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Garden Spot High School held its commencement May 30.
Manheim Township High School held its commencement June 5 at Calvary Church.
According to the magazine, Belmaine dropped out of high school due to anti-gay bullying and joined the Marine Corps in 1965.
The 53rd Department of Arizona Marine Corps League State Convention was held at the We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort over the weekend ...
Balmaine may have received a Purple Heart for rushing into the line of fire to save a fellow Marine during the Vietnam War ...
Will the Ad Hoc Van Wezel Purple Ribbon Committee and the Sarasota City Commission be guided by data, science and facts – or ...
When Barnett “Barney” Crawford was born, five gallons of gas cost $1 and haircuts for children were 25 cents. Calvin Coolidge was the president, the Jazz Age was in full swing, and F. Scott Fitzgerald ...