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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A region of Maryland and Virginia east of Chesapeake Bay.
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Examples
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The Eastern Shore is a magic place, mostly water, creeks rivers and swamps, and it has a certain smell and vibe that is unique.
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On what is now known as the Eastern Shore lived the Algonquian tribes, the Nanticoke and Choptank.
History of American Women Maggiemac 2008
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This summer he went with fourteen others down the river in an open boat, and so across the great bay, wide as a sea, to what is yet called the Eastern Shore, the counties now of Accomac and
Pioneers of the Old South: a chronicle of English colonial beginnings Mary Johnston 1903
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The Eastern Shore is the Virginia portion of the independent cities.
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] SamuelC 2010
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The environmental impact of this facility has been a major focus of debate, especially since the Eastern Shore is a watershed for the Chesapeake Bay and the proposed site is next to Tuckahoe State Park, a tributary draining into the bay.
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Mrs. Macdonald, who studied art in New York, produced drawings and watercolors of landmarks in Delaware, the Eastern Shore, New Hampshire and Virginia.
Betty Macdonald, artist Post 2011
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The discoveries were made over the past few years by a team headed by anthropology professor Mark Leone on an Eastern Shore estate where abolitionist Frederick Douglass once was a slave.
Evidence of slave life found at Eastern Shore estate Michael E. Ruane 2011
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The discoveries were made over the past few years by a team headed by anthropology professor Mark Leone on an Eastern Shore estate where abolitionist Frederick Douglass once was a slave.
Evidence of slave life found at Eastern Shore estate Michael E. Ruane 2011
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Tubman, who was born into slavery in Dorchester County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore, would be the first African American and the 10th woman in the 100-member marble-and-bronze club that Del.
Harriet Tubman vs. John Hanson: Statuary Hall smackdown 2011
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Since 1997, the urns have been at DHS Designs, an antiques shop in Queenstown on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
Arlington cemetery urns turn up on auction block, but how'd they get there? Christian Davenport 2011
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