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Delaware’s 250th Anniversary Brings History Into the Hotel Room
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Delaware’s 250th Anniversary Brings History Into the Hotel Room

  • Karee Blunt
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Delaware did it first. Three weeks before the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, the First State formally cut ties with Great Britain. On June 15, 1776, Delaware is widely credited as the first colony to declare separation, and that moment still echoes 250 years later across cobblestone towns, riverside festivals and at least one hotel suite priced to make the point.

A dazzling display over TD
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A dazzling display over TD

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Fireworks exploded in the sky over the Columbia River Saturday, June 30, as part of the Fort Dalles Fourth Committee's Independence Day celebration in The Dalles. See our photo gallery (link in story) for more...

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Letter to the Editor: Boycotting parade

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To the editor: I am a Vietnam veteran who received a battlefield commission because the Marines were looking for men with experience on the ground during a 1965 deployment. I will never walk again because I stepped up to serve my country, but at least I made it home. It is absolutely egregious to me, as a combat veteran, to have our Fourth of July fireworks display being held on another day because it is economically more advantageous.