Jan. 8 Battle Was Once National Holiday
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Forget about Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's. What are you doing for the Eighth of January &#151; the 190th anniversary of Andrew Jackson's defeat of the British at the Battle of New Orleans?
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By Ray McAllister, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Mar. 10--NEWPORT NEWS   On a day celebrating one of America's most famous gunships, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine himself hauled out the big gun yesterday:   Conciliation.
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If it's January, it's time to go out on a limb again.
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Tuesday was a holiday that isn't marked on most calendars sold in the U-S: Ukranian Independence Day.
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The triumph of Jan. 30 is a fact. The shame is that Iraq-war foes can't admit it
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(New York-AP) Nov. 25, 2004 - There were parades, home-cooked feasts, and our soldiers even found ways to celebrate far from home.
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As South Boston remembered 25 neighborhood heroes killed in the Vietnam War, local veterans yesterday weighed in on the ongoing war record battle between John Kerry [related, bio] and President George W. Bush.
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Records obtained from the National Archives tell families when, or if, Johnny came marching home, and what he did overseas.
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Vets recall horrors of winter offensive.On Dec.22, 1944, Gen. Anthony LC McAuliffe delivered one of the most famous rebukes in history.
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LONDONDERRY, N.H., Jan. 8 -- Three weeks. Washington, D.C., then Des Moines, then Londonderry. All for Sen. Barack Obama.
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ROCKLAND - A pair of 13-year-old boys are facing assault charges after eggs were thrown at veterans during Memorial Day observances at Union Square.  The boys were arrested immediately.  Veterans Agent Anton Materna said the incident should not overshadow the purpose of the event.
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Amid snow flurries and a chilling wind, Belgium's King Albert II honored U.S. soldiers who died fighting Nazi Germany 60 years ago in the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle for American forces in war.
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The American Legion opened its national convention in Salt Lake City this week with high hopes the gathering would help "unite America" behind the war in Iraq. Instead, the veterans have found themselves in a fight with the city's anti-war mayor.
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For eight innings, anyway, it was the kind of pulsating confrontation that was anticipated considering how tough it has been to separate these two teams lately.
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Tycho: Sorry about that. Kiko digests the audio files for that, and I forgot that there President's Day was a holiday that people took seriously. Before today, I was not aware just how seriously Kiko took the concept of presidency. Also, I fixed an offensive and aggressively stupid typographical error in the post above. Now, it's only aggressively stupid in the ways I originally intended.(CW)TB
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In the hours just before dawn on Dec. 16, 1944 -- 60 years ago today -- Art Schreckengost was trying to get some sleep. It was difficult in combat fatigues and the cold.
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marking the first time that a commercial American airliner will be landing in the country since the Vietnam War. and businessmen. It will show ties are on track between the old battlefield foes who still spar over human rights and.