History - Colonel Sanders Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of the original Kentucky Fried Chicken, was born on September 9, 1890. When he was six, his father died and his mother was forced to go to work while young Sanders took care of his three year old brother and baby sister. This meant he had to do much of the family cooking. By the time he was seven, Harland Sanders was a master of a range of regional dishes. After a series of jobs, in the mid 1930s at the age of forty, Colonel Sanders bought
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phone call. On this day Truly’s mother received a phone call from the military stating her husband was injured. “As I watched, through, her smile faded and the color drained from her face , until she was white as the sheet in front of me” (p. 11). Colonel Jericho T. Lovejoy returned home to be with his family in Texas and shortly after they all relocated to his hometown in Massachusetts. Second, Truly finding a letter inside an old copy of Charlotte’s Web, sends she and her
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Douglass presents the story of his life in a way that implicitly critiques the institution of slavery. In the first few chapters of his narrative, Douglass chronicles the barbarity that he witnesses and experiences himself during his childhood at Colonel Lloyd’s plantation, including the separation of families, the whipping of slaves and crimes against slaves. Douglass introduces his family circumstances in the first part of his Narrative. Because he lacks accurate knowledge of his birthday and age
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family debates how to handle their nephews unfortunate situation. The Colonel, a military man, believes Sasha should be held accountable for his poor choices; Uncle Markovitch believes the incident should be covered up and hidden from the public. The families final decision, to pardon Sasha’s wrong doing, was not the right decision. Sasha will not take his second chance as an opportunity to correct his lifestyle. The Colonel is a retired military man. His military discipline and humors caused him
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reported to Lt. Colonel House that they were ready, no matter what happened they would give them one hell of a fight. Lt. Colonel House and Major Tso remained on the bridge. “Good luck Major.” She told him. “Seta station, this is Lieutenant Colonel House of the Starship Gettysburg, I’m the ship’s commander and you don’t have permission to board my ship. If you try we will defend ourselves.” There was no immediate response, “Good day Gettysburg please lower your ramp to be boarded.”
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not yet been hanged to be sent to the American colonies as slaves and be sold there. Peter Blood and the others were sent to a Caribbean Island of Barbados where they were to be sold as slaves. On the island Colonel Bishop get the first pick at the slaves and as he reaches Peter the Colonel deems Peter to be a nuisance and does not want him on his fields, but Peter is bought out by Arabella Bishop. Peter is not happy at this situation as now he is a slave to a master and this infuriates him, for
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freedom. The lives of these two individuals’ struggle for freedom will be seen how Jourdan Anderson’s struggle for freedom was gained, while Chief Joseph’s struggle for freedom was tragic. Jourdan Anderson was originally a slave who worked for Colonel Anderson as the letter does mentions that he obtained his “free papers”. Jourdan Anderson stated he obtained his “free papers in 1864” (Anderson 2). This shows significance on how his free papers were a huge step on having
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Soldiers is marched into a Japanese prison camp in western Thailand, with the purpose of constructing a bridge over the River Kwai to carry a new railway line to invade Burma. The camp is run by a dutiful commandant Colonel Saito and his men. The British troop is led by a stiff-lipped Colonel Nicholson. Nicholson is highly revered by his men, he is their friend and confidant; he can do them no wrong. So begins the classic World War II movie The Bridge on the River Kwai. In the August of 2009 during
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escape to Switzerland. My quote occured right after Father Re, the priest at the catholic camp Pino was sent to, was accused of helping jewish people escape to Switzerland by the German Gestapo colonel. I thought that is was one of the most courageous things I’ve ever hear of someone doing, he told the colonel that he would help anyone that needed helping even the jewish people. He told him this even though he knew that he could be punished even for
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Adams County Federalists: Captain Alexander Cobean, who later founded the Bank of Gettysburg and marched his men to the Port of Baltimore in the War of 1812; and Captain James Scott, the first Postmaster of Adams County. In addition, Lieutenant Colonel James Horner, Lieutenant James Wilson, Lieutenant Robert Hays, and Cornet John Foster were charged, tried, and fined. The man who officially filed the charges, Brigadier General Simpson, soon retired. Ironically, James Gettys was named Brigadier
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