The Valley of the Fallen
The valley of the fallen or in Spanish (Valle de los Caídos) is the mormail for the spanish civil war. The spanish civil war was between the Republican and the Nationalist which was led by the dictator francisco franco. The war lasted from 1936-1939. It is a catholic base memorial. Which means most of the people buried there is catholic. This place also lies the tomb of Francisco Franco. Who was the spanish dictator and ruled over Spain from 1939 until his death. The reason why i chose this place to write about is because it looked like a really intresting place and has a lot of history and meaning to to.
The Seekers were formed in 1962 in Melbourne by Athol Guy on double bass (cello), Keith Potger on twelve-string guitar and Bruce Woodley on guitar. Guy, Potger and Woodley had all attended Melbourne Boys High School in Victoria. In the late 1950s, Potger led The Trinamics, a rock 'n' roll group, Guy led the Ramblers and, with Woodley, they decided to form a doo-wop music group, the Escorts. The Escorts had Ken Ray as the lead singer and in 1962 they became "The Seekers". Ray left the group to get married. His place was taken by Judith Durham, an established traditional jazz singer who added a distinctive female lead voice. She had earlier recorded an extended play disc on W&G Records with the Melbourne group, Frank Traynor's Jazz
valley Forge was named for an iron forge on Valley Creek in Whitemarsh, Pennsylvania. It was not the best place to set up winter camp for the Continental Army, as it was unable to defend southern Pennsylvania at the time. This location also left the vulnerable under-supplied army in striking distance of the British, who were well provisioned and secured in Philadelphia. The area was close enough to the British to keep their raiding and foraging parties out of the interior of Pennsylvania,
Mountain Meadows Massacre was emigrants coming from Arkansas to California.The emigrant were passing through Southern Utah in September 11, 1857.There are a total 120 emigrant they were killed by a group of Mormons with the help of local Paiute Indian. The people who survive were 17 children. A year later the 17 children were adopted by local families. The 17 children were 2 month to 2 or 3 years old. The mormon were kind enough to let the young ones lived. The mormon knew they wouldn’t remember when the mountain meadows massacre happen.
The Mountain meadows massacre was a series of attacks on the Baker-Fancher emigrant wagon train, at Mountain meadows in southern utah. The attacks began on september 7 and culminated on September 11, 1857, resulting in the mass slaughter of the emigrant party by members of the Utah Territorial Militia from the Iron County district, together with some paiute native americans. The militia, officially called the Nauvoo, was composed of southern Utah's mormon settlers (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints). Intending to leave no witnesses and thus prevent reprisals, the perpetrators killed all the adults and older children-about 120 men, women, and children in total. Seventeen children, all younger than seven were spared.
("Valley Forge is a famous camp during the American revolution Valley forge"). But it wasn't that great the camp was very short supplied of the common needs of the soldiers blankets, clothes, food,ammo. During the first winter in valley forge about 2,000 soldiers died because lack of food and clothing. ("Wale the soldier were in valley forge they weren't allowed to leave they were banished from Virginia valley forge"). So the wife's of those soldier set up a plan to persuade George Washington with a nice dinner to ask of him to allow there husbands to come home and see there family's. ("Wale news traveled slow John Roberts, and mrs. Drinker and her companions proceeded to the making of the Americans first picket post on the out skirts of valley forge"). Even lack of supplies at valley forge they probably had enough supplies to make and eat some cookies.
If we’re going to compare the book to the movie we have to make sure we’ve carefully read the book and watched the movie occasionally stopping your mind to evaluate the movie wondering what is different. I did just that, Beowulf the book compared to the movie has a variety of differences and some similarities. In my opinion the movie was better, let me tell you why.
“I am sick - discontented - and out of humor. Poor food - hard lodging - Cold Weather - fatigue - Nasty Cloaths - nasty Cookery - Vomit half my time - smoak’d out of my senses - the Devil’s in’t - I can’t Endure it - Why are we sent her to starve and freeze…” (Waldo, 1777) The American soldiers spending the winter at Valley Forge suffered in the bad conditions. During that winter, the disease “small pox” attacked a large percentage of the soldiers in Valley Forge, causing them to die. As a result, many soldiers left or fled from Valley Forge. Would you have quit? An American soldier at Valley Forge should not have quit. This is because they should fight for their independence,realize that they have a high chance at survival, and both Washington
The Tomb of the Unknown Solider is located Arlington National Cemetery which stands atop of a hill overlooking Washington, DC. The Tomb symbolizes all those who were lost or rendered unidentifiable by the action of war. It is there to represent all the missing and unknown service member who made the ultimate sacrifice of giving their lives, but also their identities to protect our country’s freedoms. On March 4, 1921 Congress approved for the burial of an unidentified American solider from World War I to be placed in the Plaza of the newly built Memorial Amphitheater. Inscribed on the back of the Tomb are “Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God.” (Arlington National Cemetery) The Tomb sarcophagus was place above the grave of the Unknown Solider
With the sun rising on a morning in May of 1636, roughly 500 Pequot men, women, and children lay slaughtered on the ground. This was the outcome of the Mystic Fort Battle. The Puritans in New England thought they were entitled to the land and resources that the Native Americans had. With the smallpox epidemic killing thousands of Native Americans who were not prepared for the disease, the Puritans; especially John Winthrop thought that this was God's way of telling the Puritans that this land was meant for them and not the Native Americans (Edwards).
When a person is in a stressful situation on instinct they have two options, fight or flight. In war the same is true. War is not always bayonets and bullets, it’s the decisions you make during times of hardship. A soldier has to make the decision whether to keep fighting for what they believe in no matter what the stakes or to flee. In December of 1777, George Washington and his troops arrived at Valley Forge. Since the summer of 1775, all has gone well for the Continental Army. More recently Washington was presumably unable to stop General Howe and his British soldiers from claiming the national capital of Philadelphia. With Howe and his army of approximately 18,000 comfortably quartered in Philadelphia,
at Wounded Knee 125 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1890, has been referred to as a tragedy, a battle, and most
In the last few decades, globalization has opened avenues for trade, created new markets, and increased the porousness of borders; however, a feeling of national susceptibility stems from this relaxing of borders and fuels a securitization of movement along the U.S.-Mexico border. This constructed human security framework along the southern U.S. border also allows the U.S. government to exercises extraordinary, and even military means, to combat the perceived issue.
The theme of the 'heroic' in John Milton's Paradise Lost is one that has often been the focus of critical debate, namely in the debate surrounding which character is the 'true' hero of the poem. Most critics of the subject have, however, noted that the difficultly in defining the 'hero' of Milton's work is mainly due to our “vague understanding of what constitutes heroism”1 and the fact that “the term itself is equivocal”2. The 'vague' terming of what heroism can be defined as it what draws critics to disagree with one another over the nature of heroism, as Charles Martindale points out that there are 'different models of heroic', many of which Milton employs in his epic poem. To incorporate these different 'models' of the heroic into his
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