Born on the Fourth of July

Granddaddy. Granddaddy was a loving family man who taught us Faith, family, and humility is what matters most. Sadly, in 2011 he was called home to be with The Lord after battling cancer for five years. Granddaddy as born July 27, 1939 in Chatham, Virginia to Queen Ester. He was the fourth oldest of six children. With his siblings, he grew up on Sugar Hill road, where he loved to hang out with his friends and family. He also met the love of his life, Nannie Mae “Jackie”, on Sugar hill. After…

memories. In fact, on page 67 the narrator discusses Lemon’s death as an obscure flash of light, but later on recalls the same story through different memories in various ways such as “he stepped on the grenade” Pg.74. Similarly to Nixon’s actions, on July 28 1965, President Johnson ordered an increase in American military forces from 75,000 to 125,000, which required raising the monthly draft call from 17,000 to 35,000 men as part of his politics of containment strategy to prevent the spread…

countries in the world. Cultures from all around the world come together and live as one. Every culture in America still maintains its own traditions but when combined with other cultures can still create a very diverse cultural society. Although I was born in the U.S. and have lived in California my whole life most of my family has an italian background. Language plays a big part in showing cultural identity. Some of my family normally speaks Italian but I have never been able to learn the…

Gender roles have evolved significantly in the past two centuries. From females not having equal basic rights compared to males in the late 1800’s, to now females marching openly in Washington D.C to protest elections. When writing “A Doll’s House”, Henrik Ibsen really showed what the roles of male and female were like in the late 1800’s. Between now and then there have been plenty of movements for a woman to be treated as equal as a man, and in today’s western world women are not conforming to…

men world. “As many men of his age in any period of history would be, he is somewhat amused yet wholly fascinated by the lovely child he has met under such strange circumstances”. Julius Caesar were an very kind and respectful man. Caesar was born on July 13, 100 BC, he was a general and politician of the late Roman republic. Caesar is the father of his son Caesarion and daughter Julia Caesaris. Caesar was a great military leader that want the crown of Rome. Caesar were married to three…

Frederick Douglass, a former African American slave, was once asked to give a speech on July 5, 1852, with the purpose of persuading the audience to oppose slavery and favor abolition by telling them what the Fourth of July meant to slaves. In order to accomplish such feat, it was crucial to utilize many literary elements in his speech. Because of these elements, this Independence Day oration was highly successful. An important element that was integrated into the speech was an antithesis.…

On July 30, 2002, Joy Lera Ford was born in the Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Her parents, Jermel and Sharif Ford, also have a son. Joy’s older brother Sharif Jr. is Mr. and Mrs. Ford’s eldest son. Joy aspires to attend Spelman College and become a forensic scientist. Right now she is in the 8th grade and attends Faith Academy School of Excellence, but will attend Maury High School. While she is in high school she will be taking honors classes as well as the medical program. Joy was born on July…

Sir Robert Bryson Hall II known by stage name as Logic is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Born January 22, 1990 in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Logic is now currently living in Beverly Hills, California and is signed with record label Visionary Music Group. Since 2010 logic has released 8 albums about to be 9 with the upcoming new album titled Everybody. Logic’s growing up in a low income area his father did whatever it took to make money. Both his parents were cocaine addicts…

Franz Peter Schubert was born around January 31, 1797, in Himmelpfortgrund what was near Vienna. He was an Austrian composer and also wrote something has much as six or seven hundred romantic songs. His works included operas, symphonies, sonatas and many other works through his life time. As a young boy he was mainly focused training his voice and becoming a vocalist but he was skilled in many other things as well. he rarely played his music in the public eyes. He died in November 19,1828, at…

revolutionized the world. He had over 250 patents throughout the world. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan, Croatia on July 10th , 1856. He was born to Milutin Tesla and Đuka Mandic. His father was a Serbian orthodox priest and his mother was a housewife. Tesla's interest in electrical invention was spurred by his mother. She invented small household appliances in her spare time while her son was growing up. He was the fourth out of five children. He had one older brother named Dane, two older…