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For decades, Thanksgiving was cause for a fight. And the pumpkin was a symbol of the Northern anti-slavery movement.

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Bulstrode is set to be converted into a luxury hotel A Victorian mansion in Gerrards Cross will be transformed into a luxury hotel after plans were given the green light. The plans for Grade II-listed Bulstrode Manor include plans for 52 guest rooms including a royal suite, a restaurant with room for 120 diners, lobby and lounge spaces, conference and event spaces for up to 200 people, a spa, a kitchen and housekeeping facilities, new guest parking and accommodation for staff. The separate 1970s accommodation block, garage, cottage and bungalow on site will all be demolished to make way...

The Democratic Party began its convention in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 23, 1860. The incumbent president, James Buchanan, was a Democrat from Pennsylvania who had Southern sympathies but opposed secession. Due to a largely disastrous administration, he had no interest in reelection; still, the Democrats, and Stephen A. Douglas in particular, were favored to win the election. Douglas was a moderate who advocated “popular sovereignty,” or the right of territories and newly admitted states to decide for themselves the question of slavery. His challenge at the convention was to pla...

In the summer of 2019, former state Sen. H. Douglas Barclay invited his good friend Joseph L. Rich down to his spacious parcel, Douglaston Salmon Run, County Route 5, Pulaski. Mr. Rich hopped into a four-wheeler, with Mr. Barclay confidently at the wheel. “He took me on a joy ride like you wouldn’t believe,” Mr. Rich recalled on Tuesday, two days after Mr. Barclay died at the age of 88, leaving behind a legacy of exemplary public service. “I mean it was up the hills and down the hills. I told him it was better than any ride at the fair. I was holding on for dear life.â€�...