the very first family camp. In his searching he came across government owned land in rural and isolated Crystal City‚ Texas. This old migrant camp was geographically the ideal location for the establishment of the family camp. The location was both strategically far enough from both the East and West Coast‚ and it was close enough to house the transported families from Latin America. On December 12‚ 1942‚ thirty-five German families that were being held at Ellis Island and Camp Forest entered the unfinished
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sleep away camp. The benefits of camp go far beyond the bonding of bunk life. Camp can help kids in so very many ways: 1) Exploration At camp kids get a smorgasbord of activities that would be near impossible to explore at home. As a kid‚ I loved riflery but hated archery. I would never have even known had it not been for camp. 2) Leadership As they grow older‚ kids can focus on the activities they enjoy most. When I first sent my kids to camp‚ I was told that the camp had to do very
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Buchenwald Concentration Camp The Buchenwald Concentration Camp was a concentration camp that the Germans used for practically labor of the prisoners until they died or were killed by the SS. Hitler who was the Nazi leader wanted all the people that weren’t the Aryan race to die because they were not perfect. “The Buchenwald camp was located in Weimar Germany and was established in 1937. The main camp was constructed in a wooded area in the northern slopes of Ettersburg. Before the Nazi takeover
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Naples’ Prisoners of War Camp Conditions There were 700 POW camps in the United States during World War II. One of these POW camps was in Naples‚ New York. This camp was very well kept and prisoners were treated fairly. The prisoners worked and got paid daily in the POW camp in Naples. The prisoners had to work ten hours per day and they were paid $.80 a day. They were handed a check when they left and the war was ended. The prisoners were put in work teams‚ some worked in the vineyards. Other pressed
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Boot Camps: An Idea Whose Time Came and Went Five years ago‚ responding to an increase in serious juvenile crime‚ the state of Maryland initiated one of the nation’s largest boot camp programs for teenage criminals. The program‚ called the Leadership Challenge‚ quickly became the model for other states. But last week‚ after reviewing a task force report that documented instances of physical abuse at their camps‚ Maryland officials appeared on the verge of conceding that the current initiative
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precious gift‚ like your friends and family. Every year‚ my sister and I go to a church camp in Newaygo‚ Michigan. The name of the camp is called Episcopal Youth Camp. Being that I am also in training for camp counselor‚ this event normally involves me being gone for a couple of weeks out of the summer. This gives my mom a nice break from having kids around too. There are many things that we do while at camp. The types of activities we do are‚ swimming‚ nature walk‚ arts and craft‚ line dancing
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Life at a prison camp during the American Civil War was not an easy one. It is estimated that nearly 56‚000 men died in various camps throughout the country (Hall). That casualty rate is much greater than that of any battle. This high mortality rate was not on purpose but mostly caused by carelessness‚ ignorance‚ and lack of supplies. James Robertson‚ a history professor at Virginia Tech‚ stated “Intent and malice were never intended.” In the Civil War‚ two out of every three soldier deaths was caused
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Panther Camp Scholarship Essay Being a senior in highschool is quite stressful when you have to worry about College Application‚ Scholarships‚ Testing‚ and trying to overcome senioritis. Obviously‚ this time of year i have overcome those challenges and I would like to officially announce that I am committed to Florida International University. Fast forward a couple months after I found out that I’ve been admitted I’ve been anxious about meeting new people before the Fall term‚ the campus‚ and in
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In Bret Harte’s “The Luck of Roaring Camp‚” the men of Roaring Camp are similarly outcasts of society who are redeemed by The Luck. Kentuck is one of these men who dramatically changes in attitude and appearance‚ and is the most devoted of the baby’s disciples. This change and experience defines the rest of Kentuck’s life and his death. Kentuck’s unwavering devotion to The Luck completely transforms him from a reckless man into a loving and kind natured
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How the Japanese Internment Camps Disrupted the Transfer of Values One of the darkest periods in Canadian history strongly revolves around the Second World War and the internment of Canadian-Japanese citizens. “Obasan‚” a novel by Joy Kogawa‚ explores the internment of Canadian citizens of Japanese descent through Naomi Nakane‚ a thirty-six year old schoolteacher‚ and her family. The novel chronicles the life of Naomi‚ providing many perspectives from different parts of her life‚ beginning with
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