Memorials are sacred. They give a perfect way to remember great things that happened in the World.But factors for making a great memorial are harsh for the people who come and visit them. For example; Where you put it‚ preserving the memory‚ and making the memorial. Memorials are important to many people and you don’t want to make it look like it is meaningless. Where you would put the memorial would be important. In Source C‚ "the memorial‚ outside of Rapid City‚ is only a few miles from Mount
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Analysis Before entering his second presidential election‚ Abraham Lincoln addressed a war torn nation to persuade the North and South to come back together‚ while regarding the South’s fault. The president manipulates several rhetorical strategies and devices to achieve his purpose. His reassuring tone alone with parallelism‚ biblical allusions and personification allow him to help unify the divided country and chastise the South. Lincoln sets the stage for his speech with a subtle sense of optimism
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Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin on February 12‚ 1809 in Hardin County‚ Kentucky. Much of his childhood was a struggle; his mother dying when he was just ten years old‚ and with his father being a frontiersman‚ money was scarce. He had to strive for a comfortable living‚ and he spent his days working on a farm and keeping a store. Education was also something of limited resources‚ but because of his hunger for knowledge‚ he was able to read‚ write‚ and cipher. Lincoln was elected to Congress
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Although controversial in its inception‚ Maya Lin ’s Vietnam War Memorial adequately fulfills the vision of Jan Scruggs‚ who returned home wounded from the conflict in Southeast Asia at the age of 19‚ for a monument to his fallen comrades in arms that would "provide a symbol of acknowledgement of the courage‚ sacrifice‚ and devotion to duty of those who were among the nation ’s finest youth."1 Lin ’s work‚ unlike most previous military monuments‚ rejects the emphasis on heroics in favor of a poignant
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to Do in Birmingham Memorial Day Weekend Birmingham‚ Alabama is a fantastic place to visit for the residents of the region and other citizens in the USA during the Memorial Day Weekend. The place is peaceful‚ and the locals are welcoming. The Memorial Day is a holiday celebrated by the Americans every year during the last Monday of May. During this period‚ they honor the soldiers who have died serving the United States of America under the celebrated armed forces. The Memorial Day’s great history
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ABRAHAM LINCOLN The Sixteenth President of the United States I chose Abraham Lincoln as a subject matter because he is the only American President I like. Of course‚ the rest of the world loves him very much as he is one of those big men who profoundly influenced their eras. He is not only an American President but also the president of common people. That is why his photograph was put on ’a penny’’. In my paper there is a chronological order of important events from
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want to know. Huge number of people may be found at the variety of social networking sites that they may log into. The researcher with a course of information technology with interactive multimedia‚ creating an interactive website for Martinez Memorial Colleges is suggested because most of the people are engaged in dealing with computers‚ internet‚ and social networking sites that we have nowadays. Review of Related Literature Interactive multimedia “allows two-way interaction with
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being simply because Abraham Lincoln had been involved in doing so much to perform such a deed which had included the following: General Grant’s promotion to general in chief during the ongoing feud with the Confederacy‚ the passing of the Wade-Davis Bill and refusal by Lincoln to sign it‚ incorporating women’s contributions into the war‚ and lastly using his title as President to instill into people’s mind that war was the key in achieving freedom and Union. Lincoln had to battle his way to attaining
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Brianna Velasquez U.S. History ll Since 1876 Peter Hacker 4/14/2014 Freedmen’s Cemetery Memorial One thing I have to say about this particular memorial is that it’s far more emotionally involving. The Freedman’s Memorial is architecturally classic and emotionally wrenching. It does what a true memorial is supposed to do: it makes you feel the pain and sacrifice of the people it memorializes. The Freedman’s Memorial is a mixture of park and sculpture garden. A wrought-iron fence surrounds most of the
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To this very day‚ many still believe that Abraham Lincoln‚ with his Emancipation Proclamation‚ serves as a revolutionary train that guided America in a forward direction to the abolishment of slavery. As dainty and “happily ever after” as such sounds‚ sadly this is not the case at all. Though Lincoln and many other Northerners opposed slavery‚ emancipation of the millions of enslaved blacks wasn’t always well accepted in the racist society of the North or the South. Northern blacks were typically
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