Gettysburg College

Over the last 153 years Gettysburg, has moved from honoring those who fought and died during the battle at Gettysburg to preserve the battlefield. Gettysburg went through two phases of change. The first phase happened between 1863 –1938 and the second phase happened in 1938 when the War Department transferred the administration of Gettysburg to the National Park Service. During the first phase the National Cemetery was built in Gettysburg for the creation of a proper burial of their now dead sons

H. W. Crocker III, Robert E. Lee on Leadership, in character, courage, and vision. New York: Three Rivers press, 2000. Ppx + 231. Bibliography and index. $14.95 (Paper). In this book Crocker attempts to layout valuable business lessons for today’s modern CEO through his historical story telling of Robert E Lee’s Life from his mid 30th until his death. This book “executive lessons in character, courage, and Vision” Covers 231 pages plus the index. Crocker starts off by explaining that he

The year 1963 is a year of civil unrest in the United States of America’s history. 1963 is the year in which Doctor Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech in the front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington, D. C. Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech uses many rhetorical devices to enhance the effectiveness of his message which states his want for freedom and racial equality for African Americans. Three rhetorical devices stand out prominently: imagery, allusion, and

As much as we want to change this, change is inevitable. Many people in our history have fought vigorously for change. Change is simply a part of life. In our society there are people who do not agree of the idea of change, and these individuals will do anything to keep things the same. There are many people who forced the idea of change in our country, like Fedrick Douglas, Abraham Lincoln, and Martin Luther King Jr. These 3 people were heroes to a lot of people, and stood up for what they believed

A man is molded by his environments. His character may be bent and broken and during these trying time and turmoil, we have the capability to see who they really are and what the represent. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that people were seen not in times of peace, but in times of chaos. I agree with King because in times of easy going, people can think about their actions, and give a wrong impression, but in times of hardship, people will act in second nature. This is the most direct connection

When giving a speech for a cause, you need to be able to rally your listeners. Some like to rally people through their mind, with facts and such. But if you really want to rally your listeners, you rally them through their hearts. Using emotion creates a much stronger message, and will make your movement much more powerful. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. uses a mixture of parallelism, visualization, extended metaphors, and references to God, the soul, and brotherhood to structure his speech similar to

the three day battle at Gettysburg. Include all key locations and events. In June of 1863, General Lee made the decision to bring war to the North. His plan began with destroying the railroad bridge at Harrisburg, and then bring their attention to either Philadelphia, Baltimore or Washington depending on which interested them most when the time came. As the Confederate forces marched North, they rummaged through towns for supplies. While searching through Gettysburg, troops led by General Pettigrew

By the end of 1861, nearly a million arm soldiers confronted each other from Virginia to Missouri. The skirmishes escalated in 1862 with battles in Shiloh in Tennessee, Antietam in Maryland. The battles became more intense with the battles of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania, the Battle of Vicksburg in Mississippi, By 1864 the Union army and its Commanding

During the 20th century racism became a major issue in the United States, which most attacks and accusations were against African Americans. Under the law everyone is supposed to be free, but because of the corrupt law system African Americans were victimized and treated horrendously. Retaliating against the unfair and inhumane treatment they relentlessly tried to change the system and the rights of their people. In addition to this, many civil rights activists and groups formed and fought against

On August 28th, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King conveyed his acclaimed I Have A Dream speech. Dr. King is known as an exceptional speaker, and the speech he vocalized to the general population that day will everlastingly be a piece of American history. King’s approach to his speech is like a minister conversing with his congregation, giving him a huge enthusiastic interest to the group. The flow-through King's speech is easy and effortless, the motivated sound of his voice keeps the group on their