Brownsville

The Battle of Palo Alto The Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican-American War. The Battle was fought on May 8, 1946, in the area of what is called Brownsville, Texas. The Battle began as result of Mexico’s effort to besiege Fort Texas on May 3, General Zachary Taylor in command of the Army of Occupation consisting of 2,300 troops was received supplies from Fort Polk, heard reports of cannon fire.Started to make movements to Fort Texas on May 7 with soldiers and supplies.…

it’s a diverse place to live. In my neighborhood East New York is comprised into several subsections of the neighborhood which are City Line, New Lots, Spring Creek Cypress Hills, and Highland. It borders several neighborhoods such as Bushwick; Brownsville and Canarsie in Brooklyn as well as Lindenwood; Howard Beach; Ozone Park and Woodhaven in Queens. Although East New York is primarily African American and Hispanic, it still one of the most diverse neighborhoods in the city. East New York…

Canarsie is a small community in Brooklyn, New York, covering 2.898 square miles, with an estimated population 9.3,877 (cenus bureau 2013). The community, Canarsie is the connection point to many neighborhoods and boroughs. Exit 13 off the belt parkway, is one of the main entry point into the community. Major public transportation in the community are, the L train, located on rockaway parkway and six connecting bus lines that transport thousands of people on a daily basis to other standing…

driving on Corpus Christi´s roads? The south Texas, coastal city of Corpus Christi is home to over 300,000 people. The city’s road transportation network includes Interstate 69E/US, Interstate 37 and Highway 77 that links the city to Victoria and Brownsville. The other important roads in the city include Texas State Highway 44 thoroughfare and the Texas State Highway 268 Crosstown Expressway. Corpus Christi ranks as one of the safest cities to drive in America; this means there are fewer…

Oscar Casares’ “Chango” takes place in the border city of Brownville, Texas. The main character, Bony, is a middle aged man who lives with his parents, is unemployed, and is overall not progressing in a normal way as dictated by society. Bony finds a monkey’s head, “Chango”, close to his house and seems to feel a connection with the object causing him to keep it. His parents, who do not approve of his lifestyle, are resistant to the monkey head and want him to get rid of it but Bony instead runs…

I was able to get a head start on my education to quench my thirst for knowledge. I was fortunate enough to be of the elect few to attend the Mathematics and Science Academy (MSA), an early college program located at the University of Texas at Brownsville. MSA allowed me to graduate with my high school diploma and associate’s degree concurrently. Because of this advancement opportunity, I was able to graduate with a Bachelor of Business Administration at the young age of nineteen. At this point…

I have gone in depth in studying my neighborhood from the beginning of the Children in New York Class and I can definitely say that I have learn a lot about my neighborhood that I didn’t have no knowledge about. The fact that Brownsville is known as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Brooklyn and I have been living here for so many years and wasn’t aware of that. My perspective sure did change, due to the fact that there is such a high percentage of 23.4% of people living under the…

tragic events, for example, school shootings. Many of us have witnessed a fight in middle school or high school. Which usually have no permanent effects. But school shootings usually have a different outcome, on January 4, 2012, in my hometown of Brownsville Texas, a student from Cummings middle school was shot and killed after running around the school with a gun, which was later identified to be a pellet gun. As we try to understand why students commit these acts of violence, we have no option…

Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 8 June 2017, www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-F-B-Morse.“Samuel Morse.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/morse_hi.html. “The daily herald. (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, March 31, 1893, Image 3.” News about Chronicling America RSS, Jesse O. Wheeler,…

“Throwing Down The Gauntlet On My Life” I’m a junior at Presbyterian Pan American School. I was born in Brownsville, Texas, but since my parents are Mexican nationals, I grew up in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, Mexico. In 2013, my parents told me to “pack your bags” you are going to Kingsville, Texas. I came to Texas three years ago to attend Presbyterian Pan American School (PPAS), a senior private boarding school in Kingsville, Texas, on an academic scholarship. Talking about different aspects…