Memorial Day

defending freedom. A Democrat former governor Charlie Christ would going to be in the U.S. Senate. The little-known Speaker of the House in Florida caught the attention of conservatives and soon, his base of support began to swell. On Election Day, Rubio took nearly 49 percent of the vote, while the previous favorite Charlie Crist came in a second with 30 percent of the vote. The Democrat came in third with 20 percent. Rubio shocked the political world by his unlikely ascent, proving that…

Insurgent began with a very interesting and fast-pasted start beginning only an hour after the previous book in the series Divergent. I thought this was very well done by the author because while it would have been better to read the previous book in the series, the way the author Veronica Roth wrote the book, any reader that did not read the previous book Divergent would be able to understand what was going on in the plot of the book by the end of the first chapter. Roth’s’ writing style made…

Days of the dead and Halloween sound pretty similar considering Halloween and dead kind of match with the spookiness, anyway i'm going to explain some similarities and differences such as how they celebrate it , different foods and just in general how they are different because despite their similarities there more different than you think. One way their different is how they celebrate it in mexico they celebrate Dias de los muertos (Days of the Dead) with a huge celebration with tons…

Introduction: Australia Day (on the 26th January) is a day that a considerable amount of Indigenous Australians remembers as the 75th anniversary of the fight for Aboriginal rights and recognition in their own country, the place that they were born and raised. (2013) Consequently, in the year of 1938, the Day of Mourning protest attracted a large group of Aboriginal Australians in Sydney, marking the monumental 150 years since the Europeans settled in Australia. Furthermore, they demanded that…

the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off roaming ghosts. In the eighth century, Pope Gregory III designated November 1 as a time to honor all saints and martyrs; the holiday, All Saints’ Day, incorporated some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening before was known as All Hallows’ Eve and later Halloween. Celebration of Halloween was extremely limited in colonial New England because of the rigid Protestant belief systems there. In…

young couple of a 3-month year old infant barely making it by on one income would day care be the best option for your circumstance and will this have a negative effect on your child, let’s take a look into this topic. Day Care is the act of taking care of a child while parents are working. Daycare began in 1854 and the first childcare facility in the United States was placed in New York City labeled “New York Day Nursery”. Defeating the childcare bill “Comprehensive Child Development Act” in…

Gallipoli – Why was it so important to Australians? Gallipoli was one of the longest military campaigns during World War 1, taking place between 25th April 1915 – 9th January 1916. It was also one of the bloodiest for the Allied forces, being nearly 500,000 casualties and losses during the battle for both sides. It was a incredibly important battle, despite the loss on the side of the allies. To explain why it was so important, some backstory is required for the battle. Due to the change of…

without touching one--were covered with blood-red paper. The only things visible on the walls was the large American flag, whiteboard, and clock, which was messed up and the time was wrong, which was another strange occurrence. It was obviously test day. Mr. Lidiff’s face had also changed to one of concern as students started filing in, and was looking around rapidly, right leg jumping anxiously, holding a rolled up piece of paper with both hands. Once the last of the 28 students entered the…

get out of their town with great success (Charles beans Volume 1 history of Australia in the Great War). During the war the legend of Anzac became very patriotic and proud that they live in this county. The Australians have given a day for this and it is called Anzac day it is held on April 25. The battle of Somme, is the name given to battles fought…

On first glance Turtles can Fly might seem as a movie that will either pit you against the American invasion of Iraq or for it. You want to be for the American Invasion because the Kurdish people are looking forward to them taking the power from Iraq, one of the places that has been oppressing them. The people in the camp also hope that the American’s will help them set their national identity in stone. When they invaded at the end of the movie, the Americans took Saddam Hussein out of power and…