Jersey Joe Walcott

Building the Empire EJ LeClair Teacher: Kelly Sherman 11/4/2014 The America of the post Independence War was a very different place, New York State had been a loyalist strong hold during the war and this had diminished its standing in the newly formed nation. In 1810 Dewitt Clinton, the current mayor of New York City, had the insane idea to connect New York to Lake Erie via the Mohawk Valley the only western pass in the Appalachian Mountains. This seemingly delusional…

Robert Kenneth Kraft was conceived June 5, 1941, in the town of Brookline, Massachusetts. He was destined to the group of Mr. and Miss. Harry Kraft; his dad was a dress maker in Boston's Chinatown. Kraft father was a definitive Jewish lay pioneer at Gathering Kehillath Israel in Brookline and he needed his child to wind up plainly a rabbi. The Kraft's family were a perceptive Standard Jewish family. Robert experienced childhood in Brookline, where he went to the Edward Commitment School in 1959,…

Although Walt Whitman and Martin Niemöller lived in two different centuries, the 19th century and the 20th century respectively, both men were well-aware of the injustices occurring to the innocent around them. Walt Whitman lived to witness the controversy of slavery, even partook in the Civil War as a nurse, and personally witnessed the violence and death resulting from the Civil War whereas Martin Niemöller lived to witness the rise of Nazism and anti-Semitism. Through the art of poetry, both…

When I look at onto the beach at ocean city, MD I hear the seagulls, water and talking. One of the best places In United States Is Ocean City MD, the time going there, The drive, is walking up and down the boardwalk. Doing many activities in the summer the wind blows. We stayed at a hotel for about a week Once we got there we were extraneously excited. With all the activities to do and fun enjoyments to do staying, going the sand Just down the boardwalk. We could see the rides at night if you…

Joseph Griffith’s “The Surrender” depicts George Washington riding a Triceratops, but that’s not what's really going on in this picture. Sure, there are many celebrities and famous imaginary characters, but the real theme is what is dividing the picture into sides. If you look closely, you can plainly tell that there is an American side, and a bad/ Islamic side. The painting is obviously split into a good guy/ bad guy theme. Where the Americans are the good, that's why George Washington and…

In this analysis of a primary source, I will be examining the Rape Trial of Ephraim Wheeler. Ephraim Wheeler was on trial for raping his thirteen-year-old daughter Betsy in 1805. The first part of the document is a transcript of Betsy’s testimony in court, in which she gives a straightforward account of the events leading up to, and following her assault in 1805. In 1806 Ephraim was found guilty and hanged as a result of the trial. This document gives insight into the life a teenage girl in the…

Your essay, “The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found,” interested me because of your perspective on creating my own personal New York. As you mention at the end of your essay, I am part of what you call, “those new kids on the block,” in fact, I would call myself the newest kid on the block (CITATION). I am originally from a rural town in Pennsylvania and have come to New York City to not only educated myself through my classes, but also through examining the city. However, after reading…

Walt Whitman was born May 31, 1819, in the village of West Hills, Long Island, New York, approximately 50 miles east of New York City. He was the second of eight children. Whitman’s father was of English descent, and his mother’s family, the Van Velsor, were Dutch. In early 1822, when Walt was two years old, the Whitman family moved to Brooklyn, which was still a small town. Whitman would spend most of the next 40 years of his life in Brooklyn, which grew into a thriving city during his…

Born and raised in the east end of London, the Cobblepot family was one that lived a life of immense power and riches. Oswald, one of four children, was the youngest. Arthur Cobblepot, the patriarch of the family, lead an expansive monopoly on the London shops, but, was almost rooted out by the police by the time Cobblepot turned ten. Moving to Gotham City in the following winter, it didn’t take long for Arthur to begin a new monopoly on the harbors and eventually climbed his way into the upper…

“Ethan Allen, a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician. (n.d. 2015)” It’s apparent that Ethan Allen was a very successful, busy and multi-talented man. Made most successful by creating the Green Mountain boys and the capture of fort Ticonderoga in the Revolutionary war, Ethan Allen was an essential part in declaring our independence from Great Britain. Ethan Allen was born on January 21, 1738 in…