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Get the facts about Vietnam
It amazes me that some people continue to insist that President John F. Kennedy began our involvement in Vietnam. He did not. That is simply untrue. I urge and encourage these apparently uneducated people ignorant about how our involvement in Vietnam...Tags: Vietnam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, World War II (1939-1945), John F. Kennedy
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Does America still respect labor?
Contributing ColumnistAs another Labor Day came and went, I found myself wondering whether this important national holiday has lost some of its original meaning. The U.S. Department of Labor explains on its website that Labor Day is “a creation of the labor movement...Tags: Career and Workplace, Labor Day, Employees, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities
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Pennsylvania briefs
Pa. district to use interim business person WAYNESBORO, Pa. — The Waynesboro Area School District will be using a $500-a-day interim business administrator until someone is hired to permanently replace Caroline Dean, who recently resigned to...Tags: Iraq War (2003-2011), Republican Party, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Franklin County (Pennsylvania), Allen West
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Former U.S. Sen. Charles Percy dies
Tribune reporterCharles H. Percy, a brilliant businessman who represented Illinois for nearly 20 years in the U.S. Senate, once headed the chamber’s powerful Foreign Relations Committee, and harbored unrealized ambitions to run for the presidency, died early...Tags: Otto Kerner, Mark Kirk, Government, Ronald Reagan, Executive Branch
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History of Veterans Day:"Solemnly remember the sacrifices all those who fought"
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsNovember 11 was chosen as a day to remember veterans because November 11, 1918 was recognized as the day fighting ended in World War 1, or the end of “the war to end all wars,” according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs....Tags: World War I (1914-1918), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Veterans Day, Veterans Affairs, Defense
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Goldberg: Tyranny of the typical
And now let us recall the "Fable of the Shoes." In his 1973 "Libertarian Manifesto," the late Murray Rothbard argued that the biggest obstacle in the road out of serfdom was "status quo bias." In society, we're accustomed to rapid change. "New products,...Tags: Health, Medicaid, Government Health Care, Ron Paul, Medicare
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Helen R. Walsh, registered nurse, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterHelen R. Walsh, a registered nurse who helped her physician husband establish Project HOPE in the 1950s, which brought health care to developing countries and offered disaster relief, died Thursday from congestive heart failure at her Bethesda home....Tags: Medical Services, Health, McAfee, Inc., Charity, Health and Medical Professionals
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Book Review: 'Exorcising Hitler: The Occupation and Denazification of Germany'
Special to the Los Angeles TimesFor the German people, unconditional surrender in spring 1945 meant the end of self-government for the foreseeable future. Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower minced no words when he announced that the Allied troops were there as conquerors, not liberators. Of...Tags: Book, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Elections, Sociology, Germany
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Dwight Eisenhower
From the Kansas Historical Society:
General U.S. army, U.S. president; Born: October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas. Married: Mamie Doud, July 1, 1916. Died: Walter Reed Hospital, March 28, 1969. Buried: Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Abilene,...Tags: Annapolis, High School Sports, West Point, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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At Laurel Park, neighbors celebrate century of glamor and grit
Just about every Friday morning, Karen Lubieniecki takes a leisurely stroll to Laurel Park, finds a place along a railing at the nearly empty racetrack and spends an hour or so watching the horses exercise as the sun climbs the sky.
It isn't that she's a...Tags: Career and Workplace, American Red Cross, Employees, The Jockey Club Incorporated, U.S. Army
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U.S. Rep. Allen West speaks at GOP dinner in Greencastle
waynesboro@herald-mail.comJohn Freeland tucked a flier for the Franklin County (Pa.) Republican Party's first Eisenhower Day Dinner in his jacket pocket Thursday in hopes of getting U.S. Rep. Allen West to sign it. West, R-Fla., served as the event's keynote speaker. Freeland, a...Tags: U.S. Army, U.S. House of Representatives, Elections, Bill Shuster, Republican Party
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Greenbrier Fun Facts
Did you know?
- Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher honeymooned at The Greenbrier in 1955.
- Princess Grace and Prince Rainier visited The Greenbrier with their children in 1963.
- General Dwight D. Eisenhower with a bronze casting of his bust in The...Tags: Greenbrier Classic, Television Networks, PGA Tour, Eddie Fisher, CSX Corporation
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Nov 11, 2011
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Sep 20, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011
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Jul 5, 2011
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Sep 28, 2011
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