Memorial Day

1976 was America’s bicentennial year. Memorial Day weekend was a precursor of what was to come on July 4th. It represented good times for most. Two hundred years of United States independence was an opportunity for some motivated patriotic people to go straight to their banks to pick up all the minted commemorative coins so that they could save them in proof quality. A larger portion of the population was anxious to celebrate by going to parades, buy or go see fireworks. Every display was…

all, I can say that I enjoyed this entire week here at my host agency. Even though I was not required to come into the department Monday for the holiday, I still choose to come and be involved with the family and friends of the organization. On Memorial Day, here at the department there were snacks and games that both the officers and their families could be involved in. I acknowledged the environment and thought it was genuinely a nice thing for the department to do for each other. I’ve noticed…

To immortalize a human might be impossible but as long as one person knows your name, you are never truly dead. Throughout history, many groups and agencies have memorialized an event or created a memorial but there are more steps and factors in completing this action than most people believe. Memorials and events need to represent something and portray its background properly. When a group or agency memorializes an event or person and when they create a monument, they should include the factor…

Riverside Park in Easton, Pennsylvania. (Source B). Seeing the monument honoring him while strolling under all the big trees on a sunny day in Riverside Park makes one remember the importance of Christopher Columbus in America history. If his monument were located behind an abandoned building or amongst a cluster of billboards…

Wishing everyone a very Happy Memorial Day! While you are out and about on this Memorial Day enjoying the cookouts, fireworks, parades or awesome mattress sales—take a moment to reflect on your many freedoms. The freedom to worship where you want. The freedom to choose where to live. The freedom to pursue your dreams. Even the freedom to discover your true livelihood and purpose and start living it out. This is the mission that we have here at Powerfully Purposed for Success. However, also…

figuratively and literally failing monuments and depictions throughout society, time and history alike. "The monumental core of washington serves much like a pilgrimage site" (Savage Kirk; Washington D.C, The national mall, and transformation of memorial landscape. Berkely 2009. Source A) Aptly explains one comprehension of the nature a monument serves. A "Pure representation" (Source A) holding no actual relic or meaning beyond performing the task of a anti-eternal,…

attention and controversy. It would serve no justice to the families of the victims who couldn’t even obtain a proper memorial for those who lost their lives in the Holocaust, why even construct it if it strays away from its true purpose? The material plays a key role especially when trying to evoke certain feelings from viewers, When Maya Lin laid out plans to create the Vietnam Veterans Memorial she wanted to commemorate the sacrifices of every individual by engraving their names onto a wall…

Hello Marcelino, I trust you had a good Memorial Day observance, and apologize for just getting back to you; as being closed for two days and with the shortened work week, we are scrambling to get caught up. Having said that, to answer your questions, the credit reporting agencies (CRAs), Original Creditors (OCs), and Collection Companies all have 30 days to respond to a consumer's dispute. However, the bureaus can extend this period for an additional 15 days, if additional information has been…

Have you ever had to help a family member with his or her job? Well I had to him with his job one time. He asked me if he would help him out during the Memorial Day sale at his job was having so I happily agreed. Plus, he was going to pay me for helping so that was a plus. The day started at three o’clock in the morning, which was really hard for me cause love to sleep in late. I got up, brushed my teeth, got dressed, and grabbed a drink on the way out the door. Then we got in the car and headed…

Five Days at Memorial: Life and Death in a Storm-Ravaged Hospital by American journalist Sheri Fink is a very inspirational book because it focused on the events that happened in Memorial Medical Center when the hospital was flooded and had no electricity after Hurricane Katrina struck the city. Time, space, communication, and identity are portrayed throughout the book. These four factors are important in inter-ethnic relationships between patients and health care providers. Being able to…