Henry Mercer

I knew that my hometown of Blairsville, Pennsylvania was a rich historical place before my research. I turned to visiting the historical society in my town for my information, there I was given a tour of a historical house where all of the artifacts had been donated. After looking into the history and the other elements of the town, I found out that the place where I grew up was so much more history than I could have ever imagined.

Right in the midst of the Progressive Era, news of Henry Ford’s new, affordable car excited the American people. This was monumental, but it wasn’t the only innovational things that came out of Ford. Henry Ford if by far one of the most significant people in all of American history. He was able to develop a car that was both affordable and easy to produce, thanks to another one of his inventions the assembly line, really helping to build up the economy, and influenced hundreds of other innovations that came after him.

Memorial museums, in contrast to the “generic history museum which provides a container for a wide variety of topics” [Williams, 221], usually entwines intimately with its events

Stories use narrative to involve the responder in a range of experiences. Storytellers use narrative techniques to establish a setting and shape the characters personality. This is shown in Henry Lawson’s short stories the drover’s wife and the loaded dog as well as Roger hargreaves picture book little miss sunshine.

This paper will go into detail about the young life, career and adult life of Henry Ford. Henry ford’s young life, in this paper will consist of his childhood. The paper will then describe all of his education and early jobs. Finally, this paper will conclude with Henry Ford’s adult life and home life (what he did when he wasn’t working), his career’s work and the impact Henry had on American History. This paper should help the reader better understand the life of Henry Ford: Who he was? Who he is? And why he was so vital to our American History.

Following their hard fought victory at Vimy Ridge the 50th battalion had a long, but well deserved leave. When they returned to combat they were not immediately assigned to any major battles. Their next big assignment came in of 1918, when they were sent to the Battle of Amiens. Once the Canadian divisions arrived, the Allied forces were able to advance 19km in a span of three days. On August 18th, just three months before the end of the wat, Henry volunteered to take on a dangerous mission to go behind enemy lines. A mission that he had completed dozens of times, but this time he had orders to kill an enemy officer. During the night he had crept into No Man’s Land, but before he could reach the enemy line he thought he had been spotted. He decided to wait a while and to

This report from the Ohio Historical Society proposes a Historic Site Management Plan for Newark Earthworks State Memorial. It provides details on how to use this plan, its methodology, the publics and advisory panel input and its priorities. Further, this document included a detailed chronological account of prehistory occupancy and important date, as well as, historical ownership and occupancy of the Newark sites. Discussion of their management framework included management strategies, access to the sites, cultural preservation, treatment plan and also, an informational brochure and visitor’s facilities. The appendix of this report include among other things, a brief history of Newark earthwork, deeds and leases, and also recommendations from the advisory panel. I find this significant because it contains valuable historical records of occupation and ownership post the 17th-century, and absence of any records of prior occupation and ownership of the earlier Hopewell culture, that is thought to have built most of these earthworks. Although this source doesn’t answer the question who built these earthwork and why was it built, it gives account of a solid comprehensive timeline from post European contact to modern century that I find relevant to the Newark Great Oval

Flowers required students to read several biographies of noteworthy Americans, focusing on the subject’s moral character. She encouraged students to look beyond the story and investigate the character’s motivation and how their decisions impacted the outcome of their story. For example, it wasn’t enough to know that Daniel Boone blazed the Wilderness Road. More importantly, Boone exemplified the values of fortitude and perseverance, as he did not give up on his quest in the face of repeated hardships. Mrs. Flowers then guided her students as they embodied these virtues, even as she taught the basics of American history.

As the city of Chicago prepped for the 1893 World’s Fair Columbian Exposition, a celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the New World, people all over the world brought artifacts to the city. To keep these artifacts in the city long after the Exposition ended, Edward Ayer and Marshall Field established the Columbian Museum. Built using Field’s money, Columbian Museum would go on to house world artifacts as well as function as a research institution. As time passed, the museum eventually changed names to the Field Museum of Natural History and moved buildings to its much larger current location on Museum Campus. Today, the Field Museum continues to be an innovating research institution and stable of the Chicagoland community.

“In order to open the country west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers and to offer a cheap and safe way to carry produce to a market, the construction of a canal was proposed as early as 1768”. And “It was not until 1808 that the state legislature funded a survey for a canal that would connect to Lake Erie.” (Frank E. Sadowski Jr.)

For my Museum visit I chose to go to the Atlantic County Historical Society in Somers Point, NJ. When I originally had gone I didn’t know what to expect exactly. I thought for the most part they would talk to me about the history of Atlantic county which they did however they had amazing objects and memorabilia that date back centuries. They had everything from old toys made of amazing wood to guns that were heavier then I had originally anticipated. While I was there the staff told me stories about everything from famous spots in Atlantic City to Margate even some things about my hometown of Absecon.

I woke up early morning with intentions to catch the train to go to Chicago with my friends. I was filled with partial excitement because we weren’t going to Chicago to visit North Ave or Magnificent Mile, but instead our plans were to visit the Chicago Historical Society. In complete honesty, I felt as though this visit would be a waste of time and money and I wanted to do almost anything but get started on my summer work. So when my friends and I walked in, I looked around with skepticism and a huge groan. However, soon enough my friends and I were going from exhibit to exhibit, reading about the past history and actually enjoying ourselves. I never knew that Chicago held so much history within its streets and buildings, and it was a pleasant surprise that Chicago has much more to it than just towering skyscrapers.

Saul Hudson was born to an African American mother and British father in London on July 23, 1965 and even though he was born in London he was raised for most of his life in Los Angeles, California.

In conclusion, the documentary and museum seized a moment in history, collecting artifacts and learning the stories behind them. Fire Chief Joseph Pfeifer never expected to wander into history while out checking on a simple gas leak near the site. It was a sunny morning, and the New York people set off to work as usual but what they didn't know was that day would be a day to

For example if it wasn’t no Carnegie, it would be no Carnegie Steel Company, or todays US Steel. Without John D Rockefeller, or Henry Ford, the oil business wouldn’t be as productive or there would be no Ford car manufacturer today. A degree isn’t required to be a historian, just effort and drive, but to be accredited for your work it’s good to be certified with the proper certifications. Even-though the history of the wealthiest are interesting to me, I’m mostly inspired by Black History. During the early 1950s’ the United States were very segregated, a group of people, called the NAACP fought to establish justice. Martin Luther King Jr, social activist and minister, influence me to motivate others to join together instead of dividing. A voice of people is most likely to get heard than one person. The history of my own kind is essential to me, because it gives me an outlook on earlier civilization and black communities during the time of cruelty. Based on my observations I have acquired knowledge about the past so therefore I’ll make changes in the