The Fourth Of July In The 19th Century

Margaret Fuller Ossoli was an American transcendentalist who believed in reform. Fuller created her writings following the Civil War. She was writing during the time of Ralph Waldo Emerson. This essay, “Fourth of July”, is a snippet from her original writing, “Life Without and Life Within”. Fuller is directing this piece to future generations in hope of encouraging the transcendentalist movement. Through this writing she uses several tools and styles to persuade her audience to create a society of reform. Her powerful use of language draws in the readers while calling for political change, abolition of slavery, and a change in the way America educates its young.

Imagine being one of the best cops in the area and then because of one wrong move your career is put on the line. Lindsay Boxer almost lost her job because while she was trying to defend herself, she killed and paralyzed two children and was sedated by alcohol. At the beginning of this book, Lieutenant Lindsay was called to a hotel where a boy was electrocuted in a bathtub. Many investigators became very hopeful after they saw a black Mercedes outside the hotel. Lindsay was off duty later that night and went out for dinner. She drank one and a half margaritas before she got a call from Inspector Warren Jacobi. He told Lindsay that a black Mercedes was seen cruising around in area it did not seem to fit the neighborhood. This was Lindsay’s

In the novel Profiles in Courage, by former President John F. Kennedy, politicians are recognized for their bravery on the job. These politicians spoke out against what they believed was wrong, and didn’t simply conform into what their party wanted them to be. A recent politician, who has showed immense bravery, is Gabrielle Giffords. She is a democrat from Arizona, who was shot in the head in 2011. It was most likely she would die. However, miraculously Giffords pulled through, and make a remarkable recovery. I believe that Gifford’s story would make an excellent chapter in Profiles in Courage.

One of the most memorable quote in this book was when Henry vowed that “he would never celebrate the Fourth of July so long as slavery existed” (Ofari). For a black man to even say and mean this quote was very courageous. It may not affect any Americans nor the blacks but to not celebrate Fourth of July, the anniversary date when America finally became United as one, shows Garnet’s determination in persuading other blacks to understand why they should not celebrate the Independence day. Garnet tried to point out the fact that under law, freed black people are technically considered equal to white people. In reality, this truth is planted far away from

The winner for the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for his book Battle Cry of Freedom, James M. McPherson, is a great american civil war historian. Born in Valley City, North Dakota on October 11, 1936 McPherson attended St. Peter High School. After graduation he attended Gustavus Adolphus College and in 1958 earned his bachelor’s degree with Magnum Cum Laude. He later attended John Hopkins University and earned his Ph.D. in 1963 and is now currently working as Professor Emeritus at Princeton University. McPherson is most well known for his work Battle Cry of Freedom, but he has wrote a number of other well known books including Tried By War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief. In 2009 James was a co-winner for the Lincoln Prize for this same book, and elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Declaration of Independence, a key to American beliefs, had been around for one hundred years, at this time. With this in turn, the celebration of being a free country and having civil rights was ringing about. Freedmen, former

The famous Japanese proverb and image of the three wise monkeys “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil” is interpreted in the Western world as a refusal to acknowledge the evil that occurs around us. In the autobiography, The Fourth of July, by Audre Lorde, she describes an event in her life in which she experienced racism. Lorde’s parents made sure their kids were sheltered from the racism going on in the world and kept them from seeing it. Audre Lorde encounters racism even though her parents tried to hide it from her, which shows how being sheltered from issues in the world can cause greater problems when they are faced.

Why do we celebrate the fourth of July? When it comes to the fourth of July and most importantly to our freedom, Thomas Jefferson is the one to thank. Thomas Jefferson was the one who wrote the Declaration of independence back in 1776. And the United States declared independence from Great Britain on July 4th, 1776. There was a total of fifty-six men from fifteen different states (Georgia, North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, Rhode Island and even New York) who signed the Declaration of Independence.

“Flags waving in the summer breeze. A man dressed as Uncle Sam leading a trade along Main Street. Patriotic music that makes your feet want to tap. Red, white and blue fireworks exploding in the sky at night. All of these things make us think of the Fourth of July, just as Santa Claus makes us think of Christmas and painted eggs make us think of Easter.”

On July 4th, 1776 a very important document was written by Thomas Jefferson, it was the Declaration of Independence. We celebrate Independence Day on July 4th because we remember July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. The Declaration opens with describing why the colonies have overthrown their ruler and chose to be a separate nation. The reasons include that All men are created equal and are entitled to have 3 rights that the government should never violate. These rights are to have Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.

The nineteenth century is considered to be full of achievements, development, and liberty. In the eyes of the American people, they focused on their Independence and liberty, and equality between all the people in the society. Every year on July 4, people celebrate the Declaration of Independence, and that day became a symbol for liberty, justice and equality. Despite all of that, there were still some people who had not felt the freedom and couldn’t understand the meaning of the independence because no change happened to their life after that day, they were slaves and they will remain slaves after July 4th.

Fourth of July: the day the United States celebrates its independence. Invitations to a barbeque go out a week in advance, planning is important for this day. You need the right food, the right activities, the right people. Everyone takes part in bringing food, the more food the better the meal will be. Dinner consists of hamburgers, hotdogs, corn, everything you can think of at a barbeque. The cousins have a cornhole tournament while the aunts and uncles catch up on each others lives. The dogs run around the yard chasing a frisbee one of the cousins is throwing. People leave at 8 to spend the rest of the night with friends. They go to the nearest firework show and hang out. Bonfires are being held, children are playing with sparklers, music

Shotwell keeps the jacks and the rubber ball in his attaché case and will not allow me to play with them. He plays with them, alone, sitting on the floor near the console hour after hour, chanting "onesies, twosies, threesies, foursies" in a precise, well-modulated voice, not so loud as to be annoying, not so soft as to allow me to forget. I point out to Shotwell that two can derive more enjoyment from playing jacks than one, but he is not interested. I have asked repeatedly to be allowed to play by myself, but he simply shakes his head. "Why?" I ask. "They're mine," he says. And when he has finished, when he has sated himself, back they go into the attaché case.

Have you ever seen the fireworks on Fourth July? July Fourth is an important cerebration in America which is Independence Day means Americans announced the declaration of independence on this date. Every year there are many kinds of activities to cerebrate such as parades and fireworks. People enjoyed the holiday, and I also did. Because we had all day off, we went to karaoke, where has several rooms and you can sing the song there, in the afternoon and had a good time. After a great dinner, we prepared to go to Downtown Disney for the fireworks. When we arrived there, there were a lot of people and they were waiting for the show. Even we spend much time to wait the parking lot, it was an awesome fireworks show and we also felt excited. That

The people of the United States of America pride themselves on being noble and free members of an exemplary society, one with values which other countries should use as guidelines for their own government. As a general principle, the republican theory that defines America’s Constitution is one that values pluralism and diversity, and protects individuals’ rights against all kinds of government abuse. The Declaration of Independence, written as a founding document for the freedom and values that the Americas established in escaping British control, states that “We [Americans] hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Regardless of its many guarantees to personal liberty, the original Constitution was deeply flawed in its express recognition and permission of slavery. Spread out amongst the seven articles are contradictory statements regarding the treatment of slaves within the U.S. government, such as prohibiting Congress from banning the slave trade until 1808, calling non-slave states to return escaped slaves into bondage, and distributing slaves to those in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College. The autobiography, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, exhibits the corruption of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness outlined in the Declaration of