The Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall was constructed in 1982 in Washington D.C. and designed by Maya lin. This wall honors the service members who died fighting in the Vietnam War. During the 60’s over one third of Americans were against the war. Because of this, there were groups that lead anti-war protests. Many of these people where again the war because of the draft. I have known many people that where drafted during this time. One of those people was my farter who joined the Air Force because
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reality that while she was just a 21 years old student at Yale, in a period where immigrants were sidelined in most areas of society, she managed to excel and create a design that outdid her competition. Her journey in designing the Vietnam Veteran Memorial, which is now my most favorite piece of monument, is nothing short of inspirational. While watching the videos and explanations by Lee Mock and Anne Wagner, I could understand that while the piece may seem to have been a simple project, it was more
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The Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C., is a memorial to the dead and missing men and women who served in the Vietnam War in the late 1960’s and mid 1970’s. This war was hated by a majority of Americans and the returning soldiers bore a lot of the people’s bitter anger. Their memorial is a triumph of the veteran’s tribute to their fallen fellow soldier. Jan Scruggs served in this war and often had nightmares of the death of his comrades. He finally decided to build a memorial for them, listing
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Changed Forever For years, I have wanted to visit the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum. My youngest son had been there and was immensely touched by this. Therefore, I determined this assignment would be the perfect opportunity for me to visit and in turn write about it. Immediately, in all honesty, I understood that this memorial and museum was a dedication of peace and hope that will change you forever. The museum is a place of amazing transformation that offers a unique
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After reportedly suffering a heart attack from seeing a girl’s bared shoulder in school, 11th grader Bobby Jay died after he collapsed on the floor today. According to numerous bystanders at the scene, he saw the girl’s shoulder while joyfully walking to his history class and he glanced over because someone called his name. It was then that he saw the perpetrator's shoulder. He was only 17. The medics declared him dead at 12:38 p.m. The police started to investigate the situation to see if it was
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3y En THEME: THE BOMB Written paper for 25 August 2011: Answer all questions 1. Find information about Hiroshima. Hiroshima is city in Japan. Hiroshima gained city status on April 1st 1889. The United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. That was the first bomb to ever be dropped on a city. The bomb was dropped on a Monday, August 6, 1945. The Bomb, named Enola gay, directly killed an estimated 80,000 people. Therefor was the city very radioactive in its time and still is. About 90.000-140
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I attended the UCLA vs. Colorado football game on November 2, 2013 at the Rose Bowl. The UCLA Bruins are 6-2 overall and were expected to beat the Buffaloes by 24 points. Sponsors of the Rose Bowl and all events are: Honda, Sparkletts, myLowe’s, Rockstar energy drink, Vivid Seats, Fly Bur, Toro, Passion Growers, Farmer John, Coors Light, Coca-Cola, inside ucla with Jack Wang, Bank of the West, and Fiji water. Sponsors of the UCLA football team include Muscle Milk, Lowe’s, and NeuLion. I selected
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Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo. The Swimplex includes an eight-lane swimming pool, with a competitive area and spectator seating that accommodates up to 300 people. There is a concession area, as well as a male, female and alternate-need change room. The pool has a three-storey waterslide, springboards, a five-metre tower, and a separate shallow play area for young kids. Additionally, the heated swirlpool spa is a popular place to relax. The Waterloo Memorial Recreation
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Modernistic Views of the Nanjing Atrocity Introduction “Japanese people do not say something appropriate. When Iris Chang published her book ‘The Rape of Nanjing’ in 1997, an American ambassador gave explanation that Japanese is deeply repentant for accepting that they killed hundreds of thousands Chinese people. Did the Japanese representative really mean to take all criticisms without anything to say? Not only the representative of Japan but also we, the Japanese people, have a problem about explaining
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19 Apr 2015 Cultural Report Assignment 1. I attended the 2015 Earth day concert located in the national mall for my cultural report. The date was 18 Apr 2015 and began at 11am. The website for the event is http://www.earthday.org/globalcitizen2015earthday 2. This event was a free concert to support and promote Earth day around the world. There were over 30 activist and celebrities who were there to advocate taking action against the deforestation of the rainforest, climate change, and reducing
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