United States National Cemetery

is located in North America, as part of the South Atlantic Region of the United States, between the East Coast states of Virginia and Maryland. The exact geographical coordinates of Washington D.C. is Latitude: 38°53′42″ N, and Longitude: 77°02′10″ W (Geographic). Sitting at about 400 feet above sea level, the entire city Washington D.C. lies within…

Washington National Cathedral Sunday morning, 1945, a foggy morning service was begining at The Washington National Cathedral. This is significant because the deceased corpses of World War Two soldiers are returning home for a proper burial. As a consequence widows, heart-broken mothers, and fatherless children line up to enter The National House of Prayer. Nevertheless Nationalism Grips Europe, and sorrow spreads across the United States. From far away it looks like the gathering…

The atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki are responsible for the deaths of approximately 210,000 people that occurred in a matter of minutes. There is no doubt that its people might still have some kind of grudge towards the American public. War is war regardless of how it is conducted but the use of a weapon that is capable of wiping out an entire population is a little too extreme – especially used on innocent people and especially when its damage is still casually appearing. Japan was…

became involved with the Church of Christ in Christian Union. This church espoused a strict moral code which forbade drinking, dancing, movies, swimming, swearing, popular literature, and moral injunctions against violence and war. When the United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917 York's life changed. June 5, 1917, just six months prior to his thirtieth birthday he got his draft…

Americans in the United States and all of humanity” (American Studies pg. 320). Elijah Muhammad, while he plays a key role within the Nation of Islam, surprisingly played a more behind the scenes role within the film, as the spiritual and vocal influence of Ali and Malcolm X overshadowed him in their teachings of Elijah’s philosophies. Furthermore, Malcolm X, formally known as Malcolm…

The most recognized is Semana Santa which in means holy week. In the United States is Spring break, Semana Santa is the “King” of all holidays celebrated all over Latin America. It symbolizes the crucification and resurrection of Jesus. People cover the streets with colorful rugs known as “alfombras” made of plants, straw, and…

instead the events that unfolded following his death. Felix was an American soldier who was shot and killed by a Japanese sniper in Luzon during World War II. The book highlights the details that followed his death and his body’s return to the United States. His widow Beatrice Longoria was faced with the difficult task of burying his body. Beatrice initial wanted to give her husband the burial he deserved in his hometown of Three Rivers. Tom Kennedy the owner of the Three Rivers Funeral home…

The Gettysburg Address was brought from on of the previous president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, which his speech last for about two-minute that contains 272 words and it was on November 19, 1863, on the battlefield near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with Edward Everett. The Abraham Lincoln speech was the most famous speeches in the history of the United States and was such a memorable speech for all people. His words were such an amazing with play a big role on the people on that period…

Hurricane Agnes was, at the time, the worst hurricane to hit the United States in recorded history. It was the second tropical cyclone and first named storm of the 1972 Atlantic hurricane season, Agnes advanced on June 14 from the interaction of a polar front and an upper trough over the Yucatán Peninsula. Primarily forming as a tropical depression, the storm directed slowly eastward and developed into the western Caribbean Sea on June 15. Once in the Caribbean, the depression began…

slavery. Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation specified that all individuals who were thought as slaves in southern states "henceforward shall befree.” On November 19, 1863, Lincoln delivered what would turn out to be his most well-known speech and one of the most significant speeches in American history, the Gettysburg Address.Lincoln brought his 272-word speech at the National Cemetery of Gettysburg, in Pennsylvania. Abraham Lincoln was killed on April 14, 1865, by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's…