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called the American Association Price along with 500 dollars. Once again, Hubble’s life came to a screeching halt in 1942 where he left the Mount Wilson Observatory to go fight in World War II on Aberdeen Proving Ground. He was awarded the Legion of Merit medal in 1946 for his service in World War II. At last, he went back to the observatory. For his many astronomical achievements and contributions, he was made Honorary Fellow of Queen’s college in 1948. Edwin Hubble was also greatly…

Philanthropy: An American Tradition Manned by volunteer troops, the Continental Army defended the roots of United States. Its father, George Washington, and commander-in-chief of the army served without a salary and as a volunteer. From the very creation, American citizens have carried philanthropy in their veins. Over the past two centuries they have demonstrated generosity through charitable giving, volunteerism, and humanitarian efforts. The Industrial Revolution fueled philanthropy in…

Dance is an art form that allows people to express themselves. Ballet serves as a foundation to all modern dance forms. Many people believe ballet is a dying art because it’s not something the United States is known for. If asked, most people would only be able to name Mikhail Baryshnikov, a Russian dancer who reached his height of fame in the 1970s. Although ballet is most popular in and associated with Russia, it is still a worldly-known art and thousands of people practice it everyday. Even…

John Keegan, in his article The Breaking of Armies, explains that, previously, in the first battle of Ypres, the British Expeditionary Force aided the French against the Germans in establishing that area of France and of Flanders known as the Western Front. In the second battle of Ypres, the same forces managed to continue to hold the line in spite of intense fighting, and regardless of elevated German resistance that included chemical warfare and the first…

bullet initiated a series of events which swiftly engulfed nearly all of Europe in armed conflict. Eventually, a majority of the nations of Europe allied themselves with one of two alliances. One alliance, the Triple Entente, originally consisted of France, the United Kingdom, and the Russian Empire, whereas the other alliance, the Central Powers, included Germany and Austria-Hungary. The equity of the two alliances prolonged the war over several years and exhausted the resources, human and…

The Protestant Reformation is a religious movement that began with a conflict between the Latin Catholic church and the Lutheran church and their followers. The two had different views in their theology. This happened during a time period in the early 16th century which lasted until the end of the 18th century. The Latin Catholics controlled the people choices including religious and political views. The Latin Catholics engaged in plenty wrong doing from gambling, breaking the rules of celibacy…

The Iron Curtain first began to manifest itself at two conferences designed to navigate postwar peace, held between the leaders of the big three in 1945. The first, held in Yalta in February 1945 , was the final meeting between Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Stalin and Winston Churchill . The Yalta conference aimed to coordinate post war elections in occupied Europe as well as establish an agreement on the division of Germany after the Nazi’s impending surrender . At first glance the conference…

standpoint; however, an alliance simply means a relationship between people or groups that share a common interest. This definition can extend to friendships, business, politics, etc. More’s England has several alliances established with Scotland, France and Spain. Utopia was no different. The Utopians understood the benefits of forming “friendships” with other countries, such as financial assistance and military…

n took over the land and enslaved the indigenous people who later died under forced labors (Arthur 1999, 17). This is how Haiti find itself in the Latin American countries, first by being colonized by Spain. Then as part of the island was ceded to France, Haiti at that time called Saint Domingue became part of Latin American…

On October 31, 1517, an unsatisfied, non-conforming, progressive theologian named Martin Luther took an action that altered the religious (and, in some cases) political landscape of the entire Western world. Disgusted at the Catholic church’s insistence on the sale of indulgences and unconvinced as to their doctrine of “salvation by works,” the Wittenberg professor nailed a 95-point document to the front door of his university’s Catholic church. This document, later called the “Ninety-five…