The town sits just across the Potomac River from Maryland, with the C&O Canal towpath offering miles of scenic hiking and biking along the historic waterway. Shepherdstown played a role in the ...

The town witnessed John Brown’s raid, changed hands between Union and Confederate forces multiple times during the Civil War, and played a crucial ... s meaning while honoring those who served. The ...

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine is a famous site located in Baltimore best known for its role in the War of 1812 ... The C&O Canal Towpath is especially ...

In the classically scruffy pressroom at police headquarters, I heard the radio dispatcher direct Cruisers 25 and 26 (which I recognized as homicide squad cars) to the C&O Canal. I alerted the city ...

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