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Published September 11Morning Edition hosts recount their experience covering 9/11 in D.C. and New York
Morning Edition hosts Steve Inskeep and Michel Martin both reported from the Sept. 11 terror attack sites. Steve recalls reporting outside the Pentagon and Michel recounts her time in lower Manhattan.
Honor Flight veterans receive a warm welcome home
Throngs of people stood, clapped and cheered to welcome home and thank 92 veterans and their guardians when the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight returned to Springfield’s Capitol Airport around 10:30 p.m. on Sept. 1. After a long and hot day in Washington, D.C., the veterans walked…
AllOTSEGO.com (The Freeman's Journal)
Published September 10Local EMT Reflects on Ground Zero Experience 25 Years Later
Twenty‑five years after the September 11 attacks on New York City and Washington, DC former volunteer EMT Carrie Carney still remembers the moment she felt compelled to go and help.
Oakland Post (Post News Group)
Published September 09Inside Sasha Bruce: Touring Lois Mailou Jones’ Historic Murals
Tour Lois Mailou Jones' historic murals at Sasha Bruce Youthwork with former D.C. Councilmember William Lightfoot. Help preserve these powerful depictions of African history and culture. The post Inside Sasha Bruce: Touring Lois Mailou Jones’ Historic Murals appeared first on…
Mid Hudson News
Published September 09Trump honors Nyack 9/11 hero Welles Crowther with Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump held a White House ceremony Tuesday honoring 9/11 first responders and officials and posthumously presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom to the family of Welles Remy Crowther, the Upper Nyack native known as the “Man in the Red Bandana.”…
GPB News
Published September 09National Guard member arrested after drawing gun on fellow soldier in D.C.
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime, has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts.
WVIA Public Media
Published September 09National Guard member arrested in DC, accused of drawing gun on fellow Guard member
A member of the Georgia National Guard deployed in Washington, D.C., as part of a task force to fight crime, has been arrested for pulling a gun on a fellow Guard member in an alleged dispute over regulation haircuts.
Amtrak service to pause in Danville for 9 days
Amtrak service in Danville will be temporarily suspended for nine days in October while infrastructure improvements are made near Union Station in Washington, D.C. The temporary suspension will run from Oct. 17 through Oct. 25.
Columbus Free Press
Published September 07Front Row At the Revolution
I spent the past weekend as a participant in the annual Ron Paul Institute conference that takes place in the Washington area, in northern Virginia. This year the theme was “Front Row at the Revolution” and the circa 500 attendees that filled the Hilton Hotel ballroom certainly…
St Pete Catalyst
Published September 05Singing high and loud: The Ann Wilson interview
Heart's lead singer performs Thursday, Sept. 10 at the Capitol Theatre in Clearwater.
How Washington Transformed the National Mall for the Great American State Fair
Nearly two months after the Great American State Fair, photographs from June 28 offer a look at how Washington transformed the National Mall for America’s 250th anniversary celebration.
From Los Angeles to Washington: My America 250 journey
A nighttime departure from Los Angeles began my personal America 250 journey across the country, through Houston and into Washington, D.C., where my family’s connection to the nation’s founding gave the arrival special meaning.