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Before Arlington National Cemetery, There Was Alexandria National Cemetery
Monday, May 27th, 2013
by Woman Around Town on Living Around
Arlington National Cemetery is perhaps the most well known resting place for soldiers who have given their lives in combat. Yet before Arlington National Cemetery
Django Unchained – The All American Outlaw…Who’s Black
Thursday, January 17th, 2013
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Playing Around
“Killing White folks for money…what’s not to like?” So says our titular hero, Django (Jamie Foxx in some of the best work he’s done since
The Graves are Walking – Genocide Courtesy of Adam Smith
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013
by Winnefred Ann Frolik on Reading Around
“If the Irish people were taught to rely on the government for a supply of food, it would become not only a great but growing
The Great Road—Heading West of the Hudson
Monday, September 3rd, 2012
by Merry Sheils on Living Around
There’s no place like New York City, except in July. Besides the heat, humidity and crowds of tourists on Fifth Avenue, most of my friends
The Folklife Festival—Traditions on the Mall
Monday, July 2nd, 2012
by Katie Krieger on Living Around
Everyone has traditions. You may have a family tradition where you play charades at every holiday, or burn the turkey every Thanksgiving. But have you
Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Books
Friday, June 29th, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Reading Around
Wouldn’t it be great if for just one day, we could put aside politics, and the enmity that goes with it, to just enjoy Independence
Theater As You Like It At The Delacorte
Friday, June 22nd, 2012
by Michall Jeffers on Playing Around
What could be more ideal for Shakespeare In The Park than As You Like It? The realistic looking trees and setting of the forest of
Amelia, the Play—P.O.W.’s in the Civil War
Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
by Claire McCurdy on Playing Around
Andersonville National Historic Site began as a stockade built about 18 months before the end of the Civil War to hold Union Army prisoners captured
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