Charleston

Essay 1: Fort Sumter I visited Fort Sumter on June 27 with my family and my mother’s friend, Mollie. Fort Sumter is the main reason that Charleston is considered such a historical city. The fort was under Union control when South Carolina seceded from the union. The battle for its possession led to the first shots of the Civil War. The first battle of the Civil War began at 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861. Nine hours earlier, the Confederates had sent an envoy to Fort Sumter. The envoy told General…

successfully shows that Vesey was much more than a conspirator but also, arguably, a stand up gentleman. This is justified through the selfless actions committed by Vesey regarding his determination to take liberation back for the slave population in Charleston, South Carolina, even after being declared a free man. Throughout this paper, I will use Egerton’s work to discuss Vesey’s background and upbringing, to discuss Vesey’s plot to rebel and to discuss the events that occurred after the…

In today’s time it seems that the world has become crazier by the day. It seems that it is almost monthly that the Islamic State known as ISIS and its followers has perpetuated some massive terrorist attack. The attacks are coming faster and in greater than ever before from Brussels, Paris, and even San Bernardino, Islamic terrorists are causing havoc in the western world. Unfortunately these not the only type of terrorists the United States has to worry about. Another type of terrorism would be…

dances were the Charleston the foxtrot the waltz the tango. The dances seemed to develop from cultures combining and dances, traveling from shore to shore. “People saw the new dances in Hollywood movies and practiced them to music from phonograph records or to radio broadcasts before going out on the dance floors of nightclubs or school gymnasiums.” (1920’s, 2017). Dances born from this craze were the Charleston, Waltz, Tango, Shimmy, Fox Trot, and the Texas Tommy. The Charleston was a dance…

Palmetto Brewing Company is the oldest and one of the largest craft microbreweries in South Carolina. It was the first brewery to open in Charleston since Prohibition, taking its name from the original Palmetto Brewery that operated in historic downtown Charleston from before the Civil War until sometime after the turn of the 20th century (Falkenstein, 2015). According to the Brewers Association, the term “microbrewery” is defined as a brewery that produces less than 15,000 barrels (17,600…

Hello, and welcome to my reflection essay for my COMM-102 class portfolio at the University of Charleston. I would like to begin my explaining my background and touching base on how I ended up at this University. I am a transfer student from a Community College in Upstate New York called Herkimer Community College. After two years, I graduated there with an Associate’s Degree in Science, which was helpful with transferring credits to come here. Along with graduating from Herkimer, I also started…

contributing to heavy rainfall, particularly in South Carolina. Saturday afternoon's high tide in Charleston was about 8.29 feet, the highest…

A Day Of Shame In The Land Of Free -Himank Agrawal ,Ramjas Recently, there was a horrific attack at a historic church in Charleston, South Carolina, carried out by a young white man who targeted the church simply because it was serving African-Americans. As per the witnesses, he said that he was there to shoot the black people. Although the country might give it any name but it is clear that it is an act of terrorism. Unlike a…

The Civil War began on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina when the Confederate troops attacked Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. The war lasted until April 9, 1865. With the war came hard times on the home front. Women played an important role both on the battlefield and the home front. They cooked, sewed, made uniforms, blankets, and sandbags, wrote letters to soldiers, and served as nurses. I would like you to tell you about a very famous women who served as a nurse on the union…

Since, the founding of the United States violence has become a major problem. American society has become subject to various crimes. Some of these crimes include: the Columbine High School Massacre, the Trayvon Martin Shooting, and the Charleston Church Shooting. Although, violence rates in America are steadily decreasing violence is still a major problem in America. First of all, American gun crimes have continued to claim innocent lives. For example, on April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and…