A Great Way to Honor Great Americans
If you were given the task to build a museum to honor Great Americans, how would go about it? How would it look? Who would be featured? How you wanted to be perceived? Founder of the Hall of Fame had the honor to build such a museum. The Hall of Fame for Great Americans was created around the early 1900s, on land that used to be New York university’s campus. The Hall of Fame honors Ninety-eight men and women who were; inventors, educators and authors to name a few, in a form of bronze busts. The busts were engraved with their name, the year they were born, the year of their death and a statement made by them. The people who founded and designed the Hall of Fame were paying tribute to Rome and Greece,
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Why is this so important? It’s important because the founder was wanted it to feel similar as being on top of Mount Olympus. The whole design for this museum shows they wanted to pay tribute to the Roman and Greek architecture. From the columns, to the curve of the walk through and to the statues themselves. All point to these two eras from which were America’s inspiration for our government. The Hall of Fame sits on top of its version on Mt. Olympus with the Gould Memorial library behind it being Pantheon, shows that the founder was a democrat or favor democracy over republican. This could be a small acknowledgement they were trying to make with the placement of the Hall of Fame. Greece’s democracy and Rome’s republican heavily influenced America’s government. That was the message the both the founder and designer were trying to make when this museum was built.
The lack of African Americans and the low number of women present in the Hall of Fame, shows how society was in the 1900’s. Looking at of ninety-eight busts, you can notice ninety-five are white Americans and eighty- eight are men. Which leaves ten women and three African Americans. Around the 1900’s seeing mainly men being honored was not a big thing, them also being white was also not. African American and Women weren’t seen as important, around the early 1900’s they were still fighting to be heard. Even though at that point
George Brett, Carl Yastrzemski, Paul Moliter, Dave Winfield, Joe Carter, and Eddie Murray were all able to extend their careers as designated hitters. This affects the way players are inducted into the hall of fame. A player with declining physical abilities in the National League will simply be put on the bench and become a substitute. While in the American League, that same player could keep getting the same number of at bats by being switched to the Designated Hitter. As a result, American League players are being inducted into the hall of fame more often because their statistics are aided by the DH rule. American League Pitchers can go deeper into games because they don’t need to be lifted for a pinch hitter. American League pitchers can concentrate on just pitching; they don’t have to go to the plate and bat. They may be more likely to intimidate opposing batters by aggressively pitching inside and even hit batters without fear of being thrown at themselves, knowing that they personally will not have to enter the batter’s box and deal with possible retaliation from the opposing pitcher.
This magnificent man was our first president. He was the first born child of his mother but not his father. His father was Augustine Washington, but had two other boys and one girl with his former wife Jane Butler who died in 1730. Augustine remarried Mary Ball in 1731 and on February 22, 1732 they had George Washington. In 1743 Augustine died and left Mary to take care of all the children they had together and the children he had with Jane. He had a total of ten children. George was only eleven when his father died and had to look up to his older half brother Lawrence for guidance. Lawrence tutored and tried to give George as much of an education he could. George was excited and ambitious to start
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) generally enters into legal disputes related to Bill of Rights issues.
At the end of Jackie’s Rookie season he was named the National League Rookie of the Year as a colored man! That year Jackie got 12 homers, a league-leading 29 steals, and a .297 average. In 1949, he was selected as the NL's Most Valuable player of the Year and he won the batting title with a .342 average the same year. Jackie was Picked and put into the MLB Hall of Fame in 1962. Jackie Robinson's life and legacy will be remembered as one of the most important in American history.
Jackie Robinson was the reason why more African Americans were allowed to play in the MLB. When one team, the Brooklyn Dodgers, realized that many African American baseball players that were in the Negro baseball Leagues were a lot better than the white players in the MLB. So the Dodgers decided to take a risk and sign the best African American player, Jackie Robinson. Jackie Robinson proved to everyone that they can play and he turned out out to be one of the greatest players of all time. If it weren't for Jackie Robinson other African Americans would have never been able to get into the
“Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten, and be considered a good performer.” - Ted Williams. When referring to all time greats in the world of baseball you will hear about the likes of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, Hank Aaron, Jackie Robinson, and Ernie Banks. None of these men have the most hits in baseball’s storied history. The man that does, however, is not in the Hall of Fame.
