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5 Things (and More!) to Know Today in Hybla Valley

Good Morning! It's Friday, June 17th.

  • Tomorrow is . All activities are free and open to everyone.
  • The  is tomorrow from 1pm to 4pm.
  • The Old Town Arts & Crafts Festival and Volunteer Fair will be held tomorrow and Sunday at Old Town's Market Square.
  • Registration is open for the  offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary from July 11-14 in Alexandria.
  • Today in 1775, the Battle of Bunker Hill was fought outside of Boston during the Revolutionary War.
  • Today in 1885, the Statue of Liberty arrived from France by ship.
  • Singer Barry Manilow and Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich both turn 68 years old today.
  • Today is Eat Your Vegetables Day.
  • Tupac Shakur is currently one of the top Google Trends. Yesterday would have been his 40th birthday and recently a prison inmate confessed to shooting him during a robbery in 1994. Tupac died in 1996 from another shooting.
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