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Washington County Museum Ramble has planes, trains, old autos, cooking demos and more
The Museum Ramble, a self-guided tour including 24 museums and historic sites from Clear Spring to Smithsburg, will be Saturday, May 4, and Sunday, May 5. Some museums will be open only one day. A printed guide and map to participating sites are...
Tags: Human Interest, Antietam National Battlefield, Arts and Culture, Washington Monument, Travel
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Re-enactors cover all walks of 18th-century life during Fort Frederick's Market Fair
alnotarianni@aol.comTraders pulled primitive carts full of wares across fields in the cool morning air. Servants used long sticks to stir stew in sturdy black pots, and a town crier announced an auction to take place after noon. The wistful tunes of a fife sailed in the...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, Travel, Gardens and Parks, Colonial Williamsburg, State Parks
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U.S., county celebrated bicentennials in 1976
"Rediscover America 1976 Bicentennial Celebration, United States of America-Washington County, Maryland, 1776-1976" was the full name of an event that would involve most of the members of the Washington County Historical Society and the community, as a...Tags: Human Interest, Statue of Liberty, Culture, Arts and Culture, John Adams
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Spring cultural and historical day trips offered
The Continuing Education and Business Services Division at Hagerstown Community College is offering several cultural and historical day trips this spring. “Spies of Washington and the International Spy Museum” will take participants to...Tags: Arts and Culture, Trips and Vacations, Travel, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Wars and Interventions
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Weekend calendar - April 13
Spring arts and craft show Arts and crafts vendors will sell handcrafted furniture and primitives, scroll saw wooden pieces, silk flower arrangements, Bolivian textiles, oil paintings and more. Several authors will sign and sell copies of their books....Tags: Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Breast Cancer, Entertainment, Fashion Shows
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Discovering Historic Plymouth
The Hartford CourantThe plan was a good one. I would drive out to Plymouth and hike a place called Peat Swamp Woods and explore the ruins of an old carriage factory. Then I discovered Plymouth's historic Main Street, so I took a few detours into the past before heading into...Tags: Manchester, War of 1812, Wetlands, Terryville
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Charles de Langlade subject of Mackinaw Area Historical Society program
MACKINAW CITY -- The Mackinaw Area Historical Society will present a program on French-Indian leader Charles de Langlade, who was made second in command at Fort Michilimackinac in 1757. Local historians Sandy Planisek and Jim Tamlyn will present the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, France
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Fort Dewart celebration plans taking shape
Daily American Staff WriterAt least 70 members of Clan Maclean will join their Scottish chief in Bedford County this September to honor their ancestor’s establishment of Fort Dewart. Organizers have set the attendance number as plans continue taking shape for the...Tags: Human Interest, Bedford (Bedford, Virginia)
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Boaze to speak at Historical Society meeting
Living history interpreter Raleigh Boaze will speak to the Sharpsburg Historical Society at Sharpsburg Town Hall Tuesday, March 12. Boaze will appear in the persona of a backwoodsman dressed in period clothing and carrying the weapons and...
Tags: Culture, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Education, Sausages
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How Postal Service, pit bulls intertwine: history can be bizarre
At a pivotal point in history, the deputy postmaster for all the American colonies arrived in Bethlehem because of a grave threat to Pennsylvania, where the French and their Indian allies were winning the French and Indian War. If emergency defensive...Tags: Mail Order Industry, Animal Attacks, Politics, Carbon County, Justice and Rights
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Weekend calendar - Feb. 9
Chocolate Festival Chocolate candies, cookies, Valentine’s gift baskets and more. 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday. Trinity United Church of Christ, 29 East Ave., State Line, Pa. Model train sale Hagerstown Model Railroad Museum will hold its winter model...Tags: Human Interest, Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Arts and Culture, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Entertainment
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Five for your planner: Wednesday, Feb. 6
1. Murderer among friends "The Mousetrap" by Agatha Christie will be presented 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; matinee Sunday, Feb. 24, at The Washington County Playhouse Dinner Theater, 44 N. Potomac St., downtown Hagerstown. Show opesn Friday, Feb. 8,...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Entertainment Events, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Music
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Apr 27, 2013
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Apr 12, 2013
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Apr 11, 2013
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Apr 4, 2013
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Mar 16, 2013
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Mar 1, 2013
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Feb 9, 2013
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Feb 8, 2013
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Feb 5, 2013
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