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Tweet The 2011 Scottish Highland Festival, at the Washington County fair grounds this past Saturday, was a lively and culturally immersive event, which features a variety of festivities. The main attraction was of course the music. Each clan had a pipe band consisting of bag pipers, of course, as well as drummers. Tents were setup [...]
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Tweet Today is the 67th anniversary of D-Day. D-Day was a massive undertaking comprised under Operation Overlord and more specifically the Operation Neptune component of Overlord. It was to date the largest military invasions in history. The invasion force included 160,000 Allied troops and over 5,000 Ships and 13,000 aircraft. Many people lost their lives [...]
Tweet So May will be over in just one short hour, and June will be here. June is of course a month of transitions. Transitions as school ends, and younger people start to think about career and family. Accordingly, June is probably one of the most popular months for weddings. Just something about the name [...]
Tweet Memorial Day is of course as everyone knows the unofficial start of summer, and it often times seems that around memorial day the weather starts to break. Although, that is not always true it certainly seems to be more often than not. More importantly though, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance, a time [...]
Tweet Today’s image I have entiled Triune, because there are thress trees casting three shadows which merge with a fourth shadow projected by a fourth leader. However, that fourth shadow can be envisioned more as the connecting force between the three. The shadow is somewhat sperate, but is clearly connected enough to get the sense [...]
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Tweet Today 40 years ago in 1969 the Apollo 11 crew landed on the moon. The crewmembers were Neil A. Armstrong, commander; Michael Collins, command module pilot; and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot. Neil Armstrong is probably the most famous as the first man to walk on the moon, and of course everyone [...]
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Tweet Click Here to Purchase Photo Well this past tax day many states all across the nation had tea party symbol of the original Boston Tea Party of 1773. Just like the original Tea Party these tea parties actually had little to do specifically with tea. With the one major exception being that they did [...]
Tweet Click Here to Purchase Photo Today’s picture is of the day is of the John Banister House in Newport Rhode Island it is a beautiful house restored to the period of which it was built. Built in 1751 the house is decorated with many pieces which were brought back by Captain John Banister himself [...]
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Memorial day is a day for remembering and celebrating the contributions of our Armed Service members who died in service. The day was originally established originally to honor Union Soldiers who died during the American Civil War, and was originally called Decoration Day. After World War I (WWI) it became a day to honor all armed service member who have died in service. The day traditionally fell on May 30th and was moved to the last Monday of May after the Uniform holidays bill was passed in congress on June 28, 1968 which moved it and three other holidays to Mondays. Memorial is the unofficial start of summer and beginning of a time of vacations and other summer fun. There are races, such as the Indiana 500, many parades, and conferences such as the annual conference at North Stoning Bible Church (NSBC). Indeed Memorial Day is a great time of celebration, and it is ashamed that we can so often forget what we are memorializing.
Tonight the crew from Taps has the Hoof-Fin-Feathers Carriage Inn staked out. I have not had much luck locating any sources indicating that the Carriage Inn is haunted or anything, so I am not sure what motivated them to stake it out. However, I do know that the Carriage Inn is quite an old building and served as a carriage way station as far back as 1760; so you can see the potential for alleged haunting. Additionally, it is possible they may be looking to sell and/or trying to build up a reputation, which may attract tourists and/or buyers. Not to mention there is a cemetery just a few blocks down the road from it, which is a type of place that is often associated with supernatural phenomenon, for whatever reason.
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