In many literary works or in the world around us, ancient mythology is alluded to in order to give a moral lesson. For instance, the story of the sirens from The Odyssey is used to show the dangers of temptation. Sailors pass though the land of the sirens to get
Massachusetts Bay Colony. Later on in life he died in April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, PA. Franklin attended
Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt the 26th president of the United States, was born at 33 East 20th Street in New York on October 27, 1858.His father was a man of
The life of Henry Knox Early Life Henry Knox was born on July 25, 1750 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the seventh of ten
A.K. Anthony once said “ There is no compromise when it comes to corruption. You have to fight it.” When there is corruption we often don't choose to compromise, we go to war first. Corruption can be conquered only by fighting it. We have to fight for what
Andersonville was a Confederate prison built in 1864 at Andersonville, Georgia. It was designed to hold Union prisoners of war during the Civil War. It was official named was Camp Sumter, however it’s better known as Andersonville. It was built from the ground up by local slave labor. At the time it was 10 ½ acres long and designed to hold about 10,000 men. The camp was enclosed out of 15 to 17 inch hewed pine logs. Along the walls were guard towers (referred to as pigeon roosts by the inmates) placed every 90 feet around the stockade walls.
Many people seek to find passion in their life, something they feel gives them drive or purpose. Many only find one, if any at all. Eli Gershkovitch, however, has found three, all while making a booming business in the process. Eli Gershkovitch's interests run the gamut from brewing to aviation to Law and all seem to inextricably intertwine themselves. His interest in craft brewing tied itself greatly to his legal knowledge, experience and landmarks in life. Following his graduation from the University of Toronto's law school in 1987 Eli Gershkovitch began a European tour kicked off a series of events that would bud into a brewing empire.
John Quincy Adams was our 6 th president in office. John Was born on July 11, 1767 in Braintree Massachusetts. He was the second child and first son of the
birth date is 4/19/1721 and he passed on 7/23/1793. He was born in Massachusetts and he moved to
Ernesto Schiaparelli Nationality: Ernesto Schiaparelli was born on July 12, 1856 in Occhieppo Inferiore, Italy. His father, Louis was a professor of ancient history at the University of Turin thus resulting Schiaparelli to have a close connection to history at a young age. Schiaparelli started his studies with Francesco Rossi at the University of Turin however, continued to study them in Paris in the years of 1877 and 1880 with Gaston Maspero, a French Egyptologist.
Benedict Arnold The name Benedict Arnold has become a synonym for a traitor to one's country. In the first years of the American Revolution, however, Arnold was a brilliant and dashing general, highly respected for his service to the patriot cause (see Revolution, American). Benedict Arnold was born on Jan. 14, 1741, in Norwich,
Vanzetti was being tried under Massachusetts' felony-murder rule, but no direct evidence had been tied Vanzetti's .38 nickel-plated Harrington & Richardson five-shot revolver to the crime scene. The only question that arouse with it was that the slain guard apparently had one identical in type and appearance, but was missing from the crime scene. No witness testified to seeing anyone take the gun. Additionally, witnesses to the payroll shooting had described Berardelli as reaching for his gun on his hip when he was cut down by pistol fire from the robbers, but his holster was empty when the body was found. There were other attempts made at proving he had stolen the gun, but not proper evidence or complete advance was able to be shown.
Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1755 or 1757 (the exact date is unknown) in Charlestown, Nevis,
He was born in January 17 1706 and died in his sleep in 1790 and buried at a church in Philadelphia PA.
Felix Frankfurter was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and the only immigrant on such a post. This famous law scholar was born in Vienna, Austria on November 15, 1882. He immigrated to the United States with his family in 1894. He died in Washington, D. C. on February