Fort Osage

Many of us do not appreciate our parents until we are much older and, presumably, wiser. For instance, Tim Russert, former host of Meet the Press, put it best: "The older I get, the smarter my father seems to get” (qtd. in Murphy). It is really only now, many years later, that I see that I owe my father, the late Carlos Nicolas Flores, Sr., much. Of course, I owe my mother, Rosa Guzman Flores, much as well but in a different way. He was a smart, ambitious, often authoritarian man while she had…

Okay, I will totally admit that I am extremely biased towards my home town of Baltimore, Maryland, as a place for folks to visit. Each and every time I go back to the place that I'll always consider home is an extremely emotional and truly joyous event for me.� Much of my family has, sadly, �passed away, but my mother still lives in the concrete Cape Cod style bungalow in which I was raised for the first nineteen years of my life. It's located on a quiet residential street right on the…

Melissa Wong
March 11, 2015
Andrew Forrester
DISC 1313
 Escaping Heartland America
 Pawhuska, Oklahoma, a town of a little less than four thousand people, is where Tracy Lett’s play turned movie August: Osage County is set. Beverly Weston, the patriarch and a heavy alcoholic, has disappeared and eventually commits suicide, leaving behind his psychotic wife, Violet, in the care of a newly hired caretaker, a Native American named Johnna. After their father’s disappearance, Beverly’s adult…

August: Osage County-Alesha Jeter ITR 1 Summary: In Mrs. Bickert’s class, Modern American Drama, we have been reading plays about the struggles of American society. One of the that we have read is a play called Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill. This play tells the story about a family struggling with addiction, and they’re hard and eventually vain attempt to fix things. They play in a drama and is semi-autobiographical. The play that I read to compare in comparison, is a dark…

To have nothing, to be the simplest human being, and still be happy and innocent; that is what I see and experience every Tuesday when I go to Hart Elementary School. Being a kid is simple and fun. Reality is for adults, and that is how it should be, that is what I teach my family away from home. It is not sad if you do not know the reality, it is not downgrading if everything around you is simple and exciting. I go every Tuesday to Hart Elementary School for three hours to converse and enjoy…

decided to join the military.” Shortly after graduating high school he went to the recruiter’s office in town to sign up, then to Montgomery, Alabama to follow up. Kenneth got a brief basic training in Montgomery, but within two months he was sent to fort hood in Texas. He said that it was a big shock to him, everything was new, and it was like being reborn into a new world. He talked about how he had to learn military etiquette, how to walk, talk, and, act in certain…

Introduction New Belgium Brewing Company is an award winning brewery that is known for its craft beers and environmentally friendly facilities. NBB has taken brewing to a new level by implementing high quality assurance in operations management, growth through employee stock ownership, and sustainability in environmental responsibility. Operations Management New Belgium started from modest beginnings. The company was started by Jeff Lebesch and his wife Kim Jordan in the basement of their house…

That first battle was located at Fort Sumter, and was one of the most historic battles to ever happen on U.S. soil. Fort Sumter is located in South Carolina, which was a very important place to win because the state was undecided on which side to choose in the conflict. Many people do not realize the importance of this battle, and the conflicts leading up to it. Due to the major conflicts Fort Sumter brought it was definite the American Civil war would begin. When Fort Sumter was first being…

important events. It's also the biggest independent city in the entire country since it's not part of any county. Museums and Historic Sites Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine If you've ever wanted to experience the history of our country from its earliest days, you can visit the Fort McHenry National Monument and Shrine. It's the fort that inspired The Star-Spangled Banner written by Francis Scott Key during the Battle of Baltimore in 1814. Your party can enjoy self-guided…

news re what was happening at Fort Sumter. The paper wrote about the fleet entering into the harbour for reinforcing Major Anderson. Battles continued to rage and Fort Sumter’s roof was set on fire. Major Anderson stopped firing to try to extinguish the fire. War vessels could not go in due to the ebbing tide and the Fort Moultrie was disabled. The fort burnt the whole night and these but calmly Lincoln received these reports regarding the ensuing confrontation. Fort Sumter then flew the flag…