England. There shall be In that rich earth a richer dust concealed: These are the first four lines of Rupert Brooke’s poignant sonnet‚ "The Soldier". "The Soldier" is a poem about death in war. This does not glorify war‚ but only shows that dying in war is a proud thing to do for your country. It is a message from Rupert Brooke and possibly all the young men at war to their loved ones. Brooke’s purpose seems to be bequeathing his spirit even though his body may be in another country. As you can see in
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There was a very important woman in the Revolutionary War named Mary Ludwig Hays. But before we dive into her story‚ you need to know why the war happened‚ which battle Mary fought in‚ why IT happened‚ and why she was there. Why The War Happened After the French and Indian War‚ Britain lost a lot of money. So to pay back their debts‚ they taxed the colonies on a variety of things. These items include tea‚ paint‚ and other essentials. The colonists ended up rebelling because they didn’t like paying
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Part I: Today it is estimated 250‚000 children are being used as child soldiers. Some of these child soldiers have volunteered to escape the streets for food and protection‚ but many of these soldiers have been kidnapped and forced to be soldiers. Villages are sometimes forced to sacrifice children to rebel groups in order to not be attacked. About 60% of these children are men and 40% are women; They are used as infantry‚ cooks‚ messengers‚ spies‚ porters‚ and occasionally suiciders because
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Why the North Won the American Civil War Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman observed to a Southern friend that‚ "In all history‚ no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics. . . .You are bound to fail." While Sherman ’s statement proved to be correct‚ its flaw is in its assumption of a decided victory for the North and failure to account for the long years of difficult fighting it took the Union to secure victory. Unquestionably‚ the war was won
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Color war was an amazing experience. We were able to learn that winning is not the main part of a game. We also were able to connect with different people from different grades. Lastly‚ we had lots of fun. Color war was exciting and educational at the same time. I wish color war was a whole week. In color war we learned that winning is not the most important thing in life. We were playing girls soccer and at the last few minutes we were losing but we still got points for cheering and being a good
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Joyce often wondered why were these homes abandoned? Behind Joyce’s farmhouse deep through the potato fields there laid a home the community called the “Weidel house”. This house‚ which wasn’t actually owned by the Weidel’s but rented‚ was quite infamous in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Weidel lived in this rundown home with their six children. Four boys and two girls. It was said that Mr. Weidel would beat them and abuse the girls. The community would often wonder as to why Mrs. Weidel would
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The Civil war began in April of 1861. There were many reasons the Civil War began. For example‚ slavery was one of the reasons. Another reason was that the South wanted to secede from the United States because they believed more in state’s rights rather than federal rights. These are two of the main reasons the Civil War began. In the mid 1800s in the South‚ you couldn’t drive a mile without seeing a cotton field. Cotton was in high demand to make clothing and many Southern farmers made a lot of
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a practice utilized throughout the world to memorialize soldiers who have died in modern wars without being identified. The first monument of this kind was the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers in Frederica‚ Denmark (1858)‚ which memorialized unknown soldiers who died in the First War of Schleswig. Another such Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is found in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania and was erected in 1866 to honor those soldiers who died during the American Civil War. The history of
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Book of James I read the book of James and was astounded at how much I learned in such a short period of time. James encourages us to rejoice in Christ and to persevere. The main themes prevalent in this book which are wisdom‚ faith‚ trials‚ speech and wealth‚ all pertain to us today and we can use the information this book gives us to benefit from it. The book’s structure‚ purpose‚ characteristics‚ and history really helped teach me how to deal with the trails and temptations we as Christians
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A Son Writes Home The Vietnam War was a very controversial war in American history. The War was infamously known as being a War supported by few if even any Americans. Many people lost their lives fighting in this war‚ and the people that survived are left with mental scars from the War. Most troops wrote letters home (America) detailing the events that were occurring in Vietnam. These letters allow us the readers to gain insight to a very honest detail of the events occurring in Vietnam.
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