Since entering SMU in the fall of 2013 I have had the honor and privilege of meeting some of the most outstanding indivuals. SMUs black population represents the crème of the crop. I say this because despite the numerous obstacles that society has placed in our way, we are all still here. We represent countless black people that continue to fight in the battle against oppression. When there isn’t a way we make a way. We make spaces for ourselves such as ABS, NPHC, SSS and BME. I have gone to numerous forums, meetings, film showings, service events, fish fry’s, barbeques, step shows, talent shows, church outings, teas, demonstrations, fundraisers and numerous other events with the goal of supporting my black brothers and sisters. The black community
Jackie Robinson has broken many records in baseball in the past, and was a great baseball player. He had a career batting average of .311 with the Dodgers; compiled .333 batting average as National League All-Star; helped the Dodgers win six national league pennants and one World Series. (Jackie Robinson, 1994) Not only was he just an idol, he was also a great player who could play baseball. The reason that makes Jackie Robinson such an iconic person is that he broke the color line in professional baseball and paved the way for the entry of black players into all professional sports. (Jackie Robinson, 1994) This helped people in many ways, such as helping more people getting new jobs,
2nd Main Point: Threw Jackies career he won many awards including batting titles, most valuable player and later inducted into the hall of fame the first African American to accomplish many
Although I heard of the Hall of Fame, I never seen it nor did I know anything about it. I learned that the founders of the hall of fame were Dez TFA, vulcon, part TDS, Ray Rodriguez and Skeme. The wall located at the Jackie Robinson playground started because Ray Rodriguez got them a wall as a promise not to be tag on his business. He got them a permission wall but it wasn’t a wall that anyone could tag. The graffiti taggers from the community started to the Rules were that only people with “status” were allowed to go into the wall making it be a development for those who are the Kings of graffiti now.
Benito Mussolini once said, “War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.” People hear “Nobility” and think this is the way to describe someone who has earned top honors from the highest of the land. This is not the case. The American Hall of Fame association has recently created a “Nobility” award to any historical figure, living or dead, who has done this country a great deed. Marquis de Lafayette, American Revolution hero, deserves the “Nobility” award for numerous reasons, including gathering French aid to win the American revolution despite being threatened by the king of Great Britain.
Historian Arthur Schlesinger said the team Imperial Presidency is when a president uses more power than the Constitution allows, and were able to avoid the checks and balances of our constitutional system. In this paper, I am going to explore three presidents who many feel were imperial presidents. While doing the research I was surprised how many great presidents had people make a case that they were an imperial president. For example, I read many articles about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln running imperial presidency. Abraham Lincoln is widely considered one of our greatest presidents. The three presidents that I am going to focus my paper on are Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and George W. Bush.
I decided to add this short video that I found from the college library showing snippets of Theodore Roosevelt's funeral. I thought this to be most appropriate in a museum thread that's dedicated to honoring such a great President. Furthermore, It's amazing to be able to see back into history through video. If you decide to watch it, I suggest taking a good look at the surroundings such as the cars and apparel of the
Brackenridge worked with Princeton classmate Philip Freneau, who emerged during the 1770s with the determination to emphasize the new ideals of American culture. They both collaborated in writing A Poem, or The Rising Glory of America (1771), which became the longest and most complex poems commemorating the future of America. Their work with many other literatures wrote about the expectations of republican America. After writing The Rising Glory of America, Brackenridge viewed the Revolution as an attempt to establish a new social institution, which meant new talents and ability. He thought as republican author he was oblige to guide citizens to achieve this view of the Revolution. However, his works from 1775 to 1779 became more of propaganda
Do you know what one of the most important structures to mankind history is? The Colosseum. The importance of the Colosseum, otherwise known originally as the Flavian Amphitheatre, was that many of the materials, styles, and architecture were inspiring to many architects and designers constructing today’s modern facilities and structures.