Six Flags Great America

August 11th, a white flag was shown hanging from the statue, symbolizing defeat and surrender. One protestor (who lives and works in downtown Wilmington) exclaimed, “It doesn’t have too much of an effect on me except my empathy” … “There is no context as to why it’s displayed. It’s a participation trophy for someone on the wrong side of history. It needed some context and the white surrender flag gives it context. A war was fought here and this stuff happened, but the white flag gives it…

Wilson once said, “It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war… but the right is more precious than peace and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried on our hearts” (Jackson). Germany 's lack of respect for Americas right of neutrality, the evidence for the Zimmermann telegraph, and Americas connection with the Allies led the U.S. to join the war the American people tried so hard to avoid (Sloan 2). Americas goal was to save the world through their…

Charles Henry Davis was an important U.S. naval officer, scientist, and mathematician. Davis was born on January 16, 1807, in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1821, Davis enrolled into the prestigious Harvard University. His time there was short, however, as he stayed for only two years before leaving to become a midshipman in the U.S. navy. Davis was naturally gifted as a shipman, and moved up to become a lieutenant in 1834 (“Charles Henry Davis” 313). He spent several years dedicating himself to his…

land humans on the Moon and then safely return them back to Earth. There were six lunar missions in total: Apollo 8, Apollo 10, Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 13, Apollo 14, Apollo 15, Apollo…

officer for looking "suspicious." We looked "suspicious" because the way we were dressed supposedly. I was only trying to have a good time with my friends but, this was the day my perception on police officers dramatically changed. On a summer night six of my friends and I wanted to go see this new movie that just hit theatres. "Project Alminac," a movie that brought back it's characters in time to fix the past, but little did they know they were messing up reality. All of my friends and I…

Well, that is the story of what I did before going to Haiti. Just knowing that you have ethnicity in your bloodline just made me want to engage into learning about the island and culture. The saying goes know your roots and where you come from. In America we constantly hear about other countries and Haiti is one of them especially after the Earthquake that kills and injured thousands of people. Since then Haiti has been doing its best to rebuild up the country. Let the adventures began to…

move out into Wisconsin because the regiments service time was over. The regiment arrived in Milwaukee and was mustered out on August the 21st, the original strengths had been 810 but with three deaths, five desertions, seven transfers, and seventy-six discharged then end number was…

answered quietly” (). The suffragists were faithful to their motive of politeness while holding their flags. The colors of the banners looked very similar to the ones suffragists held in pictures, with purple writing and quotes by Wilson himself. Others, both from pictures and the film, said, “Mr. President what will you do for woman suffrage?” In addition, the actors wore sashes and held suffrage flags with their campaign colors: purple, white and gold. The picketing lasted for 18 months,…

treasure chest depending on how much you read. I remember there was always a week called “TV Turn Off Week” where you couldn’t watch TV for a full week and instead read a certain amount of hours. At the end, you would receive a ticket to Six Flags Great America. There were rules though; you were not allowed to read…

Crash consumer spending and investing dropped. These declines lead to less industrial output and resulted in rising unemployment as companies were forced to lay off workers. By 1930, four million Americans were out of work; by 1931, that number was six million. In 1933, the worst year of the depression, it is estimated that 13 to 15 million Americans didn’t have jobs. That was roughly 25 percent of the country 's population at the time.22 Workers…