Historic preservation

Red Cross. An international organization that's been helping other for 136 years, founded under the terms of the agreement from Geneva, Switzerland (the rule of the humane treatment). More than 25,000 volunteers support The Red Cross in helping others, and donations keep the programs running, but The Red cross foundation needs more help. I believe with your help The Red Cross can grow and keep working to save lives. The Red Cross Foundation started in America on May 21, 1881 by Clara Barton.…

Many researchers have gone in depth trying to find the lost colony of Roanoke, but haven’t yet found it. The quest to discover the colony has continued throughout the years, and several clues have been uncovered. Each clue itself is one step closer to finding the lost colony. Archaeologists investigate every clue found with great care in hopes that it will be the one to lead them on the search for the disappearing colony. While there are many theories about what happened to the lost Roanoke…

There are numerous companies that fit the bill of falling short in implementing the marketing concepts, due to not focusing on creating, delivery, and communicating superior value to its customers. One company that comes to mind is JC Penney (Penney), as an iconic discount and sales retailer, where it made its debut in 1902 as the Golden Rule store (JC Penney, 2011). Penney survived countless strategic business challenges, but was able to maintain its existence, yet barely holding on…

What happened to the Roanoke Colony? This was the first English colony, mysteriously all the colonists disappeared and many historians have different theories on what happened to them. Did the people from Roanoke Island really disappear or did get attacked by indian tribes? Start your reason 2 There had been three different groups of people that had disappeared from Roanoke Island. The first group arrived in 1984 and came to the island to map it out for resources. The second group arrived…

Roanoke island is an island in Dare County on the Outer Banks of North Carolina, United States. It was named after the historical Roanoke Carolina Algonquian people who inhabited the area in the 16th century at the time of English exploration. The lost colonists were the third group of English arrivals on North Carolina’s Roanoke Island, settling near the modern-day town of Manteo. Roanoke Island was the site of the 16th-century Roanoke Colony, the first English colony in the New World. It was…

A) Company Background Herman Miller started its operation back in 1905. They started manufacturing traditional style bedroom suites. Early in its history, the company name was Star Furniture Company. Dirk Jan De Pree entered the company as a clerk and by 1919 he became the president. De Pree’s father in law, Herman Miller, purchased the majority of shares of the company and renamed it Herman Miller Furniture Company. The company’s culture originated from the story of Mr. De Pree’s visit to one…

Company Introduction J.C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) was founded by James Cash Penney in 1902 and has evolved to a holding company and retailer whose principal operating subsidiary is J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. with 1104 department stores in 49 states and Puerto Rico selling merchandise and services to customers through department stores and online (Mergent Online, 2013). JCP sells a broad range of general merchandise, including apparel, footwear, accessories, jewelry, beauty products…

J.C. Penney Company Inc. is a company involved in operating stores across the United Sates and Puerto Rico. These stores sell a range of apparel, as well as, home furnishings, accessories, foot wear, hand bags, jewelry, beauty products and bath & bed products. J.C. Penney also provides services such as salons, photography, custom decorating, florists, gift cards and credit cards. Customers are able to shop and access the products and services in stores or online. Their biggest competitors…

Women had a very big role in the Civil War. Nurses paved the way for nurses in the future, while saving lives. Women were not only nurses, but in the civil war, they were so much more. Clara Barton was a woman who worked as a Clerk in the U.S. Patent Office in Washington D.C. She later paved the way for women and nurses in the future. She briefly made the same amount of money as a man did. They pay did not last long. After she was a clerk, she got recruited to be a nurse in the Civil War. She…

An influential nurse I have chosen to research is Clara Barton. Clara Barton is one of many influential nurses of the past that has shown great bravery and sacrifice in hard times. I am sure we as working professionals can only hope to make such an impact the way she has. I’d like to discuss who Clara Barton was prior to her start in nursing, her many accomplishments, and what she had become known for. Clara Barton was born Clarissa Harlowe Barton in Oxford, Massachusetts in 1821. The youngest…