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Assateague Island is a 37-mile (60 km) long barrier island located off the eastern coast of the Delmarva Peninsula facing the Atlantic Ocean. [ 1] The northern two-thirds of the island are in Maryland, and the southern third is in Virginia. The Maryland section contains the majority of Assateague Island National Seashore and Assateague State Park.
The Maryland 400 were members of the 1st Maryland Regiment who repeatedly charged a numerically superior British force during the Battle of Long Island during the Revolutionary War, sustaining heavy casualties, but allowing General Washington to successfully evacuate the bulk of his troops to Manhattan. This action is commemorated in Maryland ...
Smith Island is a collection of three distinct island communities – Tylerton, Rhodes Point, and Ewell, Maryland – on the Chesapeake Bay, on the border of Maryland and Virginia territorial waters in the United States. The island is the last inhabited island in Maryland that is not accessible by vehicle. (The Virginia portion of the island is ...
Laser guns and targets worn by players. Laser tag is a recreational shooting sport where participants use infrared -emitting light guns to tag designated targets. Infrared-sensitive signaling devices are commonly worn by each player to register hits and are sometimes integrated within the arena in which the game is played. [ 1]
August 2, 2024 at 5:00 AM. ORANGE, Va. (AP) — On the wall of the maternity home, painted in large letters, is the motto: “Saving Babies, One Mom at a Time.”. For founders Randy and Evelyn ...
Wes Moore. Westley Watende Omari Moore (born October 15, 1978) is an American politician, businessman, author, and veteran, serving as the 63rd governor of Maryland since 2023. Moore was born in Maryland and raised primarily in New York. He graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received a master's degree from Wolfson College, Oxford, as a ...
Will Dunham. August 15, 2024 at 3:18 PM. By Will Dunham. (Reuters) - Peter Marshall, the cheery actor, singer and nightclub comedian who became one of America's best-known game show hosts on the ...
George Solis and Mirna Alsharif and Dennis Romero. August 11, 2024 at 9:18 PM. At least one person was killed and two were injured when a house in Maryland exploded Sunday. Two people were killed ...