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Projects converge: 219 sugar maples to be used in Flight 93 museum on USS Somerset

By Kimberly | Published: April 16, 2013

By Vicki Rock Daily American Wood from some of the sugar maple trees cut down for construction of the new four-lane segment of Route 219 from Meyersdale to Somerset will go to another project: the USS Somerset. Somerset County Commissioner John Vatavuk has been working on the ship project since 2008. Shortly after he took [...]

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USS Arlington joins fleet in memory of 9/11

By Kimberly | Published: April 7, 2013

Associated Press NORFOLK (AP) — A Navy ship named in honor of the victims and first responders of the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon has joined the fleet.The Navy commissioned the USS Arlington at Naval Station Norfolk on Saturday. The Pentagon is in Arlington County, Va., and 184 people died when American Airlines Flight 77 [...]

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Ship commissioned to honor 9/11 Pentagon victims

By Kimberly | Published: April 6, 2013

Washington Examiner NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Arlington was commissioned Saturday in an emotional ceremony officials dedicated to the victims and first responders of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the Pentagon. The ship, one of three built to commemorate the 9/11 attack sites, is intended to honor the 184 victims who died when [...]

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