Parades

For my dance event, my boyfriend and I went to Parade the Circle at Wade Oval in Cleveland, Ohio. I decided to go to this event because Professor Deering recommended it, and I am so glad I listened to her. I had never heard of Parade the Circle before and had a blast with its diverse and eye-opening parade! Wade Oval is a large area of grass surrounded by a circular road behind the Cleveland Museum of Art. When I arrived at the event, I was a little overwhelmed by the number of things to do.…

morning fans of The Bachelor 2017 watched the Tournament of Roses Parade, and they were all expecting to see Nick Viall on the float. They watched patiently and then the float for The Bachelor came on. Then everyone was shocked that Nick Viall was nowhere to be seen. The big premiere of his show is tonight and Nick wasn't there doing what everyone expected. So where was Nick Viall? The best ‘Bachelor’ float at the 2017 Rose Parade didn’t come from the show itself https://t.co/mZgJwe6of4 —…

and respect towards the LGBT Community is one of the most controversial, but needed changes in the United States, and respectively over 20,000 gay-rights activist took the streets of New York City on June 13, 2016 for the city’s annual Gay Rights Parade; an iconic photo was taken that highlights three rhetorical appeals that helps convince people of my argument that gays should be completely equal as everyone else. The emotional appeal in Figure 1 is shown through a group of very diverse and…

the city with the leadership it needed in order to affectively deal with the influenza outbreak. The second failure of Philadelphia was its holding of a Liberty Bond Parade on September 28, 1918. Higgins affirms that this parade was one of the major reasons the outbreak became out of hand. He feels that had the city not held the parade, at the suggestion of a few people, the mortality rate would have been significantly lower, more prolonged and many of the issues that the city faced might have…

vote during the Women’s Suffrage Movement. An example of one of these methods is the parade in Washington D.C. The parade took place on the same day as Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration as president of the United States. There were huge crowds on both sides of the streets. Hundreds of women marched in the parade, they carried banners, rode on floats and college graduates wore their graduation gowns. During the parade men on the sides of the streets were drinking. Because of this, the men became…

There were tireless hours of preparation that went into the parade. Alice Paul and Lucy Burns stayed up into the late hours of the night to finish tasks that could not be finished later, quite frequently. Finally the day arrived for the parade and what a day it was. There were around 5,000 marchers, but they had to fight their way to the finish as there was opposition awaiting them down the parade route. Some of the marchers had tears brought to their eyes from the insults that were hurled…

Bart Station, in order to take BART to the Warriors Parade in downtown Oakland. I first attempted to park at the BART station, but the lot was full. I parked just before 10:00am and caught the train from El Cerrito Plaza to Lake Merritt Station to catch the parade near the end. It took about 30 minutes to get from where I parked to where I watched the parade (21 minute BART Ride).The parade began at 10:00am ended around 12:30pm. After the parade ended, I returned to the Lake Merritt Station.…

Dominican Identities. Interestingly, Jennifer and I share similar interests regarding where we both fit in the American culture and how our urban experiences have shaped our multiple Dominican identities. As for me, both the public celebration of the parade and the space of the Murphy Institute have “helped give form to, and construct” my identity as a Dominican American in the United States because it is here that I’ve been able to exert my right to an education (Krohn-Hasen, 2012, p.190). “We…

What Is Flag Day? Flag Day is a holiday that is celebrated every year on June 14th. The purpose of this holiday is to celebrate the adoption of the American Flag, which took place in 1777. June 14th is also the date that the United States Army was established. How Flag Day Became A Holiday A teacher in Wisconsin reportedly came up with the idea for flag day in 1885. In 1916, a proclamation was issued by President Woodrow Wilson and June 14th was established as the official Flag Day. June 14th…

My mother was well known in a rural town in Mexico. I remember being selected at six years old to try on a special dress for the annual parade, which meant I would symbolize Virgin Mary. When I was given the role, I felt a great deal of responsibility to do everything correctly. As my float drove through the main streets, I carried the heavy doll by using every fiber in my being hold my arm up; I could tell the symbolism behind the doll I was carrying meant a lot to my community, and I did not…