When hearing the national anthem being played I felt like time slowed down as I was thinking of all the blood sweat and tears I did to get there. I remember the days I had to swim over 10,000 yards in one day. The days I had to wake up at 5am in the morning to work out and swim before school. Everything I did to live up to this moment. Hearing each note of the national anthem crystal clear as i closed my eyes I could see the memories of me as a child at the YMCA being the only advanced one
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The sinking of the Titanic The sinking of the Titanic was one of the most horrific events that ever occurred,but who was responsible for it? Captain Edward J. Smith was the cause of the Titanic sinking. The Titanic’s operators had received multiple iceberg warnings, but when they told Captain Smith, he remained at full speed and he said, “ Besides, what danger could a few pieces of ice present to an unsinkable ship?” Obviously Captain Smith didn’t take all these warnings from every other ship
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“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a b***h off the field right now. He is fired. He’s fired!” voiced Donald Trump. According to CNN news, on Friday Sept. 22 at a rally for senator Luther Alabama, Trump condemned football players who either sit or protest in some way during the national anthem—and chastised the NFL owners for not coming down harder on them. These comments were in response to NFL players kneeling during
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Captain smith was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he was ultimately responsible for every single person on the ship. Despite some people saying that Ismay was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he didn’t give all of the iceberg warnings to the captain and he was the captains boss. I still believe that Smith was ultimately responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he dismissed seven iceberg warnings, he was also caught drinking hours before the ship crashed
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Francis Bellamy produced The Pledge of Allegiance In the year of August 1892 and President Eisenhower, got Congress to added the phrase under God into the Pledge of Allegiance. However, in 1954, in response to the Communist threat of the times, President Eisenhower encouraged Congress to add the words "under God," forming the 31-word pledge (Pintér, 2006). Still, are numerous of people who are against flag for they don't believe in the words God and are confused of t the meaning of the flag and heritage
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The take extremely controversial taking a knee debate continues. The players who decided to protest and take a knee are well protected under the first amendment. The constitution delegates that if the government isn’t living up to ideals of freedom, liberty and justice protesting is justified. Therefore, refusing to stand for the pledge, in order to to draw attention to the issues of racial injustices are justified. The biggest conflict with taking a knee was it’s deemed as a disrespect to the
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United States Supreme Court Case Research Paper Texas v. Johnson The American flag. It’s arguably the most iconic American symbol. Even our national anthem includes the reference“whose broad stripes and bright stars”. In this song, lyricist Francis Scott Key isn't just mentioning how the flag looked at the time. He’s alluding to a deeper meaning. This flag is not only a symbol of a country, but of a brave and heroic people who defend their country’s citizens and freedoms. This illustrates the
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“I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America... and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all” (Bellamy). The pledge of Allegiance is what almost every student in the nation recites or had recited every morning from the day they start school till the day they graduate, but why is it that we don’t truly mean what we say? The adults now that have formed rules such as “Don’t ask don’t tell” and that gays should not be
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In the land of the free, there is no such thing as truly being a free soul. The government owns you like a slave master does a slave. In sports there is usually a brief pause before the game where everyone stands to pay respect to the American flag while the national anthem is played for all to hear, however, some people refuse to stand and pay respect to the flag as a way of fighting the system because of an injustice. The author believes that kneeling during the national anthem is a right that
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Aimee Waldrep Professor Lo-Verde Dropp English Composition II Section 006 2/15/2015 Archetypal Development of Star Trek’s Spock Spock, at first glance, is simply logical, unemotional and to an extent, without much personality. However his character is significantly developed through the course of episodes 1-14, as well as the rest of the series. Spock has elements of the archetypes of The Seeker as well as The Sage. He, along with the Enterprise crew, explores the unknown, and embraces learning
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