August Spies

been in private practice since 1969 and has been the attorney for Bangor School Board since 1976. Spry does 70% of his practice in family law and 30% with the school board. Spry recalled the night of the election for the school board director in August 2015. Before the election was held Spry told the board that the first person to receive five votes would be elected to the board. Spry thought there were six candidates nominated and Ron Angle was the first nomination to be voted…

and West Germany in particular were "fascists" by GDR propaganda. History.com stated that on the night of August 12-13, 1961, East German soldiers laid down more than 30 miles of barbed wire barrier through the heart of Berlin. East Berlin citizens were forbidden to pass into West Berlin, and the number of checkpoints in which Westerners could cross the border was drastically reduced. On August 15, they began replacing barbed wire with concrete. The wall, East German authorities declared, would…

then enriched by dusk’s glow, the nature found in Asheville mystifies trekkers’ hearts autumn after autumn. Depending on leaf altitude and weather, pale yellows and a collection of reds scatter throughout the town’s mountains and city streets from August until late November. Hunt for waterfalls, snap loads of pictures, and stay at the Grove Park Inn for an unforgettable fall finale. 2.) Charleston…

Birth date: 30 August 1912 Birth place: New Zealand: North Island, Wellington. Death date: 7 August 2011 Death place: United Kingdom: England, Greater London, Conflict: Second World War, 1939-194 Full name Nancy Grace Augusta Wake She was married to Henry Nancy wake was a journalist in Paris when one day she saw Jews tied up by the Nazis whipping them she said to herself that she couldn’t even whip a cat so she decided that she would become a spy so she could help with the war. Nancy,…

one of the first instances in warfare where aircraft was used, in the early stages of WWI, the military strategists realized that aircraft could be useful for reconnaissance and could spy on their enemies with the use of reconnaissance planes. In WWI, carpet bombing was a new strategy of war and was used very…

written, but their contribution is still not forgotten by society. Some of these unsung heroes include John Stark, James Armistead, Jeremiah O’Brien, Elizabeth Hager and Herman Haupt. John Stark John Stark was born in New Hampshire on August 28, 1728. He was a very well known and renowned Major General in the Continental Army. He was known for his unconventional tactics used during the war with the British. He was a farmer…

would be accused of being a communist and Soviet Spy. Again, however, this fear of communist spies were not unfounded. Ethel and…

Eva Slonim was a Shoah survivor who lived to tell her story of surviving Auschwitz. Eva was born in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia on the 29th of August in 1931. Before the war, she lived peacefully and attended an orthodox school for Jews. Her dad, Eugene was a textile worker and her mom was named Margaret. Additionally, her uncle and aunt were deported to a death camp, but they were forced to write a letter saying they were okay because the Germans did not want any panic from the family. The…

On August 29, 1949, at 0100 Greenwich Mean Time, the Soviet Union tested its first nuclear bomb, named First Lightening. Five days later, a U.S. weather reconnaissance plane, equipped with special filters that could pick up radiological particles in the air, made a routine flight from an airbase in Japan to an air base in Alaska. Upon landing, technicians detected radioactive traces in the filters. After more flights, analysis, and consultations, the U.S. determined that the USSR had indeed…

On August 8, 1974, President at the time Richard Nixon declared the end of his presidency. He finalizes his resignation by saying he hopes to have a positive legacy as “[he] leaves the Presidency” (Nixon par. 34). Nixon then became the first president of the United States to resign from the presidency in fear of impeachment. The reason for his resignation changed and challenged politics forever and notably, is the turning point that created a divide between the people and the government. On June…