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Around Annapolis:Beads for the troops

Published 05/16/08

Over the past four years, midshipmen in the Naval Academy Class of 2008 have been given the academic and professional training they need to become commissioned officers in the United States Navy and Marine Corps.

Diane M. Rey - For The Capital Miriam Neff, of Herald Harbor, and Leila Lanks, of Rolling Knolls, string plastic beads on parachute cord at a recent Ranger Rosaries work session.
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On Sunday, some of them will receive one more tool to help them serve their country in wartime: a combat-ready rosary.

A small group of parishioners from St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Annapolis will distribute specially designed "Ranger Rosaries" during the baccalaureate Mass. The rosaries will be given to those who want one as they exit the 100-year-old Naval Academy Chapel for the last time as...

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