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  • The International Coastal Cleanup—the world’s largest single-day volunteer effort to remove trash from waterways, beaches, lakes and rivers—will be held…
  • In June of 1944, Emil Willimetz, a US soldier of German descent, fought the Nazis during the invasion of Normandy.
  • After traveling to Baltimore to help fight the Great Fire of 1904, New York firefighters took home a four-legged friend who never left their sides whilst…
  • Captain John Smith's exploration and exploits in the Chesapeake region.
  • During the War of 1812, Privateer Captain Thomas Boyle and his ship the Chasseur harassed the British fleet and disrupted shipping in the Irish Sea.
  • In 1938, an eager crowd at Pimlico Race Course witnessed an epic race between War Admiral, the 1937 Triple Crown Winner, and a little upstart horse named…
  • On December 2nd, 1859, abolitionist John Brown met his end at the gallows in Charlestown, Virginia.
  • In 1818, Jacob Gruber, a minister from Pennsylvania, was charged with inciting a slave revolt in Maryland when he preached about abolition in Hagerstown.
  • Fighting pirates along the Barbary Coastin 1815, US Navy ships encountered a fierce and brave Algerian naval hero, Rais Hamidou.
  • On August 24, 1813, during the Battle of Bladensburg, Commodore Joshua Barney and 360 sailors and 120 Marines defended Washington—fighting against the…
  • On a visit to England in 1816, Marianne (Caton) Patterson, the daughter of a prominent Baltimore merchant and granddaughter of Charles Carroll, captured…
  • On the wintry afternoon of April 13, 1940, with an inch of snow covering the rolling fields, tow traditions collided in the heart of Maryland horse…
  • In 1848, Henry Grainger sent his young son George to be formally educated at St. Timothy's School in Catonsville. George's complaints may sound very…
  • On November 19th, at the dedication of the cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, one of America's greatest orators of the time, Edward Everett, gave a…
  • In the spring of 1700, the pirate ship "La Paix" terrorized merchant ships in the Chesapeake region under an impressive blood red flag.
  • December 10, 2013 - Radio Kitchen - Indian Pudding (with Chris Corbett)Welcome to Radio Kitchen, I'm Al Spoler. I was browsing through my Facebook the…
  • March 4, 2014 - Radio Kitchen - Raw BeefOur topic this week may be something of a turn-off to some people, and something of interest to others. Here's the…
  • April 15, 2014 - Radio Kitchen - MICRO-GREENSWhen we dine out these days, there's something happening on the plate at good restaurants everywhere that…
  • They might just look like piles of sand, but ocean sand dunes play a critical role in protecting our waterfront communities from the devastating effects…
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