Ted Kennedy

There are many people in this world we call leaders. If they are leaders they will go above and beyond for any circumstance. Leaders are usually remembered for what they have done and what they will do. I have two particularly in mind. The two leaders I am speaking of are Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., presented a speech titled “I Have A Dream”. “I Have A Dream” is a public speech delivered by American Civil Rights August 28, 1963.…

inspiration for protest music in the sixties, even greater than the Civil Rights Movement, was the Vietnam War. Starting around 1957 and lasting till 1975, standing as America’s longest war, Vietnam was first established when US President John F. Kennedy showed support of South Vietnam, whose neighbor, North Vietnam, was trying to take over and convert them to communism. Three different presidents were in office over the entirety of the war, JFK, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard Nixon. With the…

To explore the discussion on the great irony of American history, first we must understand how Niebuhr defines irony. He states that, “irony consists of apparently fortuitous incongruities in life which are discovered, upon closer examination, to not be merely fortuitous. If virtue becomes vice through some hidden defect In the virtue; if strength becomes weakness because of the vanity to which strength may prompt the mighty man or nation; if security is transmuted into insecurity because too…

Edward Estlin Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts on October 14, 1894 to Rebecca Haswell Clarke and Edward Cummings. He attended public schools in Cambridge and graduated from Harvard University where he earned a BA in 1915 and an MA in 1916 for Classical Studies and English. During World War I, because he was a conscientious objector, Cummings volunteered for the Norton-Haries Ambulance Corps as an ambulance driver in Paris, France. Five months after receiving his assignment, he…

Knowing that Cuba was growing more of a threat by the minute, President Kennedy was being pressured to make a move that would hopefully stop Castro’s revolution. The solution to this was an operation named the Bay of Pigs which occurred in 1956. JFK found this perfect because the Eichmann administration had used this same strategy…

why they had missiles in Cuba. They main reason as to why the soviets placed was to bargain with USA. They believed that Kennedy was a weak and novice leader. Khrushchev believe that due he could bully Kennedy into submission and a major part to this was his nuclear weapons being in Cuba. He thought with nuclear missiles so close to America he could make any demands and Kennedy would have to give into them therefore USSR would eventually win the Cold War. Khrushchev thought he would hold the…

“So you young men and women in this room tonight, and in thousands of other rooms like this one about the earth today, have the power to change the world, rid it forever or war and injustice and suffering, provided you know how, know what to do.” On May 28, 1951 William Faulkner gave a speech to the graduating class of University High School, in this speech Faulkner enables many feelings of hope and courage for the future. He brings about a sense of confidence as well, that this generation has…

My entrepreneur, Andrew Carnegie, was a Captain of Industry. His philanthropy, and compassion to others shows his Captain of Industry side. However he committed some Robber Baron-like acts. Notably, Mr. Carnegie assured all his workers jobs, according to Resource 2. This is a Captain of Industry- like act because it shows that he wanted to make sure his workers can support their families. In addition to what was previously stated, Mr. Carnegie erected over 2,500 public libraries according…

Marcus Luttrell, the author and protagonist of Lone Survivor was born in Houston,Texas on November 7, 1975. At the age of fourteen he began training with a former army veteran named Billy shelton, so that maybe one day he would be in the navy seals. After high school, Luttrell went on to study international business at the University of Sam Houston State. After college and boot camp, Luttrell enlisted in the U.S. Navy in March of 1999. His hard work and determination led him into getting his…

Margret Thatcher's sole purpose of writing her eulogy was to make the American people remember all of the great deeds Ronald Reagan did for the country. She comforted the grieving nation by sharing her own personal experiences that had with the now deceased president. Along with this, Thatcher also uses repetition to get her point across to the American people. Thatcher uses direct quotes from the late president in order to show how much of an influence he had on the country. In the beginning…