Huntington County

Henry was, according to the website American Revolutionary War Facts, “... a volunteer militia officer and community leader who went on to become an aide to General George Washington.” Soon after Sybil was born, the small family moved to Dutchess County, which is in New York. Now, they lived on 229 acres of uncultivated land. Her parents weren’t poor at all, so she didn’t have as rough a life growing up as she could have. However, she did have many responsibilities as she was expected to have a…

South Carolina By: Soham Kate Introduction Did you know that there is much to learn about South Carolina? Such as a Native American tribe, prominent figures, services, tourism, etc. Santee Did you know that there is a lot to learn about the Santee tribe? Like how they lived, their religion, and their housing such as a longhouse, a tipi, “gabled summer houses, or even conical winter houses covered with mats or skins.” The Santee Indians got their origin name from “iswan’ti”, which means “the…

Abstract I’ve always wondered how a company like Google or the CIA choose who they want to hire. There is a set of standard or a formula that is universal for every company to use in the hiring process. From past experience, companies conduct background checks and drug tests in order to be sure the potential employee has no record. This paper will explore the steps companies use in order to find the right candidate for the position. After the employee has been hired, what are some things…

The statistics of Uz (2015:89) showed that, the variation of disagreement that child needs a home with father and mother increased 10% between west and non-west counties from 1989 to 2007, which supports the polarisation hypothesis. Besides, the local culture still has a strong influence on global products, which leads to many brands to modify their design or taste to adapt the local culture such as KFC in China…

A Descendant of Robert E. Lee and the youngest child of Amasa Coleman Lee, an attorney and a newspaper editor, and Frances Finch Lee, a pianist, Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926. Harper Lee grew up in a very tiny southwestern Alabama town of Monroeville where her best friend, whom she enjoyed her presence, was the pre-pubescent Truman Capote who provided the basics of the character of Dill in her novel “To Kill a Mockingbird”. As a child, Lee was a tomboy, having developed certain…

Bell is a small city in the Los Angeles County located west of the Los Angeles River. Some surrounding cities include Maywood, Cudahy, Bell Gardens, Huntington Park, Commerce, Walnut Park, and South Gate. Bell, although is a suburb, it is considered its own city and only takes up 2.5 sq miles of land. HISTORY Bell has a rich history of Native Americans dating back thousands of years. In 500 B.C. the Gabrieliño Indians migrated to what is now known as the city of Bell. Spaniards occupied the…

1. I enrolled in advanced placement and honor classes all four years of high school. And even though I only needed two important classes my senior year I decided to take challenging classes such as advanced placement biology and physics. I graduated with a 4.04 GPA and ranked 10 out of 337 students. I earned awards such as the Biliteracy Award for demonstrating excellence in English and in a language other than English (Spanish) and High Honors for maintaining a GPA of 3.5 and above all…

Because more than three hundred years have passed since the Salem Witch Trials, information regarding the matter has been lost over time. With a lack of original court documents and buildings associated with the trials, there are many misconceptions that exist of what actually took place during this time. Further, many people have unanswered questions like, “Why did the clergy dislike witchcraft?” and “Why did settlers even practice it in the first place?”. Compelled to debunk the misconceptions…

Hale, Nathan (June 6, 1755 - Sept. 22, 1776), patriot, spy, hanged by the British, long known as the "Martyr Spy" of the Revolutionary War, and now revered as the ideal youthful hero of the Republic, was born in Coventry, among the hills of Tolland County, Conn. His father, Richard, a descendant of Robert Hale who settled in Cambridge, Mass., in 1632,…

New York. The use of heroin has drastically increased due to the massive amount of poppy plants being grown and developed in Afghanistan. There are over 495,000 acres of land solely dedicated to heroin production in the country (Reuters). In one county in Ohio, heroin related deaths increased 225% between the years of 2011 and 2015. Massive amounts of heroin are also coming into the United States from the Mexican border. Mexican drug dealers are even using drones to move heroin across the…