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The Bloomsburg Fair was started by Caleb Barton in 1854. The 156th Bloomsburg Fair was held from September 25 to October 2, 2010. In 2006, fair attendance for the week reached 413,203 people. The 157th Fair was scheduled to be held from September 24, 2011, to October 1, 2011, but was canceled due to flooding associated with Tropical Storm Lee ...
Washington Crossing National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Upper Makefield Township, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. It opened in late 2009 and occupies approximately 205 acres (83 ha). [1] Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the cemetery serves veterans in the greater Philadelphia ...
South Dakota Veterans Cemetery is located north of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, at the corner of Slip Up Creek Road (County Road 317) and 477th Avenue. [1] It is next to Slip-up Creek. [2] Spanning over 60 acres (24 ha), it has the capacity for over 28,000 burials. [3] At opening, the cemetery estimated it would receive 270 burials per year.
Sep. 30—BLOOMSBURG — Though fairgoers travel from far and wide to get to the largest agriculture fair in Pennsylvania, locals are lucky to have the annual event right in their backyard.
Creation of national cemeteries. The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial places came during the American Civil War, in an act passed by the U.S. Congress on July 17, 1862. [1] By the end of 1862, 12 national cemeteries had been ...
Monday was Veterans Day at the Monroe County Fair. Several local veterans were honored, including Mary Pinchoff, 76, the oldest female veteran there.
The Bloomsburg Public Library was founded in 1899 and funded jointly by the taxpayers of Bloomsburg, Scott Township, and Hemlock Township. Bloomsburg is also home to the Bloomsburg Fair (the largest fair in the state of Pennsylvania) which, since 1855, is a traditional agricultural fair .
A federal judge has ordered the Department of Defense to turn over records related to former President Donald Trump's controversial visit to Arlington National Cemetery – meaning the public ...