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Annapolis Kicks Off 300th Anniversary Festivities
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post ...the last 300 years. Peering through...and pronounced Annapolis an "ancient...s City to Annapolis. During the next year, the city is...attention on the 300th birthday celebration of the history...the streets of ...
Big bash may get smaller for Annapolis: Funds request denied for 300th...
Newspaper article from: The Baltimore Sun (Baltimore, MD) ...promotion for Annapolis' big bash to celebrate 300 years of democracy...director of the Annapolis Charter 300...tight budget year," he said...party, which kicks off in January...to be a fine celebration." ...
PG kicks off yearlong tricentennial celebration.(Metropolitan Times)(Cover...
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times (Washington, DC) ...George's County's 300th anniversary...grand, yearlong celebration for the suburban county that in recent years has somehow always...has come to its 300th birthday." Calling...forebears. The year of tricentennial...Three hundred ...

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