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1) The Wall
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A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.
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2020.
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Senate Bill (SB) 19-032 required CDOT to conduct a study assessing the feasibility of allowing the transportation of hazardous materials through EJMT and to prepare a study report that includes the findings and recommendations as to whether and under what conditions the transportation of hazmat through the tunnel could be allowed.
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"On Memorial Day, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the results...
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2017.
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Infiltration-induced landslides are common hazards to roads in Colorado. A new methodology that uses recent advances in unsaturated soil mechanics and hydrology was developed and tested. The approach consists of using soil suction and moisture content field information in the prediction of the likelihood of landslide movement. The testing ground was an active landslide on I-70 west of the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnels. Results indicate that...
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2011.
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The Tunnel Visioning Design Workshop is the result of state and local interest in the I-70 Mountain Corridor and a desire for improvements to the existing weekend congestion. A focal point of the congestion and delay has long been the Twin Tunnel area. The Twin Tunnels encourage drivers to slow down as they approach the seemingly narrow tunnels. These slowing vehicles create a queue stretching back, sometimes, for 4 and 5 miles. It was decided to...
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2014.
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The Twin Tunnels project will add an additional lane of highway capacity and improve roadway geometry for about 3 miles of eastbound I-70 from the East Idaho Springs Interchange (milepost 241) to the base of Floyd Hill (milepost 244) where the project ties into an existing three-lane section. The eastbound bore of the Twin Tunnels will be expanded to accommodate the widened roadway section.
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2012.
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The Twin tunnels project proposes to add a third eastbound travel lane on I-70 between the Idaho Springs East Interchange (milepost 241) to the base of Floyd Hill (milepost 244) where a three-lane highway section currently exists. The project is approximately two and a half miles long and includes widening the eastbound bore of the Twin tunnels.
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2012.
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The Twin Tunnels project will add an additional lane of highway capacity and improve roadway geometry for about 3 miles of eastbound I-70 from the East Idaho Springs Interchange (milepost 241) to the base of Floyd Hill (milepost 244) where the project ties into an existing three-lane section. The eastbound bore of the Twin Tunnels will be expanded to accommodate the widened roadway section.
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2000
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"Between the Lines is a collection of photographs that not only captures the faces of those who visit the monument but the emotion, solitude, and ultimate spirit of healing that take place there." "The National Vietnam Veterans Memorial - The Wall - is the most visited memorial in the history of the United States. Throughout this book, Thomas F. Morissey incorporates the "meditations" that have been left anonymously."--BOOK JACKET.
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In Lake Wobegon lives a good Lutheran lady who is quite prepared to die and wishes to be cremated and her ashes placed inside a bowling ball and dropped into the lake, no prayers, no hymns, thank you very much. Meanwhile, the Detmer girl returns from California where she has made a killing in veterinary aromatherapy to marry her boyfrinend Brent aboard Wally's pontoon boat, presided over by her minister, Misty Naylor of the Sisterhood of the Sacred...
18) Mount Rushmore
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2004
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An introduction to the history and creation of South Dakota's Mount Rushmore National Memorial, where the images of four presidents are sculpted into the mountain.
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[2015]
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"It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by. Yet Mount Rushmore now draws almost three million visitors...
20) Memorial Day
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[2011]
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Traces the history of Memorial Day, a day set aside to honor U.S. soliders who have died while serving in the military, and looks at Memorial Day symbols and observances.