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Mount Vernon's Civil War symbolism
During the bloody years when the Civil War tore apart the United States ... the Virginia home of George Washington on the banks of the Potomac River, was a refuge for Union and Confederate ...
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The raid on Harpers Ferry
He had been ready in 1858 to launch his war -- he had both the men and the ... He rented a farm in Maryland, across the Potomac River from Harpers Ferry. Here he assembled his arms and waited ...
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See what it’s like to dig a tunnel 100 feet below a city
This $615 million project is key to cleaning up the Potomac River ... Some of them date back to the Civil War. Pushed to clean them up, communities have been building vast tunnels like this ...
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Allison-Antrim Museum announces speaker series event
GREENCASTLE, Pa. — The Allison-Antrim Museum will host its first monthly speaker meeting of 2025 on Thursday, March 13.