Sumner will take part in a regional lahar evacuation exercise on , from 9 a.m. to noon. During the drill, local schools will practice evacuation procedures, and drivers should expect temporary road closures and delays, especially on Valley Avenue, Main Street, and 160th Street.
Charles Sumner ( – ) was an American lawyer and statesman who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1851 until his death in 1874.
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Sumner fought in the Black Hawk War, with distinction in the Mexican–American War, on the Western frontier, and in the Eastern Theater for the first half of the Civil War.
Sumner was founded in 1853 as Stuck Junction and platted in 1883 by George H. Ryan, in anticipation of a stop on the Northern Pacific Railway. The town was named "Franklin" until 1891, when the Post Office Department requested that the name be changed to avoid confusion with similarly named towns.
With the highest AICE exam pass rate in the district and the widest selection of AICE courses, Sumner provides students with exceptional opportunities to earn college credit, develop advanced academic skills, and prepare for success in college and beyond.
Charles Sumner was a U.S. statesman of the American Civil War period dedicated to human equality and to the abolition of slavery. A graduate of Harvard Law School (1833), Sumner crusaded for many causes, including prison reform, world peace, and Horace Mann’s educational reforms.