ST PAUL'S CHURCH NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE

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St. Paul’s Church National Historic Site 897 South Columbus Avenue, Mt. Vernon, NY

914-667-4116 www.nps.gov/sapa

Special free Programs in July 2013

Thursday, July 4, starting at 10:30 AM

Independence Day Celebration

A traditional July 4th celebration featuring music, talks, refreshments, reading of the Declaration of Independence, and tolling of the historic St. Paul's church bell - 13 times. Keynote speaker is Professor Lisa Keller of SUNY Purchase.

Friday, July 5, 3 PM

Church Tower Walk

50 YEARS OF ZIP CODE

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It was back in 1963. A historic and tumultuous year for those living in USA:
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated, Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered “I Have a Dream” speech and the ZIP code was first introduced.

USPS was founded in 1775 and postal carriers had to rely on hand sorting based on local addresses. Correspondence went through 10 postal workers before it arrived as your local mail. By the 1940s, the Post Office realized its sorting system was not serving the country properly.

FOCAL POINT GALLERY

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Focal Point Gallery Exhibition. Anyone is interested in exhibiting has to by Wednesday.

The next exhibition opens Friday July 5th with an opening reception 7pm-10pm

The exhibition will stay up till the end of the month.

There is still time to get your art work in.

Focal Point Gallery
321 City Island Avenue
Bronx, NY 10464

If you are an artist and would like to take part in this exhibition, please call Ron Terner at 718 885-1403. All work has to be ready to hang.

There is a $20 hanging fee for each piece and a 30% commission taken from the price.

EMERGENCY ALERT

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Flash flood warnings are now in effect until this afternoon...

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
QUEENS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
NEW YORK (MANHATTAN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
BRONX COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
WESTCHESTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
SOUTHEASTERN BERGEN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
SOUTHEASTERN ESSEX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
RICHMOND (STATEN ISLAND) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...
HUDSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW JERSEY...
KINGS (BROOKLYN) COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW YORK...

CHERISH YOUR PARENTS... IT'S THE LAW

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Starting July 1, children in China will have to visit their elderly parents on a regular basis, or at least stay in touch. It's the law!!!

This new law aims to improve the well-being of the elderly. This amended Law of Protection of Rights and Interests of the Aged makes it illegal for people to neglect all spiritual needs of the elderly.

It's already a legal requirement for sons and daughters to see to their parents' physical needs.

However, a new clause says that family members who do not live with their parents should visit or "greet them" frequently.

TRIPPLE DIGIT HEAT AND KILLER FLAMES

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The West is burning as Death Valley sets a 130 degree heat record. Meanwhile, a dangerous and fast-moving wildfire just north of Phoenix has claimed the lives of 19 elite firefighters, who were dispatched there to stop it.

Prescott, Arizona Fire officials and U.S. Wildland Fire Aviation Service lost contact with the firefighters as fire spread to Yarnell, Arizona, where it burned over structures.

Approximately 250 firefighters were fighting the blaze, but that number is expected to double today.

The Battle of Gettysburg

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Fought in Gettysburg from July 1-3, 1863. This year, visitors have gathered to reaffirm the principles that demanded the terrible sacrifices Union and Confederate soldiers made 150 years ago.

GAY PRIDE CELEBRATION

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NYC's Gay Pride Parade may be over, but the celebrations continue Sunday at a giant dance party on the water. The entire event features a performance by Cher.

While rainbow flags were displayed on the streets of Manhattan, gay couples celebrate a wonderful week in the LGBT community.

Grand marshal was 84-year-old Edith Windsor, the woman at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision granting gay couples federal marriage benefits.

CORVETTE TURNS 60

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The corvette turns 60 years old today. Over the years, corvette has carved a permanent place as an innovator in the global automotive landscape and is the top-selling high-performance sports car in its segment.

Marking this milestone in the Corvette story, the Corvette 60th Anniversary Design Package will be available on all 2013 Corvette models.

When the first corvette was released, gasoline was 23 cents a gallon.

FOUR MILLION US HOMES IN DANGER

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As hurricane season continues, a California based company is estimating that 4.2 million homes scattered throughout the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have been built dangerously close to storm surge risk zones.

This means that they could be vulnerable to property damages in the wake of a strong hurricane. Storm surge, which refers to the abnormal rise of seawater during a hurricane that can flood coastal areas, was the culprit behind much of the damage sustained during Superstorm Sandy along the New Jersey Shore and in New York City, where a 13-foot wave submerged much of Lower Manhattan.