Pittsburgh 200th Birthday Informative Speech
Topic: Pittsburgh’s 200th Birthday
Purpose: Commemorative
Central Idea: Over the past 200 years, Pittsburgh has become a one-of-a-kind city through its industrial innovations, cultural developments, and entertaining environment.
Introduction: Good morning everyone. The year 2016 has held many celebrations thus far. And while I’m sure what many of you are most interested in is finally a Cleveland Cavaliers’ championship, since it has been since 1964 (“When Was The..”), we have a significant birthday on our hands. 2016 commemorates 200 years since the city of Pittsburgh was incorporated. Now given the Cleveland/Pittsburgh rivalry, I wouldn’t dare ask you to move; but rather to listen to all the outstanding elements of my beloved hometown. There …show more content…
That being said, we all know steel production is no longer at the fore-front of this generation. Therefore, when the economy took a turn, the burgh adapted and became a hub for medicine, research, tech and education.
i. You may be thinking, what does Pittsburgh have to do with me? I bet there is something that has come out of Pittsburgh that effects your life in one way or another. ii. World’s first commercial radio station (1920) iii. First polio vaccine (1954) – Jonas Salk – University of Pittsburgh – saved many lives iv. First robotics institute (1979) – paved the way for technology being used today
v. First internet emoticon, the smiley :-) (1982) – everyone uses daily, even when we’re not always smiling vi. The Big Mac (1967) – we have all enjoyed at one time or another vii. First glass plate factory in the U.S. (1883) which can be visible from the river… This is interesting because old, multicolored pieces of glass can still be found along one of the rivers. viii. (“10 Things to..”)
II. Often times when people think of Pittsburgh, they do instantly mention a bridge or a river. That is because the city is defined by its breath-taking topography.
a. 90 cultural neighborhoods – somewhere for everyone
b. 446 bridges – more bridges than the water surrounded city of Venice.
c. 3 rivers
d. 3 islands (Heinz History
Purpose: Commemorative
Central Idea: Over the past 200 years, Pittsburgh has become a one-of-a-kind city through its industrial innovations, cultural developments, and entertaining environment.
Introduction: Good morning everyone. The year 2016 has held many celebrations thus far. And while I’m sure what many of you are most interested in is finally a Cleveland Cavaliers’ championship, since it has been since 1964 (“When Was The..”), we have a significant birthday on our hands. 2016 commemorates 200 years since the city of Pittsburgh was incorporated. Now given the Cleveland/Pittsburgh rivalry, I wouldn’t dare ask you to move; but rather to listen to all the outstanding elements of my beloved hometown. There …show more content…
That being said, we all know steel production is no longer at the fore-front of this generation. Therefore, when the economy took a turn, the burgh adapted and became a hub for medicine, research, tech and education.
i. You may be thinking, what does Pittsburgh have to do with me? I bet there is something that has come out of Pittsburgh that effects your life in one way or another. ii. World’s first commercial radio station (1920) iii. First polio vaccine (1954) – Jonas Salk – University of Pittsburgh – saved many lives iv. First robotics institute (1979) – paved the way for technology being used today
v. First internet emoticon, the smiley :-) (1982) – everyone uses daily, even when we’re not always smiling vi. The Big Mac (1967) – we have all enjoyed at one time or another vii. First glass plate factory in the U.S. (1883) which can be visible from the river… This is interesting because old, multicolored pieces of glass can still be found along one of the rivers. viii. (“10 Things to..”)
II. Often times when people think of Pittsburgh, they do instantly mention a bridge or a river. That is because the city is defined by its breath-taking topography.
a. 90 cultural neighborhoods – somewhere for everyone
b. 446 bridges – more bridges than the water surrounded city of Venice.
c. 3 rivers
d. 3 islands (Heinz History