you hear the words Memorial Day? What does it mean to you? What symbolization does it hold in you? Ladies and gentlemen‚ sadly enough‚ the true meaning of Memorial Day has been seemingly lost by the majority of Americans today. Many confuse this day for Veterans Day or even Armed Forces Day. Although it is highly appropriate to honor all our veterans‚ living and dead‚ and to recognize their immeasurable contributions to our country‚ this is not the true meaning of Memorial Day. When I asked
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This summer I got to go to to Wisconsin Dells‚ and got to stay there for a week. Early in the morning we all woke up at 4:00 am and we brushed our teeth‚ got everything packed up in the car and we left. I took 4 hours to get there‚ we arrived at the dells at 10 am. We stayed at Mt. Olympus and they had their own private water park‚ indoor water park‚ a public water park‚ and an amusement park. They had huge water slides‚ they had this huge pick one‚ you would go sliding down so fast and then there
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When I visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington‚ D.C.‚ I was struck with an immense feeling of patriotism and gratitude for these soldiers that gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. While I was walking through the dark-tiled pathway‚ the solemn environment gave me a chance to reflect on the lives and services of these great men and women. I imagined them fighting in an unknown land for the freedom of people they would never meet‚ the thousands of dead and wounded strewn across the battlefield
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Narrative Speech 50points Due Tuesday Amanda Strickland Instructor: Droege Road Trips I. No matter how old I have been I always get excited to go on a road trip. It was always a relief when it was my chance to sit up front since we had a car full of people. II. Purpose of narrative speech is to tell about what I had done on my road trip/family reunion to Montana. 1. Topics to discuss in speech A. Mount Rushmore B. Crazy Horse C. Bad Lands D. Corn Palace E
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What kind of impact do statues and memorial sites have on people when they see them? It usually gives them a historical background on who and what the person and event were. Memorializing significant people in history is important because of what they’ve done in America. In this essay I will be writing about many sources that are reasonable when it comes to memorializing those people or events in history. They all have a purpose to be created. They have to portray the actual history that happened
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Zachary Yates Mr. Ellis ENG 1101 April 7‚ 2013 Narrative and Descriptive Essay My First LSD Trip Ever since I heard of LSD‚ I’d always been interested in it. I could never believe that taking a drug could literally alter your reality. It even makes your subconscious come out into the real world. It’s even described as having your dreams come true. I’d research experience stories and all the facts‚ but I really just needed to try it myself! A few friends and I were sitting around playing
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In the early stages of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial people used verbal and racist attacks directed towards Maya Lin because of the fact that she was an Asian American building a memorial in remembrance of a war that took place in Asia. Ross Perot had pledged 160‚000 dollars to help run the competition withdrew his support and called it a “trench”. Numerous veteran groups also showed their disapproval some said it lacked heroic or patriotic symbols. Other veteran groups said that it should rise above
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Are the Effects of the Building of the Vietnam War Memorial? The Vietnam War memorial is a wall covered with the most serious graffiti imaginable. It is a wall‚ but a human wall‚ a stone record of human flesh‚ its very hardness made of vulnerability (Johnson 1). This research paper is going to highlight the impact that the memorial has had on individuals that have visited the wall‚ the intention of the creation of the memorial‚ and how the memorial has changed individual’s perspectives of the Vietnam
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Legacy: Compare and Contrast the Vietnam Veterans and Korean War Memorials The Vietnam War officially ended in April of 1975 for the United States‚ but the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was not constructed and dedicated until March of 1982‚ seven years later. The viewer would notice the memorial is a black granite wall stretching around the Constitutional Gardens in Washington‚ D.C.‚ which display the names of the service men and women who served in the Vietnam War. On the other hand‚ the Korean War
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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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