Gillette Stadium

of the less hearty trees sprinkled Sleeping Giant. The helicopter flew towards a long, thin, blue strip that snaked through the green, late-summer canopy. The pilot used the Connecticut River as a guide as they flew north towards the first of the stadium rallies. The helicopter flew several hundred feet above the Connecticut River as it approached Hartford. A line of traffic stretched as far William could see in both directions approaching the city along Interstate 91 North and South, and…

lights over looking the field have replaced the sun. The stadium is roaring and full of green and yellow bobbing heads. Dellechiaie looks up to the top of the stands right next to the announcers box to see his family. They seem to be wearing the brightest colors in the crowd. I interrupt him because something triggered in my memory. I remembered watching one of Dellechiaie’s interviews after his team had one the super bowl at Gillette Stadium. When the reporter asked him how they made such a…

team to the playoffs (“Tom Brady”). After winning the 2015 AFC(American Football Conference) championship game Brady was accused of deflating the game balls and if found guilty Tom Brady would be suspended for four games without practicing in Gillette Stadium. This scandal of deflating the balls was known as Deflategate and was even brought up to the Supreme Court by the NFL’s lawyers and commissioner to have Brady suspended(Daniels). The talk of Deflategate went on for five-hundred fourty days…

In the spring, they helped me run a clothing drive for Cradles To Crayons with my school and I even went to a reunion where we joined together again in Gillette Stadium and did community service. In the fall, when high school started, I heard about a peer leadership program at Girls Inc., an after school program I’d been attending since elementary school. Coming back from the experience of Project 351, I decided…

Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless For my extra credit opportunity I watched the documentary Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless. I am going to summarize what the film is about, how popstar Taylor Swift was changed and developed since the film was released, and critique the producers of the documentary. Taylor Swift’s Journey to Fearless was released in 2010 by Hasbro Studios. By the time the movie was released, Swift had just finished her world tour Fearless. The tour was filled with countless…

The War of the Japanese The day was December 7, 1941. Unlit Christmas lights are strung on green palm trees and the day is just beginning for the navy base in Pearl Harbor. But then time took over. At 7:55 AM, Japanese fighter planes carrying deadly bombs flew in, ready to destroy the American naval base. In as little as two hours, there were four battleships destroyed and four more damaged. Dozens of more heroic war stories were born. And America had entered the second war of the world. THE…