Delaware County

Roger Sherman was an early American Lawyer, Who was a Statesman as well as a Founding Father of the United States. He was also the first Mayor of New Haven Connecticut. He was in the group of men that drafted the Declaration of Independence along with the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. Along with all of his other accomplishments he was a judge on the Superior court of Connecticut. The well-known “Connecticut Compromise” was the idea of Roger Sherman’s as well, he also was the…

student he worked as the Prothonotory Court of Common Pleas for New Castle, Delaware. He was admitted to the bar in Delaware before the age of 21. He was commissioned to his first political office in 1756, that of deputy Attorney General to county Sussex, Pennsylvania. In 1762 he was appointed a colleague by the assembly, this person was Ceasar Rodney. He was charged with revising and printing the laws of the province of Delaware. That year he was elected a delegate to the Assembly, and was…

Henry Knox, who was he? Well, Henry Knox was born in Boston, Massachusetts to William Knox and Mary Campbell Knox in seventeen-fifty. Though Knox was born in Boston, his parents are pioneers from North Ireland. Henry had nine siblings, and was the seventh of the ten. William, was a shipmaster, carrying trade upon the Western Indies. William died when he was at the age of fifty, because of financial issues and mental stress. Because of this, Henry dropped out of school to support his mother. He…

the idea that we shouldn’t open new charter schools until we improve the ones that we have. I don’t think opening more in Delaware, with the resources we have right now, is the way to drive better outcomes. In other contexts where there are more talented school leaders, more teacher waiting to get in and parents who are on waiting list miles long, is a…

independence and worked his way up to General and filled the empty role of leader for the Americans in the revolutionary war. He led several victory in the war against the British and is famous for his picture of him and 2000 men silently crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day. After the war he served as the…

Chief Greg Mullen told the Associated Press. Authorities have opened shelters in some coastal counties, and health officials warned people not to swim or play in the flood waters. As South Carolina residents braced to ride out the storm, up to 500 residents were evacuated in coastal Brunswick County, North Carolina, the state's governor told CNN. Flood and flash flood watches are posted from Georgia to Delaware through Sunday. But the Carolinas have been getting the brunt of the nasty weather,…

Case Brown v. Board of Education (1954) Parties Facts Linda Brown, an eight-year-old African American girl, was denied permission to attend an all white school only five blocks away from her home in Topeka, Kansas. Linda’s parents made the decision to file a lawsuit against the Board of Education of Topeka, alleging that they are depriving Linda of equal protection of laws as required under the Fourteenth Amendment. The courts denied that there were any violations of Linda Brown’s right…

There are a multitude of behavioral issues that a child can develop after a traumatic situation if untreated. According to Kar (2009), “common psychiatric manifestations among children include acute stress reactions, adjustment disorders, depression, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorders specific to childhood and psychotic disorder” (p. 1). As a result, children have an increased need for immediate care in a crisis situation. This care must consist of a program…

and out of the city. In terms of the main access routes in and out of Camden, NJ, the primary roads are county route (Rte) 30, state Rte 168, state Rte 676, Federal St (county Rte 537), Broadway St (county rte 551), Atlantic Ave (county), River Rd (county), Ferry Ave (county Rte 603), and State St (county rte 601) (City of Camden Emergency Operations Plan, 2014). In the city of Camden, NJ, county Rte 30 runs concurrently with State Rte I-676 from mile posts 0.00 to 0.92; it also runs…

My name is Chris Devine, and I am a student at Oakton High School. After learning about two high school students who were shot to death by ghost guns in my county, I decided to look for a solution to an epidemic that is sweeping our country and our state. The problem at hand is ghost guns. Ghost guns, also known as PMFs, are untraceable, home-built firearms. They are easily acquirable and do not require age verification. They can be bought in kits or 3d printed. Due to an alarming 1000 percent…