James City County, Virginia

Homelessness in America Homelessness in America has always been an issue but it has become an even bigger issue over the past years. With a world filled with global conflict, disappearing jobs, higher education cost, and increasing poverty in America, the homeless need our help more than ever. Just last year, the national poverty rate rose to include 13.2 % of the population. Also, 3.5 million people were forced to sleep in parks, shelters, under bridges or in cars. Hunger and homelessness are

and small-town gossip. At Wilmington, there are racial divisions between the city and surrounding county. On the other hand, New York has expensive houses and lucrative businesses everywhere. Additionally, the houses in New York are expensive unlike Wilmington. 2. With what does McBride replace his “anger at the world,” and how does this change his life? Who is Mrs. Dawson, and how does she influence McBride? James

Footholds in North America, 1512-1625 - focus on important characteristics of the initial exploration and colonization efforts of SPAIN, FRANCE, ENGLAND, THE NETHERLANDS, AND SWEDEN. Include respective goals • the earliest attempts to plant colonies failed bc they were predicted on unrealistic expectations (wealth, easy to conquer natives) • after the European diseases colonization was possible SPAIN’S NORTHERN FRONTIER • built their empire by subduing the Aztecs and Incas • Ponce De Leon (founder

discipline, aristocratic duty, military orthodoxy, and persistence in adversity that his contemporaries particularly valued as marks of mature political leadership. Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia, the eldest son of Augustine Washington, a Virginia planter, and Mary Ball Washington. Although Washington had little or no formal schooling, his early notebooks indicate that he read in geography, military history, agriculture, deportment, and composition and that he

diaries, letters, and newspapers from two neighboring counties, Augusta County, Virginia and Franklin County, Pennsylvania during the Civil War era in the United States. Separated by the Mason-Dixon Line, a line which marked the geography between southern slave states and northern free-slave states, disconnected the southern Augusta County and the northern Franklin County. The archives focus on the Pre-war, war time, and post war views of the Counties inhabitants based on religion, economy, family life

My mother, Geneva Elizabeth Carter Taylor, born to the parentage of Pete and Margrette Lenzy Carter in Cherokee County, Rusk, Texas, on January 11, 1926. She was the third oldest of 14 children, 4 girls and 10 boys. They were called the Carter clan, a close-knit family working together to raise livestock and farming their 110 acres of land, with their father. The rural area of East Texas Piney Woods, were she grew up, molded her childhood. The spiritual guidance of her mother led to her accepting

The Battle of Malvern Hill: Field Artillery played a significant role in many battles during the Civil War. The Battle of Malvern Hill is one such instance. Located in Henrico County VA, Malvern Hill sits South East of Richmond just north of the James River. This battle is part of The Peninsula Campaign (March-September 1862) and more specifically the Seven Days Battle. The Seven Days Battle was a series of six battles starting on June 25, 1862 at The Battle of Oak Grove and ending at Malvern Hill

The study will address a number of alternative routes for motorist traveling to and from naval bases, the Peninsula and Isle of Wight County. Every effort will be made to minimize impact to motorists during the project for commuter convenience during the week with restricted lane closures during off-peak hours. The survey team will evaluate holiday travelers that utilize the tunnel and

James Madison is often known as the Father Of The Constitution, However his political power reached much farther than just the Constitutional Convention. He was a well educated man who was close with many of the other founding fathers. And he served in many conventions surrounding the forming of America as a nation. His story begins in Orange County, Virginia. Madison grew up on a plantation with five siblings. At the age of eleven he was sent away to a boarding school ran by a scotsman named Donald

Sam Houston was born March 2, 1793,at Rockbridge County,Virginia,VA.Sam Houston had five brothers and three sisters.His brothers names were Robert Houston,Paxton Houston,James Houston,and James Paxton Houston,William Houston.Sam Houston’s sisters name were Mary Blair Houston,Elizabeth Ann Houston,and Isabella Houston.Sam’s mom’s name is Elizabeth Paxton and his dad’s name is Major Samuel Houston.Sam Houston’s father died when he was only 14 because his father was in the Revolutionary.Sam Houston’s