Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)

Rand Paul's filibuster worked

2013-03-07 13:12:00

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul got a lot of attention Wednesday for mounting an honest-to-God filibuster of President Barack Obama's nominee for CIA director, John Brennan. The nation's political class marveled at his real-life Mr. Smith act, the funny stuff his...

State gun bill blasted at Havre de Grace council meeting

2013-03-06 10:11:04

The state firearms control legislation moving through the Maryland General Assembly drew fierce criticism from two people during the Havre de Grace City Council meeting Monday night. Councilman Bill Martin was the first to speak against the bill and...

Colonial Players 'Trying,' and succeeding, in study of history and relationships

2013-02-21 12:29:00

Colonial Players offers a gem in historical and dramatic substance in its current production of Joanna McClelland Glass' "Trying," continuing through March 2 in Annapolis. This two-person "memory play" is set in 1967 and finds Judge Francis Biddle, 81,...

Former Harford woman's husband deploys for Western Pacific

2013-02-13 00:00:00

Navy Lt. Jordon C. Sims, whose wife, Megan, is the daughter of Marylou Donhauser of Pylesville, and Michael Donhauser Jr. of Bel Air, and sailors from the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), departed Joint Base Pearl Harbor-...

Forest Hill woman reflects on her memories of Pearl Harbor for posterity

2012-12-07 02:50:00

I had always wished that my great-grandmother, who lived in Maryland during the Civil War, had written some personal notes as to what it was like for her at the time. They would be especially interesting for us now. With that thought in mind, I wrote some...

On Twitter, we're remembering Pearl Harbor and recapping Scandal

2012-12-07 05:57:00

Good morning it's December 7th and, yes, it's still a day that will live in infamy. Seventy-one years later, Pearl Harbor is attracting a fair amount of search traffic on the Internet. Things should pick up photo wise as remembrances get under way in...

Senior Circles: Behind enemy lines in 1944 — a harrowing tale of escape in Holland

2012-12-06 02:25:00

We commemorate the surprise attack by the Japanese on the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941. The attack forced the United States entry into World War II. Americans, who grew up during the difficult times of the Great...

Remembering Pearl Harbor

2012-12-06 16:44:00

Seventy-one years ago Friday, on Dec. 7, 1941, Thomas Talbott was in as fine a mood as he can remember. He was 19, a Marine corporal stationed on the balmy Hawaiian island of Oahu. His unit, assigned to secure the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, was...

American Legion marks Pearl Harbor Day at Laurel Lakes

2012-12-04 04:20:00

American Legion Post 60 will hold its annual Pearl Harbor Day ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 8 at 11 a.m. at the Laurel Lakes boat house. This year marks the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. At the ceremony, the Laurel American Legion and...

History Matters: Jessup Volunteer Fire Department has a new utility truck

2012-11-29 03:05:00

100 Years Ago For the birds Ads in the Times: "Books on Poultry: Pigeons, Bee-Keeping, Farming-Gardening. The Eichelberger Book Co. 308 N. Charles St. Baltimore, Md. "Send us cow and horse hides: To be tanned and manufactured into coats, robes,...

Digest: She's All Scat rallies to win Gin Talking Stakes at Laurel

2012-11-24 21:34:00

Laurel Park She's All Scat rallies to win Gin Talking Stakes Barry and Joni Butzow's She's All Scat led to the furlong marker, lost the lead for a few strides, then fought back to win in the $100,000 Gin Talking Stakes for 2-year-old fillies...

Dr. Robert E. Mason, cardiologist

2012-10-28 13:21:35

Dr. Robert E. "Bob" Mason, a Baltimore internist and cardiologist who developed the standard stress test that has saved countless lives worldwide, died Wednesday of pneumonia at the Brightwood retirement community in Lutherville. He was 95. "He was...

Heart Mountain Relocation Center, outside of Cody, Wyo., was one of 10 internment camps that held Japanese Americans forcibly relocated from the West Coast after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Many of the 14,000 internees, held here for three years, were from California.

2013-03-27 14:27:50

The view from above as a Japanese torpedo bomber prepares to strike "battleship row" in Pearl Harbor.

2013-03-22 16:22:00

This stone is from the shore of the harbor, a few hundred yards from the site of the Japanese attack that came without warning on Dec. 7, 1941.

2013-01-04 13:50:06