Memorial Hall

In the 1930s, Adams began to use his photographs in the cause of wilderness preservation. He was inspired by the increasing fault of Yosemite Valley by commercial development, including a pool hall, bowling alley, golf course, shops, and automobile traffic. He created a limited-edition book in 1938, Sierra Nevada: The John Muir Trail. His book and his testimony before Congress played a huge role, and Congress designated the area as a National…

They dynamited the Miners Union Hall protesting for right. The Ludlow Massacre was a protest on much of the same reasons as both groups of miners were protesting for higher pay Also in 1914 the Dublin Lockout in Ireland occured. There were tram strikes from the workers and two people…

displayed in Great Stair Hall which was finished just for these tapestries. *3 The area is very open and the presence of the twelve gigantic tapestries is so compelling, one could only imagine just how powerful Constantine was As you enter into the museum at the east entrance and approach the center of the Great Stair Hall, you will find hanging from the tall ceiling a 220 lb metal mobile designed in 1964 by Alexander Calder. *4 Also at the center of the Great Stair Hall atop a beautiful set of…

within the parish of Bulmer until 1986 when it became a separate parish. The village has many Grade II listed buildings, including the former reading room which dates from the eighteenth century. Above the old doorway is a working First World War memorial clock with the dedication inscription on the key­stone underneath. The bell-cote to the right of the centre stack houses the clock bell. The village’s red telephone box is also Grade II listed. The box is a type…

November 28th in Fairfax, VA, with concerts in Manassas, VA, Chicago, IL, New York, NY, Purchase, NY, and Portland, OR, before continuing in California with performances in Berkeley, Carmel, Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall, Sacramento, San Francisco, Santa Clara, Stanford’s Memorial Chapel, Oakland and Petaluma. American Public Media will broadcast excerpts taped at New York's St. Ignatius Loyola on over 300 member stations…

their crippling empire, taking with them traditions of elaborate storytelling via epic poems and song. Putting into meter the major events of their tribe’s history, the scops transmitted these epic poems and songs from generation to generation in mead-halls, central gathering places similar to the courts of monarchs. Through this transmission from one generation to the next, these stories developed exaggerated mythological elements, of which Beowulf is the only extant work from the period. Over…

Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan are two of the greatest shooting guards in NBA history. Although they played 8 games against one another, they were part of different eras, with Jordan’s career spanning 1984 – 2003 (with several periods of retirement between 1993 and 2003) and Bryant’s career beginning in 1996. Even though they were player from different era, but it was seem like one player in two different era. They were both 6 ft. 6, while Michael was 215lb Kobe weren’t far apart of 205lb.…

Gassed is a painting by John Singer Sargent, an American artist. Sargent was among several artists who were commissioned by the British War Memorial Committee of the British Ministry of Information. These painters were commissioned to create a large painting for the Hall of Remembrance, Sargent himself was asked to create a piece depicting Anglo-America co-operation. Sargent therefore traveled to the Western Front to gain inspiration for an epic piece which depicted many people; however, he…

Objectivity vs. Subjectivity in The Holocaust Museum Article The Holocaust was one of if not the most horrific set of events in human history. Jews were taken against their will by the Nazi party and forced into small concentration camps and ghettos. Over six million jews were killed before the Americans liberated the camps and the Jews were set free. In the article The Holocaust Museum by David Oliver Relin it shows many different objective and subjective key points. The objective evidence…

Trail tour in order to provide several unique perspectives of the freedom struggle that once took place in Boston and the United States as a whole. The Freedom Trail tour, Meeting, Mobs, and Martyrs takes visitors on a southbound tour from Faneuil Hall and covers the tension that arose between the United States and England,…