Ambrose Everett Burnside was a U.S. military general, railroad executive, and political figure. He was born in Liberty, Indiana, on May 23, 1824, and was the 4th of 9 children. He was ranked 18th out of 47 in his class and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1847. During the Mexican-American War, he served as an artillery officer. In 1855, he invented the Burnside Carbine, a gun used commonly throughout the Civil War on both sides.…
Vivien was bornAugust 29, 1910 in New Iberia Louisiana by Mary Eaton and William Marco Thomas. Vivien attended Pearl High School. Vivien worked as a carpenter and saved the money so he could go to college to become Cardiac Surgeon, but his dreams were demolished by the stock market crash of 1929 (Great Depression.) He asked a Best friend, Charles Manlof, if there was a job at Vanderbilt.…
Maria Lopez Choate- DC English III- 2nd period 9/30/2015 Narrative of the captivity and restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson As the 1700’s progressed, the tension between the colonist of Colonial America and the Native American worsened. Attacks on each other resulted in serious conflicts like King Phillip’s war. Native Americans were constantly attacking american towns, like Lancaster. The colonist would ask for aid from the authorities but it wouldn’t come soon enough and the Natives would take colonist captive.…
About Redmond Located centrally between Seattle and the Sammamish River Valley, the city of Redmond is home to nearly 60,000 residents. The city is proud of providing its residents with a fantastic quality of life, access to great schools, a fantastic economy, and an astounding parks system. Additionally, Redmond is known for its eclectic shopping and dining, safe neighborhoods, and healthy lifestyle. The city of Redmond is brimming with all of the natural beauty and exciting activity that you would expect in a typical Pacific Northwest city. The health conscious, family friendly city is crowned with meandering bike oaths and serene outdoor settings.…
Mary Rowlandson was always a Christian. She grew up in a family of Puritans, so believing in the Lord was the only thing she knew. Her father died when she was fifteen years old. After he died, she married Joseph Rowlandson, who was a preacher. Mary and Joseph moved to Lancaster where Joseph preached at the local church.…
At the age of 17, when he was still a junior in high school, Christopher Simmons, the respondent here, committed murder. About nine months later, after he had turned 18, he was tried and sentenced to death. There is little doubt that Simmons was the instigator of the crime. Before its commission Simmons said he wanted to murder someone. In chilling, callous terms he talked about his plan, discussing it for the most part with two friends, Charles Benjamin and John Tessmer, then aged 15 and 16 respectively.…
Jayce Gardner of Blackfoot, Idaho passed away Thursday April 17, 2025, in a fire after over cooking a marshmallow with friends. Jayce was born May 16, 2003 in Blackfoot, Idaho to Terra Wilson and David Gardner. He was survived by David Gardner (Father), Annie Gardner (Stepmom), Terra Wilson (Mother), Marcus Wilson (Step-Dad), Ashlyn Gardner (Sister), Justin Baxter (Step-Brother), Byllie Baxter (Step-Sister), Maddox Ramon (Half-brother), and Charlee Gardner (Half-Sister). Jayce was born, raised, and lived in Blackfoot his entire life. He attended Stoddard elementary, Ridgecrest elementary, Blackfoot 6th Grade center, Mountain View Middle School, and Blackfoot High school.…
Barrington Walker’s article “Race, Sex, and the Power of Dominant Rape Narratives” sheds light on rape cases involving black men, against white woman in Canada, while also discussing how stereotypes prevented and swayed justice in the court of law. In this chapter, Walker examines “cases of assault, robbery, and murder that in one form or another involves sexual contact that crossed the colour line” and how cultural assumptions aided in the outcomes of the trials. Walker’s position in this article is clear, as he provides not only his opinion but historical insights, as to why the trials against the black men were unjust, compared to the trials against white men in the same or worse situations, as focused on with the cases of James Charleston…
Sue Monk Kidd had various events influence her life and career. These effects that had taken tolls on her are seen in her some of her books. Sue’s childhood experiences, family beliefs, and socialization with peers are the most driven based themes that are in her writing. Sue Monk Kidd grew up in a house in Sylvester, Georgia that had bees in it. In her family’s guest room, the bees lived in the walls and tried to enter through the cracks.…
According to the New York Times (2004) “On September 9, 1993, Christopher Simmons, 17, and Charles Benjamin, 15, broke into a trailer south of Fenton, Mo., just outside St. Louis. They woke Shirley Ann Crook, a 46-year-old truck driver who was inside, and proceeded to tie her up and cover her eyes and mouth with silver duct tape. They then put her in the back of her minivan, drove her to a railroad bridge and pushed her into the river below, where her body was found the next day. Simmons and Benjamin later confessed to the abduction and murder, which had netted them $6.” Simmons was tried, found guilty, and received the death penalty.…
Is She a Witch? The courtroom was loud with excited voices of women and men gossiping about the people who were about to go on trial. The whole town had shown up for the trial. They were there to accuse the people they had once called their friends and family.…
Angela is a single parent of two, she had my brother at the age of 19. Therefore after graduating high school, she did not enroll in college. When she finally decided to go to college, she had her first bundle of joy “Me”. My mother also was a commuter, whom just bought her first reliable car a few months before having me. Now having to juggle two kids, a full time job, and school was way too overwhelming, which lead her to drop.…
Stevenson shows two sides of London by the description of the door and the street, this is trying to show a good side and a bad side…
Of all the characters that I have met through movies and books one stands out as a person that I want to mimic. That person is “Chris Gardner” from the film “The Pursuit of Happyness.” Chris Gardner embodies a persons that I strive to be like. A successful man that will stop at nothing to get what he dreams for.…
During these years, London became the city se see around us today’ (fig. 2). The statement implies that the gallery will be fully representative of all of London over the past three hundred years and also how the history shaped London today— a daunting undertaking. The last gallery of the Galleries of Modern London is the World City Gallery, whose name also implies an element of inclusiveness and cultural breadth. As the visitor approaches the gallery, they are met with a plethora of white British material culture— ranging from a Vespa scooter to retro clothes to punk posters (fig. 3, 4, 5).…