Letter to the Editor: We protest the amount of US discretionary budget used for military

We protest the amount of the U.S. discretionary budget that is used for military purposes.  The sign we held in front of the Chester County Courthouse Saturday March 2 shows in red the amount of money spent by the Pentagon.  Pentagon budgets doubled from 1998-2010, and after a decade of massive spending increases, it's time for the Pentagon budget to return to pre-war levels and adjust needs…

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NC Wyeth painting among recent acquisitions at Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art Acquires Major European, Latin American and American Works of Art The Philadelphia Museum of Art today announced a number of important gifts that will further enrich its world-renowned holdings. The new acquisitions include a major watercolor by Pierre Joseph Redouté, four masterworks of colonial Latin American art, a painting by N. C. Wyeth, a rare Tiffany chandelier, and more than two…

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