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built a model of Fort Sumter. In this paper I will be going into depth about Fort Sumter and some of its facts. Fort Sumter was first built is the wake of the war of 1812 for defence purposes. Which sadly highlighted the United States lack of strong coastal defenses. Fort Sumter was named after the Revolutionary War general Thomas Sumter. One fact is that Fort Sumter was one of nearly 50 forts built as part of a coastal defense program that was made in 1817. The placement of Fort Sumter allowed…

Fort Sumter was originally constructed as a coastal garrison. The U.S. Army had Fort Moultrie but decided to build other forts around the harbor. In 1827, plans to build the forts began. In December 1860, after 32 years of construction, Fort Sumter was still not finished. Of the 135 guns planned for the fort, only 15 were in place. The fort’s outer walls were 8-12 feet thick and 50 feet tall. It had five walls, and on four of these walls there were two levels with guns that could defend the fort…

It was in March, 18, 2010, when i first came to the “Dream Land,” or should i call it, “The land of opportunity for everyone - every race, every ethnic groups, and every cultures.” Well, this is what America known as to other countries- at least to my country. I remember it was early in the morning when I landed to the American soil. The sun was just rising and peaking over the horizon. I couldn’t wait to to smell the American “air.” When i finally got out of the JFK, I smelled the air. I didn’t…

Mass Shootings In the United States of America shootings are becoming more frequent in our day-to-day life. Mass shootings are not a new thing in this country it has been going on since the early 80’s. In the last sixteen years there have been seven major shooting in the U.S. killing over 150 people and injuring 180 more. The FBI states every town for gun safety development an analysis of mass shootings that took place between January 2009 and July 2015. There have been 133 mass shootings in…

CenterCourt: Have the Pacers found the turning point? The trend to this point is that each time the Pacers(35-33) find some momentum or look to turn the corner they stumble. Since the all-star break the Pacers are 6-5, they haven’t lost two games in a row, nor have they won two in a row. They’ve had wins over tough teams such as the Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets and the red hot Miami Heat. They nearly defeated the San Antonio Spurs before some late game heroics from Kawhi Leonard. Yet,…

Many people believe that attaining a college degree is a necessity in today’s world. While others think that spending four more years to get a college degree is an absolute waste of their time. High school was such a tremendous part of everyone’s life. You made some of your greatest memories there with lifelong friends, learned how to stick up for yourself, and be a part of something that you will cherish forever. The greatest part about high school was that it was at home and you were well…

Windshield Survey Payalbahen Patel Community Health Practicum Prairie View A&M University College of Nursing Ms. Parks September 23, 2016 The process The windshield assessment was obtained near the community of Dulles High School on September 20, 2016. This paper will include a survey of the community’s boundaries, housing, environment, schools, stores, parks and recreation, people, health and social services, protective services, and a summary of the community’s strengths and…

couple years, the charity’s services had become almost non-existent. However, after SouthWest Kids received some donations, I became motivated to restart the charity’s efforts in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. SouthWest Kids and I teamed up with ACH Child and Family Services, which has a youth emergency shelter in Fort Worth, and now SouthWest Kids provides dinner to the youth in the shelter. While catering dinner was a success, I wanted to involve more of the community in helping these…

Geographic Location The College of New Jersey is located in the Ewing Township, a suburb of Trenton, New Jersey. The neighborhoods can be traced back as far as the 1500’s by the Lenape tribe and was first settled by Europeans in the early 17th century by William Green, whose farmhouse is part of the college campus. TCNJ is home to over 289 colonial acres, which includes attractions, such as The Benjamin Temple House and Mountain View Golf Course. The surrounding Ewing has direct access to…

John White was an English painter, explorer and colonist. John White used watercolors to paint maps and objects that he saw while he was exploring Roanoke. Today we use the paintings by John White to try and solve the mystery of the “Lost Colony.” There was three attempts to settle Roanoke. The first attempt was lead by Arthur Barlowe who took more than a hundred men with him to settle in July of 1585. They had a supply shortage and didn’t think the supplies would get to them in time, so they…