First Battle of Bull Run

shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction” (“13th Amendment:Abolition of Slavery” 1865). The ratification of this amendment represented the struggle against slavery. There was an escalation after the first Battle of Bull run which caused people to rethink the role of slavery and how slavery was creating…

The pyramids, sphinxes, and tombs were torn apart by the later Egyptian Dynasties and destroyed by looters. Some of the loss of artifacts this have to do with time, earthquakes, and past looters, but the biggest culprits, that many do not think of first, are the early Egyptologists. It was all about getting the biggest and most impressive objects and not really about the importance of the object in context to the area. Because of this many of the objects during the early excavations were not…

could easily orchestrate the action and compelling aspects that make a great western, and Red River is one. The film Red River (1948) opens from the pages of a book, reads more like someone’s personal diary, retelling the historical account of the first cattle drive from Texas across the famous Chisholm Trail. The arduous journey involves two men, Dunson and Garth,…

Even as a young girl Clara Barton strived to make a difference in the lives of those she could. She was always helping whether it be her injured brother or her military Father. She was a person who wanted to demonstrate kindness and help change the world. Nursing was a starting point for her because she saw how much help was needed during and after the war, she dedicated the remainder of her life changing the humanity people and war. Clara Barton impacted the military and its veterans in a…

On March 18, 1600, Catalina runs away from the convent and fashions herself a suit of male clothes out of her convent garments. Thus she begins her life as a man. She obtains a number of jobs, including one as a page for the king’s secretary. While in his employ, she encounters her…

Ken Kesey wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest in the 1960s, after participating in LSD experiments at a mental hospital in California. The novel is a metaphor for the 60s, taking place in a mental ward run by the controlling Nurse Ratched, who represents the silent majority. Chief, the Native American narrator, lives in silence and isolation until McMurphy, a new patient, defies Nurse Ratched’s authority, drawing parallels to the counterculture. Throughout the novel, Chief sees a fog in the…

“Greek myth is so much a part of the fabric of our consciousness, of our unconscious really, that we scarcely notice” (Foster, 1). When thinking the word myth, our minds automatically think of the distant Greek and Roman myths fabricated on the shores of the Mediterranean thousands of years ago. We think of legends told as a kid; fables of strength, love, courage, adventure, and naturally almighty gods and goddesses. A myth “is a story which is not „true‟ and which involves (as a rule)…

period because the kings were looking at Ancient figures such as Achilles to be a guide in how to lead. Although kingship had been around far before this, the Renaissance gave it a name and it also gave justifications as to why a country should be run as an imperial kingship. One aspect that no one can deny is that the Tudors were very smart. They were able to cement their family name to the throne for 118 years which was quite achievement because they were involved with wars with France and…

The North originally had hoped to conclude the war with ease but this soon seemed unlikely. The Battle of Bull Run was an intense battle in which a “determined stand led by Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson sent them [The Union] scrambling back to Washington” (Lapsansky 364). This battle made the Union feel uneasy and weak. As fighting spread towards the West both Union and Confederate forces recruited Native Americans to fight in the war…

was the time that I could either play and flourish or run and hide; I chose to swallow my fears and dive right into new experiences. I stepped into the lesson room where I would learn each song we would choose for the semester, which was four months long, to meet my instructor. “Hey, I’m Justin,” a tall, blonde guy with a snap back and tank top on said to me with a big, cheesy smile. I skittishly made my introduction, and he taught me the first song I was to learn. Since the theme of the…