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BETSY ROSS SCHOOL TO PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL TECH 2013 TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION AT ILLINOIS STATE CAPITOL MAY 7, 2013
Prospect Heights :: IL :: USA | 29 days ago
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Students for the Information Age event on Tuesday, May 7 at the Illinois State Capitol Building in Springfield. From 1:00-3:00 p.m., students will show the public and elected members of the Illinois State Senate and the House of Representatives how
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Fundamentally Freund: Israel's forgotten Betsy Ross
Basel :: Switzerland | 1 month ago
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Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post I have a confession to make. Despite living in this country for more than 18 years and developing a healthy dose of cynicism, I still find Independence Day to be one of the most moving dates on the annual
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Advocates tell Assembly budget panel funds needed to spread word on Medicaid changes
Newark :: NJ :: USA | 2 months ago
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New Jersey should devote millions of dollars to making sure uninsured residents are aware of the expanded Medicaid benefits, Raymond Castro, an analyst for New Jersey Policy Perspective, told the Assembly's Budget Committee. We have many barriers in
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Betsy Ross honored for 18 years as open-records advocate
New Orleans :: LA :: USA | 3 months ago
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The unanimous decree praised Ross as "the conscience of the committee" for her defense of public access to government records, behind-the-scenes mediation of often-bitter records-access disputes and opposition over the years to attempts by various
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July 4 not the only day for flying Old Glory
July 4, 2012 Old Glory will be flying high all across the United States today on this most American of holidays, the Fourth of July. On this date in 1776, the Continental Congress ratified a statement now known
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Independence Day: Show Old Glory respect
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | 11 months ago
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You may see them more and more, displayed proudly by well-intended citizens as July 4 nears. Articles of clothing -- shirts, shorts, maybe even a bathing suit -- in the configuration of a U.S. flag. Tablecloths, debit cards and even trash cans are
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Flag-making tradition still alive in Philadelphia
Philadelphia :: PA :: USA | 12 months ago
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There's a new generation of flag makers in Philadelphia. A dozen seamstresses who work at a military supply facility are responsible for hand-embroidering all of the nation's presidential flags. The dark blue
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Debate Over Who Designed US Flag Continues
Independence :: MO :: USA | 12 months ago
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Ted Landphair June 11, 2012 It's going to be a busy day at Betsy Ross's house in Philadelphia on Thursday. She won't be there, since she died in 1836, but hundreds of tourists will be going through her house...The unofficial holiday commemorates the
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It's a Grand Ol' Flag!
London :: KY :: USA | 12 months ago
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40 a.m.CDT Going back to the American Revolution, rebels each fought under their own individual flags (or colonies or local militia). The first real national flag was referred to as the Grand Union Flag and first flown on New Year's Day in 1776 to
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Foster, Artos
San Jose :: CA :: USA | 1 year ago
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She is survived by her son Frederick Randolph Carrier by her first marriage and Carol Ann Robillard (who passed away in 1999) and Judith M...She was a natural artist and sold some of her paintings to the Famous Ferris Fain who was a great baseball
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