Hungarian nativity play is Birmingham indicator

By Joshua Benton and Jack Baessler Blade Staff Writers Page 1 Lack of Hungarian-speaking men and the further decline of Hungarian culture in the Birmingham neighborhood appear to be the reason for the cancellation of a century-old Christmas tradition, authorities on the neighborhood said. For the second straight year, the oreg (pronounced er-deg), a colorful […]

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Lost medal replaced; Soldier earned cross in the ‘Great War’

By Joshua Benton Blade Staff Writer Page 17 In 26 days, the war that was supposed to “end all wars” would be over. But for the moment, army Cpl. Elvin Pierson had a job to do. It was Oct. 16, 1918, and phone lines connecting the infantry in the trenches to the artillery behind them […]

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