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The events often remain associated with French culture, with organizers scheduling some races on Bastille Day.Events like this have taken place in the United States; Washington, D.C. operated the Bastille Race for Waiters and Waitresses from 1974 until at least 2006 in which contestants carried a litre of bottled water and a filled drinking glass on their trays, and Brasserie Les Halles in New ...
Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.It is referred to, both legally [3] and commonly, as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press.
Baltimore City residents to receive higher monthly water bills starting in July
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The Loch Raven Reservoir is a reservoir that provides drinking water for the City of Baltimore and most of Baltimore County, Maryland.It is fed by the Big Gunpowder Falls river, and has a capacity of 23 billion US gallons (87,000,000 m 3) of water.
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In 1854, the City of Baltimore bought the holdings of the privately owned Baltimore Water Company, which had supplied water to the city for fifty years, followed between 1854 and 1857 by acquisition of the land held by the Bellona Gunpowder Mill and the Eagle Factory textile mill for $289,000.
William Patterson (1752–1835) [1] [2] was a businessman, a gun-runner during the American Revolution, and a founder of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. [3] His many business dealings included shipping, [4] banking, and the Baltimore Water Company. [5]