Christopher Columbus Columbus was an explorer that made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in 15th and 16th centuries. Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia‚ but he never did. Instead‚ he accidentally came across the Americas and not India. He did not discover the New World‚ because millions of people already lived there‚ but his journeys marked the beginning of explorations into the new world. In the 15th and 16th centuries‚ leaders of several
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Christopher Columbus on His Voyage to the New World” As we all stood in line to aboard our supplies for a hazardous exploration mission‚ you could feel the despair in the atmosphere. The thought of going into unknown territory away from your love ones‚ with the threat of unknown new diseases‚ however there were those men that looked at this as a new start and a way to make history. Although there were rumors that Columbus had no entirely told the truth about are objective. Columbus thought that
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Summary: statues of christopher columbus were vandalized in multiple cities in Connecticut the night before indigenous peoples day (Columbus day). Red paint were thrown on top of the statues‚ the words “FAKE NEWS” and “Kill the Colonizer” were graffitied on the pedestal of the statues. Officials believe the anarchist group Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement is behind the vandalism. The group is affiliated with the Antifa movement‚ which urged members to deface statues using the social media hashtag
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Children’s Day Children’s day is celebrated in India on 14th november every year with a great celebrity. It is celebrated on the birthday of Jawaharlal Nehruji who loved and was loved by children. He was called as "Chacha ji" by children However‚ while 20th November is universally celebrated as Children’s Day‚ in India this day has been preponed to 14th November‚ the date the marks the birth anniversary of independent India’s first Prime Minister – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. The reason why his birthday
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The Day of the Dead is a traditional holiday celebrated in Mexico. Unlike in the United States it lasts for three days with parades and food offering. It starts on October 31st (at midnight) and lasts until November 2nd. In some ways the Day of the Dead and Halloween are same and they are different in others. The differences between the Day of the Dead and Halloween varies to a lot of things. A main fact that most peope know is that Halloween lasts for one day and The day of the dead last for
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Date: Name of the student: Friendship Day Hi good morning one and all we all know that we celebrated friendship day on Sunday I would like to speak about friendship day. Human beings are social creatures and have always valued the importance of friends in their lives. To celebrate this noble feeling it was deemed fit to have a day dedicated to friends and friendship. Accordingly‚ first Sunday of August was declared as a holiday in US in honor of friends by a Proclamation made by US Congress
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The day of the dead is an ancient ritual. It has been a holiday for over 500 years. It is a national holiday which has combined the Mexican ancient ritual with the Spanish-Catholic "All Souls Day"‚ which the Spanish conquistadores celebrated during the religious conversion of the local Mexican native Indians. Today‚ day of the dead is celebrated throughout Latin America‚ as an official Catholic holiday. The day of the dead dates back to approximately 3500 B.C. This celebration initially took
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Day of the Dead Perspectives The main focus of Day of the Dead is for family and friends to pray and remember their loved ones that have died. Day of the Dead provides people with a time of celebration. Day of the Dead helps people realize that we were all born and that we will all die so that we can live our lives with more understanding. I think they do the things they do for a few reasons. The first one is so that they do not fear death. The second reason I think they do what they do is so that
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Orissa Review January - 2010 The Republic Day of India: A Great National Festival Dr. Ratnakar Mohapatra freedom fighters those who fought for and sacrificed their lives for the independence of our motherland. Introduction The word Republic is used to denote that a country in which the supreme power is held by the people or their elected representatives (politicians) or by an elected or nominated President not by a permanent head like the King or queen of Britain. India is
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Christopher Columbus My mini-report is on Christopher Columbus (1451-1506). From what we all should know about Columbus‚ is that he was the man credited with the discovery of America. Know I am going to talk a little bit more on Christopher Columbus that you may or may not already know about him. Christopher Columbus started his voyages at a very young age. But what everyone should know about Christopher Columbus is that‚ he is an Italian-Spanish navigator who sailed west across the Atlantic
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