Monroe County

In the late 1940s, Arthur Miller created a unique play - "Death of a Salesman", which is still very popular in different parts of the world. According to the play, the action takes place in Brooklyn, in the postwar years, at the end of the 1940s. The play tells us about the 60 years old, unhappy salesman Willy Loman, his family, and his misunderstanding of achieving the American Dream. We see four main characters: Willy Loman - the father of the family, Linda - his wife, Biff and Happy - his…

Every second. Every minute. Every hour. Every day. History is creating, sometimes recreating, itself. In today’s world it is common for most people to learn about history in a classroom, through a textbook and teacher. It seems silly or irrelevant to learn of the past in any other way than what we were prior taught in grade school and high school; However, there are other available sources to learn about history. One way that may not seem very familiar is through songs. Over the years many…

A poster from the early 1950’s titled The Sex Impulse and Achievement reads, “The sex instinct in a boy or man makes him want to act, dare, possess, strive…when controlled it gives ENERGY, ENDURANCE, FITNESS.” The poster features the image of track stars jumping over hurdles which is the perfect allusion to represent American society’s view of sex in the 1950’s and prior. Sex was seen as something necessary but dirty and taboo; sex was something you kept behind closed doors. The unclean aspect…

Marie-Juliette Olga Boulanger, better known as Lili Boulanger, was sister to Nadia Boulanger who is regard as one of the most influential pedagogues of the 20th century. Though Lili Boulanger's impact on the musical world maybe not have been as numerous as her sister's, it was not due to lack of talent but time: most of her life she lived with poor health and died at the age of 25 in 1918. In the short time she was alive, she became the first woman to receive the coveted Prix de Rome in 1913 for…

Billy Wilder is an American film maker who has produced more than 30 films in his lifetime. Three films in particular though have caught critic’s eyes everywhere. Double Indemnity, made in 1944, The Seven Year Itch, made in 1955, and Some like it hot, made in 1959. Billy Wilder’s style in his films could be described as comic in most of his films but some of them like Double Indemnity could be described as dark as it is a film noir. Over the decades Billy Wilder’s films do improves in style. In…

saw the potential in him and through Esso paid for half of the mechanical lessons. The Coffee Shop Pappas and Sons Coffee Shop were officially turned over to a younger John Pappas. Alex, the dreamer, and businessman would help James Monroe establish dream call Monroe, the…

which marked a period in the political history that reflected a sense of national purpose and unity. The two biggest factors that contributed to this period were James Monroe’s presidency and the ending of the Napoleonic wars. The presidency of James Monroe was marked by an economic upbringing, the separation between the Federalist and Republican party, and feelings of success after the victory in the War of 1812. However, even though it was a period of “good feelings” due to the one-party…

You may not believe it, but a famous movie actress invented the idea of wifi! This was the actress Hedy Lamar. She was voted most desirable women by soldiers in the 1940s. She didn't want to be known for her looks, she wanted to be know for her brains also. So, Hedy Lamar invented frequency hopping. Frequency hopping is a secret communication used to guide torpedoes. She showed it to the Navy, but they told her it wouldn't work. She then watched in silence as other inventors took her invention…

Now begins the story of James monroe was important president though you may not think that he was because of the common knowledge of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln he has history to. So James monroe was born April 28, 1758 thus the story has begun. So James Monroe was in the democratic republican party as in for the details about the party. This party was created to support the constitution and it worked because now we under the constitution’s rules. My thoughts about the party it's a…

John Quincy Adams was an ardent expansionist. What actions did he support to help the United States become the “first and mightiest nation in the world”? While James Monroe’s secretary of state he drafted part of the Monroe Doctrine which “would oppose any further efforts at colonization by European powers in the Americas” (Foner 386) This would ensure that the U.S would not get involved in any further conflicts with European powers whilst expanding westward as well as establishing diplomatic…