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General Sherman gifts City of Savannah to President Lincoln

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The following is a telegram sent from General Sherman to President Lincoln on Dec. 22, 1964: SAVANNAH, GA., December 22, 1864 (Via Fort Monroe 6.45 p.m. 25th) His Excellency President LINCOLN: I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton.

Embracing dietary diversity at your Holiday table: A flavorful feast for all

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(StatePoint) The holidays, a time for gratitude and celebration, can be particularly challenging for those living with dietary restrictions. A recent national survey commissioned by Amy’s Kitchen and conducted by Atomik Research showed that more than 32% of households live with someone with a dietary restriction.

Achieving New Year’s career resolutions for healthcare professionals

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(StatePoint) The New Year is the perfect time to take stock of your career, and see how it can serve you better. Due to the healthcare worker shortage and the events of the past few years, those in this field may be feeling particularly overworked and under-appreciated in their current positions. In this climate, industry experts say that some of the most common career resolutions that people make can be achieved by pivoting to home healthcare.

Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony premiers in Vienna

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Da-da-da-DUM! One of the most well-known first movements in any symphony often needs no other words and anyone in the vicinity will name Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony. The nearly deaf composer spent about four years composing Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 6, from 1804-1808, before its fairly disastrous world premiere Dec. 22, 1808, at Theater an der Wien in Vienna.

Christmas price index through the years

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(StatePoint) The good old days – when a gallon of gas was only $1.13 and a performance by 10 leaping lords could be purchased for just more than $2,900. The year was 1984 and those Lords-a-Leaping, along with the other 11 gifts from the popular holiday carol, “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” were making their debut in the inaugural PNC Christmas Price Index (CPI).