What Memorial Day means to me People think Memorial Day just like any other day and kids see it as a day off from school I guess that is true but there is so much more to it these brave men and women put down their life to protect mine. They know that it’s a day to remember soldiers who have died to protect our nation. But the fact is I know these soldiers were brave and risked their life to save others and do the things that we are not willing to do. On my dad’s side of the family there is no
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Dr. Wink’s and into my backyard. There was one down side though. We’d have to run through the cemetery. The St. Mary’s cemetery is as long as the eye can see. It is mainly dominated by president Harding’s memorial‚ and a few other larger graves. Despite the breathtaking views of the memorial‚ many people are scared to go through the graveyard. These people believe many stories of paranormal activity around an assortment of graves. Most infamously the Merchant Ball. Growing up all of my friends older
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Did you ever wonder who was the first black man to win the Nobel peace Prize? Well it was Ralph Bunche. Bunche is the Noble Peace prize winner in 1950 for a arranged cease-fire between the Israelis and Arabs during a time of war. The Arab-Israeli war broke out in 1948‚ when five Arab nations invaded territory in the former Palestinian mandate (“Office of the Historian” 1). This war lasted till February of 1949‚ when the two sides reached an agreement‚ and Bunche was a major key in stopping fire
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Federal Hall National Memorial lies in between Wall and Nassau Streets in Lower Manhattan‚ paying homage to some of the most memorable political events in our nation’s history. It is of extreme political significance since it serves as the first US Capital Building‚ the site where the freedom of the press was first challenged‚ the Stamp Act Congress was held‚ the place where George Washington was first inaugurated as president‚ and the site where the Bill of Rights was ratified. The original structure
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anticipation: for change. The leaves cannot resist dressing themselves in sprinkles of red. The people are beginning to uncover jackets from the backs of closets. On this morning‚ 250‚000 civil rights supports gather at the base of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington to hear a speech that would bring about its own change—a change that would affect the lives of all of America. My expectancy mounts with the crowd’s as Martin Luther King‚ Jr. steps up to the podium. Fifteen others
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In the article “Artificial Stupidity” linguist Geoffrey Pullum states his opinions on artificial intelligence and how his every day interactions with simple technology affect his opinions on this. He starts his article by reciting a log of the redundancies of specific user-interfaces that he encounters throughout a five day period. Most of these interactions are with simple appliances such as a projector giving a notification that it will go to standby mode in “one minutes” or a self-checkout machine
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Australian War Memorial The Australian War Memorial has a temple‚ a world class museum and an extensive archive. The purpose of the Memorial is to remember those Australian soldiers who died in war‚ sacrificing themselves to help our country. The Memorial was revealed in 1941 and was designed by Emil Sodersten and John Crust. It is regarded as one of the most remarkable memorials of its type in the world. The temple has the Hall of Memory in it which holds the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In May
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I thought that the speech that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said in front of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28‚ 1963 was a great speech that should be remembered and acknowledged every Martin Luther King Day. I thought that there was a few key points that should be acknowledged. I thought that justice was one of the key points that he talked about. I thought it would be one of the key points because according to Martin Luther King nobody should be separated from others because of their race and that
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was a lot of personal stories of persecution and concentration camps‚ and it talked a lot about how there is still more people can learn from this event and a lot more people can do to honor those involved with this event. Throughout “ Holocaust Memorial Museum‚ April 22‚ 1993” Elie Wiesel uses a hopeful tone‚ a conflict between a person and society‚ and metaphors to show that if a person tries to learn from the past then the person will have a better chance at success in the future. Hopeful tone
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