represent religious ceremonies in church. The most common I think would be the cross. But‚ if you look deeper into different denominations you will see each one has a different symbol. Christianity is most commonly associated with a cross‚ or the Christian flag. The Catholic church is most commonly associated with Mother Mary and a rosary. Budism is an golen statue‚ Jews have the star of David. Why do you think that these images have been repeatedly used for centuries? I think these have more so kept
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If you could change any event in history‚ what would you change and why? Last summer vacation‚ I watched two movies directed by ClintEastwood (Clinton Eastwood Jr.).Their titles ware “Flags of Our Fathers”‚ and “Letters from IWO Jima”. These two movies ware said to have been taken faithful to reality. These movies were released in 2006‚ and these ware famous at that time because they were simultaneously produced at USA and Japan. If I could change any event in history‚ I want to change “The
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remember the days of physically moving your body up from the couch over to the TV to change the channel. A time when there were few television networks‚ all of which were local by the way‚ would sign off by airing a taped recording of the American flag proudly waving while the Star Spangled Banner played in the background. Today‚ I absolutely could not imagine living without modern technologies such as a cell phone‚ digital cable‚ the Internet‚ and microwave. The cell phone has got to be one of
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protect the United States. This is an example of how much people’s lives were affected from the attacks‚ that people were inspired to serve their country and to help keep an event like this from happening again. It is stated that "Some flew the American flag from their front porches and car antennas. Others pinned it to their lapels or wore it on t-shirts. Sports teams postponed games. Celebrities organized benefit concerts and performances" (Reaction para. 1). All citizens of the country wanted to express
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class. This year the prize was dedicated to Nancy Lee. She had painted a beautiful and idyllic painting of a accidental spring day in the city park. Children were playing around‚ smiling; an old woman was sitting on a bench looking at the American flag‚ which was placed on the top of a high pole. The picture was Nancy’s way of showing her dream‚ the
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thought of the fireworks later at night made me jump out of my bed and rushed to put my clothes on. After everyone got ready we jumped in our car and drove to my uncle’s house. On the way we gazed at all the beautiful decorations from the American flags to banners of independence‚ on the way up to the driveway I saw all my cousins playing with fireworks‚ instantly my mom looked back at me and said:" don’t think of playing with the fireworks without any adult supervision‚ or you would not be allowed
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characteristic shown by unselfish acts in which a person serves their country and its people. I believe love for all people is why Neil Armstrong stated the infamous phrase‚ “One small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” However‚ planting the US flag gave every engineer‚ fellow astronauts and millions of citizens on earth‚ an overflowing sense of pride to be an American. This act of not only symbolizes we were the first nation to visit the moon‚ but unified a patriotic spirit held deep inside us
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that of a familial background. I simply thought that‚ culturally wise‚ I was just a German/American; my mom was a first generation from German and my father was a many generation from who knows where. I have fondness for both the German flag‚ as well as the American flag‚ though growing up I was careful who I told about my half German ethnicity after being asked if I was a Nazi one too many times. It was nice knowing information about German beyond that of World War II and the Nazi’s‚ to be able to understand
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that had been exciting up to that point already. The memory that resonates daily throughout my mind would have to be the time when I went to Six Flags for the first time in my life. Before I jump into my story‚ I should tell you my friends mess with each other a lot‚ almost to the point where we get into fights with each other. Now‚ this trip to Six Flags was the “present” my middle school gave to us eight graders for surviving through the three years we had to be there (it wasn’t really that bad
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experience in naval warfare. In 1777 he sailed in the "Ranger" for France‚ where he struck up a connection with the American commissioner in Paris‚ with Benjamin Franklin and at Quiberon forced the French to salute the American flag. It was the first time the American flag had been hoisted in a foreign
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