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Gladys E. Stamper, 88
Gladys Edith Schwanebeck Stamper, 88, was born Jan. 12, 1925, in Essex, Md., and left this world Jan. 27, 2013, surrounded by her children at her home in Hagerstown, Md. She was preceded in death by her husband, Andy B. Stamper Sr., who died in 2001; her...
Tags: Hamilton, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Waynesboro (Waynesboro, Virginia), Washington, DC, Catonsville
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Howard County datebook Datebook
Today Benefit concert The Tanzanian Children's Project presents an Irish music concert featuring the Tanzania Ceili Band, Dileab Phriseal and Ellis Island, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center, 10431 Twin Rivers Road. Tickets are...Tags: Music, Anglicanism, Howard Community College, Johannes Brahms, Ellicott City
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'Refugee Hotel': Refugees learn to breathe free
Airport hotels are this era's Ellis Island, providing respite to refugees who have traveled thousands of miles and often survived horrific circumstances. New immigrants are greeted not by the Statue of Liberty but by the glow of fast-food restaurants...Tags: Statue of Liberty, Immigration, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Politics, Chicago Tribune
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Columbia Digest
Music Lively Arts for the Little Ones presents "Anansegromma of Ghana" at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 25, at The Other Barn, 5851 Robert Oliver Place. The program is a performance of traditional West African music, storytelling and dance. Tickets are $5 for...Tags: Music, Sociology, Social Organizations, Libraries, Physical Fitness and Exercise
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INKED! Immigration. It's what's for dinner
The D.C. Sausage Factory is back open for business, and the moment’s featured flavor is Immigration Reform Reprise. The 113th session of Congress will began the process of tackling the immigration reform President Obama promised America prior to...
Tags: Bill Clinton, Interior Policy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Personal Weapon Control, Labor Legislation
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Thomas Jefferson: 1 man, many portraits
NewsdayThe bronze figure of Thomas Jefferson rises 19 feet in his Pantheon-style memorial in Washington, D.C. It suits the third president's oversize life. And it underscores the ongoing debate about his stature, examined in five new books about him. "Thomas...Tags: University of Oxford, Science, Science and Technology, Washington, DC, Slavery
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Statue of Liberty indefinitely closed by Sandy damage on island
Among Superstorm Sandy victims still struggling to recover: Liberty Island. The Statue of Liberty remains indefinitely closed to the public due to damage on the island, joining another shuttered national icon, the Washington Monument, which has been...
Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), National Parks, Statue of Liberty, Kennedy Space Center, Fire Island
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Chan Lowe: More fiscal cliff
It’s all about the three strains in the American character. America was founded on the principle of rugged individualism, the pioneer spirit of self-reliance and “each according to his abilities.” That’s another way of saying...
Tags: Fiscal Cliff
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Statue Of Liberty, Ellis Island Will Not Reopen In 2012 In Wake Of Sandy
After suffering significant damage from Superstorm Sandy, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island will not reopen to tourists this year, the National Park Service announced Wednesday.
According to the NPS, the Statue of Liberty, its pedestal and base...Tags: Hurricane Sandy (2012), National Parks, Statue of Liberty, Sculpture, Arts and Culture
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‘Sgt. Rock’ artist Joe Kubert had 70 years on the march
Hero Complex - movies, comics, fanboy fare - latimes.comJoe Kubert, the comics artist and educator who died Sunday in Morristown, N.J., at age 85, was never the superstar name — ...... -
In 1913, The Orchard Began As A Stopover For Horse-drawn Buggies Carrying Their Cargo Up The Hill From Johnstown On Their Way To Bedford.
"It's a tradition of a friendly neighborhood tavern," said owner David Donate as the establishment prepares to celebrate its 100th anniversary next year. With a bar and restaurant, The Orchard, located at 2434 Bedford St. in Richland Township, offers...
Tags: Restaurants, Bars and Clubs, Charity, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ceremonies
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A real-life adventurer
ReutersListening to novelist and political commentator Mark Helprin recount his life is a bit like listening to Forrest Gump — an eloquent, New York-born Forrest Gump. Helprin is hardly slow-witted, but like the titular hero of the Oscar-winning 1994...Tags: Literature, Bob Dole, Charlottesville (Charlottesville, Virginia), The New York Times, George W. Bush
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