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    climate events of the battle. He described his experiences in a lengthy letter to his brother and still to this day is the most descriptive and eloquent battle narratives ever written (NPS). The walk toward the Battle of Gettysburg started in June 1863. General Robert E. Lee’s soldiers crossed the Potomac River in Virginia and began to make their way toward the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania (The Gettysburg Foundation). This epic battle was three days long and resulted in a retreat to…

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    Under Lafayette, six thousand armed women, accompanied by the National Guard, marched on Versailles. The marched was provocative and destabilizing; it symbolized the level of frustration among the people and their suffering during a period of great hunger. Bread…

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    Another key to success that Burr, and many others, lacked was good a relationship with George Washington. It seems ironic that despite Burr being so preoccupied with being likable, he could not establish a advantage - bringing relationship with the General during the revolution. In the musical’s Right Hand Man Burr appeals to Washington for a position in the military but is dismissed after Hamilton enters the room, upon which the position of aide-de-camp is offered to Alexander instead. In…

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    In his beautiful speech, The Death of Marie Antoinette, Edmund Burke mourns the death of the Queen and the passing of an era in Europe. The Queen of France was put of trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal and guillotined in 1793 on counts of plotting against the Republic. Burke thought very highly of the dauphine, however he had a stronger opinion on what she represented. Edmund Burke saw the French Revolution as a violent rebellion against tradition and proper authority, not as movement…

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    youngest child of fourteen, Within 21 years of Stephen’s birth, seven of his siblings had passed away (Stephen Crane EXPLORING Short Stories). Mr. Crane attended multiple schools for different lengths of times. He attended school at Claverack College, Lafayette College, and Syracuse University…

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    Women Politicians of Louisiana In Louisiana, women politicians stand out because they are few and far between. Currently, there are only five women in the Louisiana State Senate, and there are 17 women in the Louisiana House of Representatives. The first and only woman governor of Louisiana to be elected was in 2003. Only three women have served as U.S. Senators from Louisiana, and only one served a full term. Each of their distinct personalities has played a role in shaping Louisiana’s history.…

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    This is the point in her life where she met my father. Though my parents dated, got engaged, and were married within a year they decided to wait a few years to have kids. The choices my parents made changed their course in life. They moved from Lafayette to Connecticut in 1981 after my father joined the navy. In 1982 they were transferred to Virginia. While there my mom got a job a dry cleaners off base. After they were settled in they decided it was time to expand their family. I guess that’s…

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    but I had no idea what my path to Purdue would look like. I was fortunate in that, during my sophomore year of high school, I took a United States Government course taught by an amazing woman. Cara Putman is a published author and a lawyer in Lafayette. She had a passion for politics, and her passion was contagious. I took her US government class in 2012-2013, just in time to catch the tail end of the 2012 Presidential election. From that first election I was hooked. That’s when I decided to…

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    Alexander Hamilton Legacy

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    he finally offered to be part of Washington’s staff and lieutenant colonel of the army. This also led him to meet many of Washington’s close friends. The most important including, Philip Schuyler, John Laurens, Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (Lafayette), and his enemy and friend, Aaron Burr. Each of these men had an impact on his life in some way. All of these men fought together at Valley Forge. Philip and Hamilton had a great relationship which led to Philip agreeing to a courtship of…

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    Being part of the Honors learning community at first was solely to get into Spring Hall if I’m being completely honest. I also felt like the people on the floor would be super nerdy, studying all the time, and having no social life. However, my experiences with the Honors community so far have exceeded anything I could have imagined. First, the people in the Honors community destroyed the stereotype I had in mind for them. It’s filled with a bunch of not only smart students, but social,…

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