On Dec. 19, President Bush signed legislation to establish the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail. Signature by the president followed passage by the U.S. House and Senate, marking the final requirement to establish the the nation's first all-water National Historic Trail.
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A small, log-cabin post office in the frosty Arctic wilderness is having a bumper year, with Santa expecting more than 700 000 letters from eager children worldwide, said Riitta Mattila, the chief letter elf at the Santa Claus Post Office in northern Finland.
Old Herb Caen column about Armistice Day inspires poet Editor -- Thanks for running Herb Caen's 1985 Armistice Day column (Chronicle Classic, Nov. 12). I, too, wish Nov. 11 had remained Armistice Day to remind us that there was a time when people thought...
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As in past years, workers at the U.S. Post Office in Green Bay have noticed plenty of letters to Santa Claus passing through the system, customer services manager Terri Michlig said Friday.
THE LOWDOWN: Even with e-cards and online videos, the old-fashioned card still makes its mark. Goodbye, individual letters: The original Christmas card was designed by English illustrator John Calcott Horlsey; Louis Prang, a Boston printer, created the first one in the U.S. in 1875. Hello, massive mailings: The U.S. Census Bureau says we send almost 2 billion Christmas cards. American ...
VERSHIRE -- Letters and packages awaiting Saturday delivery were pillaged overnight Friday by burglars who forced their way into the Vershire post office. ... - Staff Report