Located in the heart of Brandywine Valley, Wilmington Downtown is near all the things to do in Wilmington DE and central to the area's cultural and business centers. Relaxing and charming, the historic Brandywine Valley leaves city life where it finds it... just a short drive away. Visitors come here to enjoy the cultural treasures, the beautiful scenery, the food and country casual way of life. Historic mansions, museums and beautiful public gardens are just a short drive away; plus, the excitement of downtown Philadelphia is only 24 miles from our
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.
Before the 1880s, the are of eastern Brooklyn that was to become Brownsville was known as New Lots. This territory was primarily farmland, but it was also the location of the city’s largest waste dump, as well as the site of several facilities that supplied stone and other building materials. In its early history, New Lots had a diverse population. English and Irish settlers, Jewish immigrants, and a small number of African-Americans farmed the land. Others were attracted to the area by the open space and relatively fresh fresh air it provided. Brownsville at one time was a place for waste-disposal, a tenement slum, a haven for Jews before they were accepted, the cradle of a major crime origination, a testing-ground for public-housing and
On March 16th, an alleged rape occurs at Rockville High School, in Rockville Maryland. A freshman at the age of 14 was allegedly raped by Jose Montano, age 17 and Sanchez-Milan, age 18. The 2 students who are illegal undocumented immigrants from Central America were enrolled at Rockville High school as freshman. The 2 men lacked English skills for reasoning of their enrollment at a lower grade at their age. The 2 grown men raped the underage girl in the boys bathroom during school hours and were both charged with 1st degree rape. This crime is being seen by many reporters, parents, and legislators across the state. By this incident many schools have started to take extreme precautions to keep students school life safe. By taking these minor steps many students' safety will increase and this incident will also bring justice to the state of Maryland education and immigrant laws.
The quite historic Gray County, located in Texas, was established in 1876, and got its fabulous name in honor of Peter W. Gray; he was mainly involved in politics and made a great lawyer, always being compatible with the law. Gray County is just north of Donley County, south of Roberts County, west of Wheeler County, east of Carson County, and is found in the diverse High Plains region. The exquisite town, Pampa is proud to call itself the “County Seat of Gray County, Texas”. Gray County currently owns natural gas and rich oil industries. Furthermore, the amazing Gray County gets an average of twenty-three inches of rain and fourteen inches of snow each year. In Gray County, the highest temperature in July is ninety-two degrees Fahrenheit and
Little Cottonwood Canyon is a site bursting with geological history, rock formations earthquake potential on the fault, prehistoric glacial formations, landslides, and many hazards associated with it. The Wasatch fault is bound to have a enormous earthquake in the future and has left behind numerous scars. The mountains have been engraved by glacial formations dated back to the Ice Age (~14,000 years ago). Rock falls and landslides have left hefty boulders as indication of erosion and moisture in the rocks. The hazards on this mountain range are mass wasting, radon, earthquakes, and flooding of Little Cottonwood Creek.
Would you have quit at Valley Forge? Residing in Valley Forge are 12,000 of approximately 25,000 men of the Continental Army. Led by the phenomenal general George Washington, many brave lives are volunteers to fight for independence. Although the Washington’s army was very hopeful, it was having difficulties parting from Britain. Lacking a settlement for the winter of 1777, half the army retreated to Valley Forge. As they were undergoing horrific times, Britain quartered pleasantly in Philadelphia just 18 miles Northwest. Conditions are horrible for Valley Forge, lacking necessities and military aid. Although the French provided money and troops soon after, it was not nearly enough for the camp. The odds aren’t even at all and a troop’s will
The air is filled with the smell of burning bodies. It is the winter of 1777, and my condition is getting worse as the days pass. Most of the soldiers here don’t rest that much so everyday they look weary. The winter at Valley Forge started on December 19, 1777 in Pennsylvania. The question I ask myself everyday is if I have served my 9 months should I reenlist or leave? I have decided to not re-enlist for three reasons which are smallpox and diseases, bad weather and starvation, and poor medication and treatment. I know that if I don’t re-enlist it could make a huge impact on the soldiers.
Serving in the military enables you to explore the country and experience different places, but none will be more enjoyable than Fayetteville North Carolina. The city of Fayetteville, North Carolina is located next to Fort Bragg Army Installation base. It is the home to the largest military paratrooper installation in the continental United States with over thirty thousand soldiers and also contains over one hundred thousand family members. With its immense populations comes the various types of restaurant and eatery. Its location makes it a perfect starting point to visit state/cities like Florida in the south and New York City in the north.
West Virginia was the 35th state in the United States on June 20, 1863 and it’s the mountain state. This state usually ranks up to the top ten apple production. The states bird is the Northern Cardinal, Flower Rhododendron, animal black bear, tree sugar maple, colors old gold, blue and song is Carry me back to old Virginia. West Virginia is home to More than 1.85 people. In West Virginia about 82% is livestock and 18% is crops. This state was separated from Virginia State during the civil war. West Virginia is located in the middle of the Appalachian Mountains.
Cold winters, nasty cookery, worn out shoes, and lack of support was the definition of valley forge. My winter at valley forge was a difficult time, not just for me, but as well as my fellow soldiers due to many factors. The question “ would you have re-enlisted?” determined many soldiers futures. I did not re-enlist due to three main reasons, deaths due to illness, harsh conditions, and lack of support.
“The time is now at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are or be Freemen or Slaves.” -George Washington. It all started on a cold and wintry day in December. Soldiers began to make a winter camp at Valley Forge, about 18 miles west of Philadelphia.In October Washington's army retreated from Boston and New York in October, and just recently had failed in keeping the British out of Philadelphia. Philadelphia is the Forming Nation's Capitol. The army retreated to Valley forge, where they would stay for the next many months.They would stay until they could defeat the British in Philadelphia, in which the British set up base comfortably. I am a 9 month soldier, and my contract ends on March first.
I find myself one of George Washington’s soldiers fighting for the rebels at Valley Forge. Valley Forge is a hard place to live and especially fight, but something’s make more of an impact than other things here. One is that our hearts are constantly filled with smoke and our eyes are constantly affected by this. Another is a sickness, we have thousands of men sick here and many have already died. And one of the main things is that we are running very low on meat and quality food and we are eating low protein food. But despite those things I still have a hard decision to make soon I will have to decide to reenlist or not and go home to my family. I believe that I will reenlist for three reasons which are I need to provide for my family and
Techniques- Facilitated Dialogue, with the audience “What are some motives for you leaving one place or another?”
My essay is about the Spotsylvania county courthouse Battlefield rumor has it that there is paranormal activity such as moaning and more read my essay if you want to learn about the spotsylvania courthouse battlefield also known as ‘’Bloody Angle’’
The paper your about to read is going to be about “The Salem Trails” and why they happened in that time frame. So if you don’t know or have already have knowledge on this here some more for you to get a hold of in the next couple of paragraphs. The purpose of this paper is to get and gather more information on the topic to give readers a sense of what happened in 1600’s because it’s very shocking. But through the leader’s exposure of the witches, they got a new sense of power over the female even though the women of the 1600’s were second class as it was, and then they got the power to kill the women accused of witchcraft, but most of all the more witches they had the more money they could get per witch.