A Day That Has Been Celebrated For Over 200 Years

Mexico’s Independence Day Mexico celebrates many holidays and traditions, one of its most celebrated events is “El Dia de la Independcia de Mexico, El Grito de Dolores” also referred to as the Independence of Mexico, the Cry of Dolores. This national holiday celebrates the day Mexico won their freedom from the Spaniard rule in September 16, 1810. Miguel Hidalgo a priest was one of the nation’s great leaders during the War of Independence in Mexico. During Hidalgos time in Dolores the north-central

Earlier this year, thousands of indigenous Australians and activist marched in major cities across Australia, arguing that January 26 shouldn’t be celebrated as its marks a day of mourning for many people. Thousands of Aboriginal people and activist protest in Melbourne arguing the date of Australia day must be altered. A Sky News report revealed that several protests turned violent with an Australian flag set alight in Sydney and Melbourne, and protesters likening the day to the bombing of Hiroshima

Turkey has more than 120,000 Christians, it includes 80,000 Armenian 35,000 Roman Catholics, 17,000 Assyrian, 4,000 Assyrians of the Chaldean Catholic, 3,000 - 4,000 Greek Orthodox, 10,000 Antiochian Greeks. There are also 349 active churches. There are three main groups of Christianity: Catholicism, Orthodoxy and Protestantism. Catholic churches are controlled by bishops and are close with the Pope. With more than 1.1 billion members, the Catholic Church is the largest church representing over half

differ from the rest. “I want to be HAPPY!” Since its establishment, the United States has been known as a melting pot of cultures. The ability to act the way we want, believe in what we want, and be who we want, has become the most important facet of American life. The Founding Fathers of this country desired to create a place in which people could follow their dreams. Egalitarianism and equality has percolated American history in numerous instances. During the colonial period, multiple revolutionaries

dominance. All of this was just a prelude to the unstoppable tide of Islam which washed over northern India at the end of the 12th century. Mohammed Bakhtiar Khalzhi from Turkistan captured Bengal in 1199 with only 20 men. That was just the beginning. The journey of Bangladesh goes on. Today here I am going to state the changes I have experienced through my life. So it will be a comparison between the last of

Americans have been using the penny every day for over 200 years, so how could Americans just abolish it now? The penny has been an important part of our history in the United States. It still shows the face of Abraham Lincoln, a very important president, and civil rights activist who wrote the Gettysburg Address, and abolished slavery. Abolishing the penny would lead to economic problems, and harm several charities in the United States. If 68% of American adults favor keeping the penny, then why

all started at a dinner party outside of Paris,France. The French Revolution begun in 1789, thirteen years after Americans claimed their independence. A guy named Laboulaye wanted to make a statement in political freedom in France, but he needed to do it in a way that he wouldn't get himself thrown in jail. He couldn’t help but dream: what if France gave America an amazing monument that celebrated Liberty. One of Laboulaye’s dinner guests was a sculptor. The sculptor’s name was Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi

to a week's’ worth of bad decisions. This is Oktoberfest. How unique a festival it may be, you have to wonder where it all started. Believe it or not but this festival has been an ongoing tradition for the last 200 years. Started in the early 1800’s it originates in Germany. This manic event has leaped across continents and has become a very engrossed tradition of United States. Oktoberfest might just look like a drunk friends get together from an outsider… and it is… but beyond the beer its history

that I celebrate it in Paris. Why Paris? I’d never been particularly connected to the city; I liked the place, it is true, and haven’t been there since 1992, worse, plus grave, as Alan had well remembered, and my novel Hierosgamos well confirmed: I had never been there with a lover, I was never in love with anyone on the Seine riverbank, if you know what I mean.

South Pacific Ocean. Peru is about 1.28 million square kilometers. There are three major regions in Peru: a narrow coastal belt, the wide Andean mountains and the Amazon Basin. The coast is mostly a desert, but contains Peru's major cities. The Andes has two main ranges - Cordillera Occidental and Oriental. Oriental includes Peru's highest mountain called Huascaran, it a peaks out at 22,200ft. On the east side is the Amazon Basin, a region of tropical lowland, the water there is carried out by the Maranon