Bridge of the Americas

Christopher Columbus: Hero or Villain? As October comes rolling around, the famous Christopher Columbus is being remembered for his discovery of the Americas. The hero Columbus, some would say, gathered his courage, and set sail to the West Indies, and unknowingly discovered a whole new continent after being at sea for weeks. If these people who call Columbus a hero knew of the evil crimes that he has committed, then the opinions and the perspectives of these people would change drastically.…

In my research for hauntings, scary places, and paranormal sightings/encounters I have concluded that ghost are real. Ghost aren’t only just real when they have something left to do in the world like unfinished business before they cross over to the other side also known as The Afterlife Realm. Usually with cases like that people see it as a joke but in actuality we as living breathing humans aren’t the only living things roaming the earth. Paranormal activities been happening since the 1800’s…

In "Monkey Bridge,” Mai and her mother use key aspects of Vietnamese mythology and traditional beliefs, also known as the “luminous motion,” that encompasses speculation of the past as well as of the future. It reflects between the past and present worlds, telling two engaging stories through the narrative of a mother and daughter. Although, both Mai and her mother have had to quickly adjust to American life, they are immediately confronted with an encounter of cultures and generations that…

One such transformative leap occurred on August 17, 1807, when a large, noisy, smoky apparition glided up the Hudson.” “Just as Fulton’s Clermont revolutionized transportation and changed the Valley’s fortunes, so too did the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, which opened on November 2, 1963 as a two-lane span. One day later, 220 years of ferry service ended. The last two remaining ferries, the Dutchess and the Orange, met at mid-river at five p.m., signaled a final salute, and gave way to the…

Basically, Renaissance is defined as a time period of Europe from 14th to 17th century, and during this period, significant breakthrough was made in the aspects of geography, arts and science. Therefore, Renaissance is also generally considered as the “bridge between middle age and modern human history” (Cronin, 1969). The core idea of Renaissance is the humanism, which is mainly from ancient Greek…

North and South America also known as “Americas”? Several thousands of years before Christopher Columbus’ ships landed in the Bahamas, a different group of people discovered America. The nomadic ancestors of modern Native Americans who hiked over a “land bridge” from Asia to what is now Alaska more than 12,000 years ago. In fact, by the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century A.D., scholars estimate that more than 50 million people were already living in the Americas. Today, I…

the United States could have sacrificed less to achieve a substantial amount of benefits. Thousands of Americans had to live and work in horrible conditions during industrialization. For example, according to historian Daniel Walker Howe, “Life in America in 1815…

When I went to America for the first time, I felt really excited. I arrived in New York, and I saw a lot of new things I hadn’t seen before. This trip was really interesting. I first went to New York City. I think New York is a big and old city. Everything looks old except Manhattan which looks new and expensive. My first day in New York started on Wall Street, Time Square and Statue of Liberty. At the day, I wake up at 7 am to get ready going to Statue of Liberty. At 9 am I taken the New York…

Native American Settlement in North America About ten thousand years before Columbus arrived to the Americas, the Native Americans trekked across the Bering strait, a vast land bridge between modern day Russia and Alaska. Towards the end of the last Ice Age, the natives followed their prey, which lead them into the New World. Native Americans adapted and transformed to the new American lands, but when the Europeans finally arrived in the Americas, they influenced the Native American settlements…

Twenty some years ago, in search of freedom from a communist country, a war-torn Vietnam sent my parents to America. Unable to continue their high school education, they found themselves working as laborers in a wintry Tyson Fresh Meats. Living in America, my parents were comparable to children, often rely on my brothers and me. Because I was sheltered by parents who weren’t accustomed to the foreign culture and had limited language skills, I didn’t know beyond their knowledge before I began…