War. He was born in Poland as Kazimierz Pułaski, on March 4, 1745. This holiday is celebrated mostly in areas with a large polish population, such as Chicago, in remembrance of him. On Jan. 16, 1931, the U.S. Post Office Department issued a commemorative stamp honoring this Polish patriot, Casimir Pulaski, who fought with American forces during the American Revolution. The stamp was first released in Savannah, GA, where he died, as well as in eleven American cities with large Polish populations
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Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Sir Edward Weary Dunlop was a respected and honoured Australian. Dunlop was born on the 12th of July, 1907 in Major Plains, Victoria and he lived from 1907 to 1993. Sir Edward Weary Dunlop survived a Japanese Prisoner of War camp in Thailand (Burma Railway). He was the camp doctor and provided the prisoners with the best care he could. During his life he displayed kindness and compassion to everyone he came across, even the Japanese after the war. Weary Dunlop grew
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In Rhode Island roadside makeshift memorials are common. The memorials are usually located either on a roadside to memorialize a fatal car accident or in some neighborhoods, to memorialize victims of violent crimes occurring on our public streets. This is a hotly debated topic with some states in the US following the trend against such memorials; citing reasons such as using public property for private use, separation of church and state (due to the use of crosses) and others see the memorials as
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Loving Husband has always wanted to go to a Star Wars Weekend, but between deployments and everything else in life, we never got to go. However, this year was different. This year we were living 5 minutes from Hollywood Studios, where the event is held, and this year, we had free passes! LH’s work schedule screwing everything up is a running theme throughout our lives, so it was no surprise that we ended up not being able to make it to the park until the very last day of the event. We had managed
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Araminta Ross better known as Harriet Tubman historically broke the mold for people of her time. Although she was best known for her work with the Underground Railroad Tubman was also an African-American humanitarian and abolitionist. In the year 1820 Tubman was born of two slave parents in Dorchester County, Maryland. Since she was born into slavery Tubman got hired out at the young age of six. Later in her life as the result of her abuse she suffered from a major head injury that would lead to
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Harriet Powers was an African-American slave, folk artist, and quilt maker. She was born in on October 29, 1837 in Athens, Georgia. For most of her life she lived in Sandy Creek. She had her first child at the age of 18, and would later have eight more with Armstead Powers her husband. It is believed that Powers was a part of the plantation owned by John and Nancy Lester. Black women slaves learned needlework either from their mistress or other older black slaves. Most women made the quilts to keep
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express complex human nature and experience and can also be used to deliver a meaningful message and to evoke our humanistic feelings to change our attitude in a certain way. This poem, Homecoming by Bruce Dawe has successfully captured a short but commemorative moment of Vietnam War through the use of vivid imagery and aural poetic techniques. As an Australian poet, he deliberates over the Australian cultural context regarding the dead bodies of the soldiers to demonstrate the common attitudes towards
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Individual Microsoft® Access®Exercise Complete the following tasks using Microsoft® Access®: • Create a database consisting of two tables. • Name both tables. • Create fields for each table. The first table must contain the following fields: o Student ID number o First name o Last name o Gender o Phone number o Address o Major o Minor • The second table must contain the following fields: o Student ID number o Course o Letter grade • Establish a primary key for each table. • Create
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Spring in Mexico Cinco de Mayo is not only a holiday known for it's parties, but also it's history. The story starts on May 5th, 1862; Mexico. In the town of Puebla de los Angeles, General Zaragoza, leader of the Mexican army, gathered his troops and townspeople to stand up against France in the Franco-Mexican War. Not only was this victory unpredicted, but it also encouraged Mexican Unity throughout their people. Cinco de Mayo is now a day to celebrate Mexico's win. It is celebrated with colorful
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The mystery of Easter Island has puzzled humanity for years. Easter Island is the world’s most remote inhabited island (“The Mystery of Easter Island”), but a group of people managed to sail there and establish a society that created about 900 stone statues across the island ("Easter Island -- World Heritage Site -- National Geographic”). Over the years, scientists have discovered many facts about the people of Easter Island and their achievements, and have been able to create several plausible
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