Fairfax, The Uprising Of The City

To its proud citizens, Vicksburg was the “Queen City of the Bluff” and center, as one f them wrote, of them wrote, of “culture, education and luxury”. All this to change with coming of the war. (Brann 81)

Just ten years later another significant uprising occurred named the Vesey Uprising in Charleston, South Carolina. A slave named Devany Prioleau told his master that he heard a rumor of an uprising from another slave who was named William Paul. Slaves were taken into questioning but had denied the uprisings. One slave said it was to happen on the sixteenth but it never happened. Still ten slaves were arrested including Prioleau and Paul. A secret testimony was taken to account saying that the slaves arrested and one free slave named Denmark Vesey were all in on an uprising. Vesey and five other slaves were hung for their crime all while protesting their innocence. “…they, in there agony of strangulation, begged earnestly to be dispatched; which was done with pistol-shot by the Captain of the City Guard, who was always prepared for such an emergency; i.e. shooting slaves”. A colored American who was a witness to these events shared their opinion on the matter. From the pamphlet, this person was outraged by the indiscrimination that went on in the Vesey Uprising with the murders of 35 slaves.

The World Trade Center (WTC) held fairly high regard throughout New York as a structurally sound building, but the authors of 102 Minutes beg to differ on this opinion. They use various diagrams and statistics of the incredible impact and destruction the planes caused to the building, arguments against the poor architectural design and support of the towers, and periodic timestamps to make claims and factual statements about the events that occurred. The timestamps serve as a means of the authors building suspense in their audience, deepening uncertainty in the audience which intends to move them to read further and discover the office laborers’ fates. Moments like “At 9:19… we’re trapped… there’s smoke coming in. I don’t know what’s happening”(102 Minutes 186) and when Assistant Chief Callan“stood

Harrisonburg, VA is an independent city fully located within the borders of Rockingham County. Founded in 1779, Harrisonburg has prided itself on its beauty as well as its politeness. Nicknamed as “the friendly city”, Harrisonburg is commonly known for its developing downtown district, James Madison University and Eastern Mennonite University (About Harrisonburg, 2014).

As our discussion post provided this week, the colonists responded with rebellion because of the new acts that were imposed upon them by the British (Schultz, K., 2013). Their attempt to reform the American colonies contributed to the growth of the Revolutionary movement because the British tried to enforce stricter policies and laws (Schultz, K. M., 2013). The British wanted to tighten the policies over the colonial officials so that it would reduce the corruption, the British wanted control over the area of land that the settlers occupied, and they wanted to raise revenue by taxing goods. Although the British were adamant about their purpose, the colonist believed that rebelling against them would help in receiving their independence.

First of all, the Colonial Williamsburg Capitol was important during colonial times because it served as Williamsburg’s power, control, and voice for the colony. It took place for lots of speeches for independence, freedom, and other problems the people had to talk about. For example, Patrick Henry’s “Caesar Brutus” speech against the Stamp Act in 1765 was spoken in the Capitol. These opinions led to the signing of the declaration of Independence and other important documents. In fact, it was the setting of the Williamsburg court. Those who do not follow rules are convicted for

Fort Monroe, Virginia, has been a major post of the U.S. Army for over 166 years. Fort Monroe is the largest stone fortication in the United States, moated and covering sixty-three acres and cost nearly two million dollars. It was the crown jewel of America’s defense and was built at a great expense following the British invasion during the War of 1812 and named after President James Monroe. Fort Monroe was a vital piece in America’s defense and history.

The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the largest and deadliest battles of the Civil War with about 18,000 casualties in total

The first person who reported back to the Fairfax Court-House in Virginia after the skirmish was Major General Julius Stahel of the commanding Cavalry Division department of Washington due to the orders received. The skirmish began between the hours of seven and ten in the morning. Stahel states that it all started with an attack done by “Mosby, with his band of guerrillas, together with a portion of the Black Horse Cavalry and a portion of the North Carolina Regiment.” The strategic attack was done in the sneakiest way, Mosby and his conjoined calvaries and regiment blindsided their opponents without any warning as they came from Warrenton. So to sum it up, the army suddenly came out the woods and crept behind the troops stationed at the

This battle started when the Union tried to take Virginia, which was the capital of the Confederate states. They thought that by taking their capital, it would put an end to the fighting sooner.

Jones uses the theory that a series of “shock and awe” explosions coupled with the use of thermite-incendiaries accounts for the towers falling into fine dust instead of pilling up shattering floors of concrete, which is what one might expect from a non-explosive collapse (28). These two ideas are definitely debatable and should be explored for more evidence.

the capital of the Confederacy during the Civil War. Virginia also played an important factor

Have you seen those weird music festival T-shirts that people wear and wonder what someone could possibly want to wear that for? While they’re sometimes meant to catch attention of people so they may want to look up the festival, it also serves as a reminder for many amazing memories for the two or three-day event. For a long time now music has changed people’s lives in many ways. It has brought people to fame and lifted many out of depressions. But, to those who haven’t experienced a festival, or even live music in general, you have been missing out an amazing social experience like no other. From the kings of festivals like Woodstock or Coachella to the lesser known ones like Rock on the Range (Hard rock/metal based) and Day for Night (variety) there are hundreds to pick from. One of my favorites is Carolina Rebellion which takes place right in this state.

According to Luth (2000) there were many opportunities throughout the construction and design phase for the design flaw to be recognized by the engineers and there should have been a better review system in place as the changes that were made were not properly reviewed by a structural engineer. This disaster could have been avoided if someone would have taken the time to make sure all the designs were safe and would work

On the 15th October, 1970, during its third year of construction, the Westgate Bridge collapsed killing 35 men. The section of the bridge that collapsed was a 128 meter span that was being worked on at