George Marshall Award Research Paper

I am Thomas Wayne Rice, Christ follower, senior, camp counselor. I first started following Christ in the 1st grade, I had always know of Christ, I was raised in church, but half way through my 10th grade year I learned what it meant to actually have a relationship with Jesus. That is when it all changed for me I stopped living my life for myself and began a new life. This is the story of my salvation and where God is leading me.

The characteristics of outstanding scholarship, leadership, character, service and citizen definitely apply to me as an individual. The characteristics of outstanding scholarship apply to me as an individual because I have maintained a 4.0 grade point average for the first two trimesters and will continue to maintain a 4.0 grade point average. The characteristics of excellent citizenship relate to me because I have never gotten suspended, expelled, or a detention and have never had excessive tardiness. Not to mention, I demonstrate participation and involvement in all my classes. I display outstanding character because I show the highest standards of honesty and reliability and I consistently exemplify desirable

“To listen well is as powerful a means of communication and influence as to talk well.”

Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey was born in the year 1818, his exact birth date is unknown, he lived with his grandmother, Betty Bailey, who was his mother’s mother until he moved in with Hugh Auld. Frederick’s mother died when he was ten years old. Sophia, who was the wife of Hugh Auld, taught Frederick to read ignoring the law, which states that teaching slaves to read is illegal, and Frederick Knew the alphabet by age twelve when Hugh Auld found out his wife had been teaching Frederick she was banned from continuing. Even though he no longer had a teacher, he still continued learning. And eventually started to teach letters and such to other slaves. He often practiced reading news articles and the bible.

After receiving many calls from the Audubon society, the police sent a squad car to the local park. There stood 13-year-old Gary Parsons. With a BB gun in his arms and lifeless pigeons dangling from his belt loop, he was guilty. The police escorted him home and banned him from the park for shooting birds. The very next night he took revenge on the Audubon society, blowing their brand new birdhouse to pieces with a homemade cannon. No one expected Gary to become the devoted environmental activist that he grew up to be. Without Gary Parsons, the Choctawhatchee Bay watershed would not be what it is today. At 72, Gary dedicates his time and energy, striving to better the environment.

In an autobiographical draft written in 1827 for his friend and colleagues, John Marshall wrote, “The events of my life are too unimportant, and have too little interest for any person not of my immediate family, to render them worth communicating or preserving” (Crompton 111). This understatement was certainly too modest considering his lasting impact as the Chief Justice. Serving from 1801 to 1835, John Marshall bestowed finesse and power to a government vaguely bequeathed with power by the Constitution. His twin pillars of judicial philosophy, protection of property rights and sanctity of contracts, have shaped both American laws and commercial development through landmark court cases such as Marbury v. Madison, Fletcher v. Peck, and Gibbons

Ulysses S. Grant’s real name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822. Grant’s mother and father were Jesse and Hannah Grant.They were very religious. Grant’s parents also worked very hard. Ulysses had six younger siblings.Ulysses Grant’s father’s occupation was a tanner. He processed animal hides into leather. The work conditions were horendous. There were raw and skinned animal carcasses everywhere. Grant sometimes worked in the tannery when he was little. He disliked the work so much that he told his father that as an adult, he would never do it again.

John Marshall was appointed as Chief Justice in 1801 as one of the “Midnight Judges”, a term for those appointed to the Supreme Court and other courts at the end of John Adams’s presidency. He would serve as Chief Justice for the next 34 years. During his time, he outlined the political power of the Judicial branch, something that had been quite vague in the Constitution. His involvement in the Supreme Court set the standard for even today, thus earning him the title “Father of the Supreme Court”. Some of his most famous cases included Marbury v. Madison, McCulloch v. Maryland, Cohens v. Virginia, and Gibbons v. Ogden. In the case of Marbury v. Madison, commissions had been approved by the Senate and signed by the president, to be given to the newly appointed

Wooden teeth? Impossible strength? Slave owner? Three myths you may know about the first president of America. What if two out of three of those myths were false and one true? Which one would you believe to be true and which two would be false? George Washington was known for an abundance of things, for example, he was the commander of the Continental Army, and he practiced the Anglican/Episcopalian religion. What many people do not know, is that President Washington, did not have a middle name because during the 19th-Century, middle names weren’t normal as they are today. Born on February 22, 1732, George Washington probably didn’t plan on becoming a worldwide leader and commander and chief. As he grew older, his father, Augustine, and mother, Mary Ball Washington had a quite “popular” business that they owned and Washington, at an early age would then inherit the family ‘business.’ Washington also had health issues but that did not stop him from treating the people he employed like actual human beings, instead of animals like everyone else. Even people who are born into a difficult and harsh family business, with health problems can still be genuine human

George Merritt Hoover was born on August 8, 1847 in Caistorville, Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada and was a founder of Dodge City, Kansas, and was esentially involved in nearly every facet of life of the renowned frontier town until his death in 1914.

Ulysses S. Grant, born Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April, 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. His father was called Jesse Root Grant, and his mother, Hannah Simpson Grant. When Ulysses was one year old, he and his family moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Ulysses was not very outgoing during his youth, he was shy and quiet. When Ulysses turned 17, his dad arranged for him to go to the United States Military Academy at West Point. There was an error and he was listed as Ulysses S. Grant. He did not want to be rejected so he changed his name from Hiram, to Ulysses. Ulysses was not very advanced at West Point, he got average grades and got in trouble a few times because he was poorly dressed and constantly late to class. He eventually decided that

Frederick Douglass once described Ulysses S. Grant as, “A man too broad for prejudice, too humane to despise the humblest, too great to be small at any point” (Achenbach). Many people people praised Grant as a hero and an example of American greatness. Yet these sentiments were not reflected by all. Through the mess of Reconstruction and scandals around Grant, cracks in his reputation as the great “Preserver of the Union” were exposed by Southern academics and accepted by much of the population, shifting the public’s view of Grant. Today our memory of Grant is still changing, regardless of any new information historians discover about his life. Born on April, 1822 in Point Pleasant Ohio, Hiram Ulysses Grant would find himself victim to the

There are many different people in the world that have different skin color, different religions or even different ways of living. Most people think that colored people always break the law but in all reality their own race are the break the law so in all reality they're being racist. Because it doesn’t matter on the color of your skin it matters on your choices, only you can decide on what you choose to do. So this story starts off in the 1930s in Alabama. There was once a colored kid, he was african american and his mom had past away earlier that year and his father was debilitated and could barely move his feet. The boys father was restless and he couldn’t sleep or hardly eat. If you were to look at him you would feel sorry for him. The boy's name was Darnell Washington he was born on January 3,1931 it is now march 17,1936,so he is five years old.

I am Marshall Barrett, an American in Japan during 1853. You are probably wondering how I got here. Well it was the early 1853 and I, Marshall Barrett age 26 was going with Commodore Matthew Perry to Japan. Before I came to Japan, I was living in connecticut close to the east coast. I was asked to come on the voyage because I am a sailor. I was very excited to to interact with Japan. I feel admired there much “simpler” lifestyle than people in America. I was a little annoyed when I had heard that America are now going out and making deals by force. Being a sailor, I have been to many different places, and through that I can say that I feel connected to people because although we look different, talk different, and act different, we are still

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