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    Personal Story: Stolen

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    Stolen Kate pulled into the parking lot of Darnell Hall at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. She took a deep breath and turned off the car. ¨Arrived about to engage.¨ She spoke into her smart watch and watched the message go through to her mom and brother. All she had to do was pose as a student for the CSI. Not hard at all. Not just pose as a student, but be the roommate of the person they were trying to catch, Penelope Smith. Kate got out of the car and grabbed the bags she had. She…

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    9/11 Crash Essay

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    passengers wouldn’t try to take the plane back. It was about 9:28 a.m., the flight was over Pennsylvania and it was easing closer to New Jersey when the terrorists took over the cockpit. They turned the plane southeast so it was now headed for Washington D.C.. The passengers were herded to the back over the plane by the remaining hijackers. The passengers started making calls to report the hijackers but they oon learned that there were 3 other attacks that happened earlier. The passengers…

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    Telegraph In America

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    Morse Code. The two inventor’s next challenge was to find investors, which they eventually found in Congress. After a small demonstration of how the device worked, the pair were granted $30,000 to set up an experimental wire system between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. On May 24, 1844 Morse sent out his first a now-famous message, “What hath God…

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    that Thomas Jefferson was the moderate of the choices. This election was huge as it was a peaceful exchange of power of two major political parties in a major nation. On March 4th, 1801 Thomas Jefferson was inaugurated as president in Washington, D.C. This adjustment of power was colossal as it brought the “peoples” candidate into the white house and replaced the more aristocratic…

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    organization meaning black African Americans are not able to be apart of it. Marian Anderson 's connection between this organization is her decline at performing in one of Washington 's most prestigious venue. The constitutional Hall in Washington D.C was the headquarters for this organization and…

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    this country. He speaks about how it is bitter sweet to leave the white house. He describes it as “deep sorrow”. (Paragraph 5) Reagan then resumes to talk about how beautiful Washington D.C. is around him. Saying that he can some days see across the river and the Virginia Shore. Similar to how Abraham Lincoln saw D.C. after the “Battle of the Bull Run”. (Paragraph 24) Reagan proceeds to describe of how America was when he was running for president to 8…

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    people other than Booth that are involved with his conspiracy. Part three, “The Long Good Friday,” begins at seven a.m. on Friday, April 14. This is the day that Abraham Lincoln attends the play, Our American Cousin, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. The events of this section have a lot…

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    a sudden you’re face to face with a stone-cold troop of soldiers. If you have ever heard of or visited the National Mall you most likely have the basic understanding, that it is not in fact a mall, but rather a national park in downtown Washington D.C. The National Mall is unique in the sense that it is home to some of the nation’s most cherished memorials. However, if you did not know this, and you thought that the National Mall was in fact a real mall, don’t feel bad I was in your shoes prior…

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    In August 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr gave his iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. The speech was said in Washington, D.C. at the Lincoln Memorial. Besides having the speech said at a symbolic place, the speech contains all the voices of the African Americans who are yearning for equality, and the voices of the whites who support them. With an audience of more than 200,000 blacks and whites, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. used many devices to not only get his point across but, to make his speech…

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    Martin Luther King Jr was an amazing influence for Americans and Africans, who started the “Walk on Washington” to show that black and whites were all equal together. King who influenced the Civil Rights movements based on his beliefs, words, and actions helped end segregation in the U.S. King supported the movement based on his belief. He was an example of a brave man who stood up for what he believed in. Segregation was wrong in many ways. King encouraged that we should get along with other…

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