Washington Crossing Memory Sparks Delaware Valley Debate
Readers at the Washington Crossing shrine revisit Washington's wartime fame amid debates over his best remembered moment. Experts and visitors note diverse episodes from the Delaware crossing to Valley Forge and Yorktown, with Leutze’s painting on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art prompting renewed reflection.
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Washington Crossing the Delaware
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Truman to Speak at Kansas City Young Democrats Meet
Former President Harry Truman will address the Kansas Young Democrats in Kansas City on March 24. Shannon, president of the organization, said about 600 people are expected to attend.
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Flood Threat Eases With Rain Diminishing Across West
Associated Press reports the Pacific Northwest flood threat eased as rain fell and cold air moved in. Many streams overflowed but no major river floods occurred. Southern Oregon saw 7 inches of rainfall in 24 hours prompting evacuations. three men drowned in eastern Washington as snowmelt and swollen streams spilled their banks. The precipitation belt remained heavy across the Far West.
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Weather and health trends across Atlantic states and Midwest
Light rain and snow flurries were reported from sections east of the central and eastern Gulf, mainly the Ohio Valley region, Key state areas, Michigan, Pennsylvania, northern New York and the lower Great Lakes. U S heart disease deaths declined from 169 to 163 per 100 000 during the 1935 1951 to 1984 period per Metropolitan Life Insurance Co statistics.
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