Readers sound off on Confederate sympathies, NATO contributions and Paul Simon’s roots
On July 4, 1776, the hallowed Founding Fathers declared America’s independence. However, the only beneficiaries were white ...
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Talbot County’s United States Colored Troops fought with valor and honor
Though President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, issued on Jan. 1, 1863, did not free the enslaved people in Maryland, it allowed African Americans throughout the nation to serve in the Union ...
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Flag Day
The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...
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Richmond Forecast
Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Friday 21 February 2025. Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers in the morning and early afternoon. Light winds becoming northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h in the middle of ...