight against terror and, or, Washington's war policies? America, and the world, celebrated the killing of the Al-Qaeda mastermind whose ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The right time to end the war Tbo.com By STEVE OTTO | The Tampa Tribune Driving with my mother on Kennedy Boulevard recently, she pointed to a house where she lived with my grandparents during World War II. Nearby there had been a "spotter" house where observers identified aircraft flying ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Weedsport exhibit looks at life during wartime Auburn Citizen Jill Connor / The Citizen Children's contributions to the World War II effort are depicted in the Old Brutus Historical Society's exhibit "Keeping Our Nation Free," now on display through mid-December. Along with the collected recyclables on display, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Providence College to honor war vets at graduation Boston Globe PROVIDENCE, RI—A group of military veterans who had to leave Providence College when they were called to serve in World War II will be honored at the school's commencement. The school on Sunday plans to award honorary bachelor's degrees to members of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Global War on Terror, Levels Up By Erick A. San Juan Mindanao Examiner "Zombie" bin Laden will continue to be the symbol of the continuing saga on the global war on terror (GWOT), dead or alive – he will remain the culprit. The whole story, from the very start (right after September 11, 2001) is a script written to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hollywood Park allowance win has War Pilot pointing to Oceanside Stakes Daily Racing Form By Steve Andersen War Pilot won his 3-year-old debut in an allowance race over six furlongs on turf in Friday's seventh race at Hollywood Park, giving trainer Mike Pender confidence that he has a candidate for the $100000 Oceanside Stakes at Del Mar on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| How About Just Get Out of Libya? Campaign for Liberty (blog) Although it ignored the constitutional requirement that it go to Congress for authority to go to war in Libya, it still feels bound by the War Powers Resolution. And that means the Libyan war is about to become illegal. President Obama and his legal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| War of words Hot topics enrage Jersey City residents The Hudson Reporter by Sonia Owchariw A heated argument erupted Thursday night between Jersey City resident Yvonne Balcer and Councilwoman-at-Large Kalimah Ahmad. The City Council (9-0) approved a 30-year tax exemption for a low- and moderate-income affordable housing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Khalilzad urges US to pressurize Pak for ending double standard in war against ... South Asian News Agency (SANA) WASHINGTON, M(SANA): Former US Ambassador in Afghanistan and Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad has said that Pakistan has adopted double standard in war against terrorism and America should take steps to finish its double standard. In an article he said that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| New road marker honors Bedford patriot from War of 1812 Lynchburg News and Advance By Justin Faulconer BEDFORD – Nearly 200 years ago, Joel Leftwich of Bedford County led soldiers to Ohio to help defeat the British in the War of 1812. Now a historic road marker commemorating Leftwich stands at Bedford's most traveled corridor on US ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 'A War within a War' in Northeast Georgia Access North Georgia By Jerry Gunn Staff GAINESVILLE - The bloody drama of the Civil War did not unfold in Northeast Georgia as it did in other parts of the south and in other parts of Georgia. In this part of the state there were pro-Union Southerners, there were mountain ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bin Laden's Diary: War Plans, or Musings from the Landfill of History? TIME (blog) "Since the end of the last civil war, the colonel had done nothing else but wait. October was one of the few things which arrived." At least, it arrived for the aging military commander whose life is described in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's story "Nobody ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Civil War Ideas Discussed WTAP-TV The Campus Martius Museum plans to dedicate an entire floor to the area's role in the Civil War. The museum Saturday hosted a meeting of Civil War history groups to brainstorm about other ideas for celebrating the 150th anniversary of the War Between ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Civil War museum curator to start Fredericksburg-to-Pennsylvania march ... The Free Lance-Star The Civil War soldier-look-alike won't be an apparition, but rather a man determined to do some good. Meet Brett Kelley, curator at the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pa., a former Quantico Marine. At first light tomorrow, he plans to set off ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sunday's letters: New York Comptroller Tom DiNapoli, war debt, abortion, age ... Syracuse.com (blog) By Readers' Page New York's comptroller and I agree that there are too many property assessors in the state. Last week, Thomas DiNapoli released a report that noted New York has more than 1350 assessor positions, while many other states have an average ... See all stories on this topic » |
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