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John F. Kennedy

April 10th, 2013 · Kommentare deaktiviert

As the 35th President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy held office from 1961 until his untimely death in 1963. He became the President at the age of forty-three. He was the first serving president born in the twentieth century. Of all the forty-four presidents who have served to date, J.F Kennedy, a Catholic, [...]

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America: Past, Present and Future

November 5th, 2012 · Kommentare deaktiviert

With the presidential election upon us, there has never been a better time to consider the impact that this election has on America, as well as other countries around the world. With the leader of the free world being unknown for the next four years, Americans have a huge responsibility to ensure the best candidate [...]

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Country Music

Dezember 8th, 2011 · Kommentare deaktiviert

Country music can be traced back as early as the 1800s to immigrants who played the earliest forms of the music style. Because they had brought over their instruments, such as the banjo, from their native country, the music was completely new to the United States. During the late 1800s until the early 1900s, this [...]

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90 Small Declarations of Independence-One Big One

August 16th, 2011 · Kommentare deaktiviert

“Resolved, that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved.” These words were penned by Richard Henry Lee [...]

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