History of American Football Beginning of Football Football as well as rugby and soccer are believed to have descended from the ancient Greek game of harpaston. Harpaston is mentioned frequently in classical literature. where it is often referred to as a very rough and brutal game.The rules of this ancient sport were quite simple: Points were awarded when a player would cross a goal line by either kicking the ball‚ running with it across the
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a practice utilized throughout the world to memorialize soldiers who have died in modern wars without being identified. The first monument of this kind was the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers in Frederica‚ Denmark (1858)‚ which memorialized unknown soldiers who died in the First War of Schleswig. Another such Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is found in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania and was erected in 1866 to honor those soldiers who died during the American Civil War. The history
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On the days leading to the battle of Antietam‚ confederate General Robert E. Lee advanced his army into Maryland where he encountered Union General George B. McClennan to fight for two vital passes through the South Mountain range. Following hard fought battles by both sides‚ the Union declared victory in South Mountain and prepared for the upcoming battle at Antietam. On September 16‚ 1862‚ General Lee and General McClennan would meet again on the northern edge of Virginia at Sharpsburg‚ Maryland
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On May 7‚ 1864 Ulysses S. Grant orders the army to of potomac to head toward Spotsylvania Court House. Spotsylvania Courthouse is a small town off a trail on the way to Richmond‚ Virginia. Grant was attempting to cut off Robert E. Lee’s army that was heading for Richmond or at least get Lee’s army into an open field where the Unions would be able to take advantage with their superior numbers. It was Conf. general J.E.B. Stuart’s job to stop the federals from getting to Spotsylvania. For a couple
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Gillmore’s plan consists of using the navy and land soldiers to capture Morris island to put heavy guns on the island and to eliminate nearby Fort Sumter and then capturing Charleston‚ the birthplace of the war. Gilmore’s plan did not go very well. He tried his plan and only got half the island. Then he tried the next morning to capture the confederate fort‚ made of sand‚ earth‚ and palmetto logs‚ and was driven back with heavy losses. Then‚ after two tries‚ he tried again with a better plan including
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visitors with the evidence of racial progress in the South. The “Atlanta Compromise Address”‚ as it came to be called‚ covered concerns of “uppity” blacks by claiming that the African American race would complacently live by the productions of their hands. Considered the definitive statement of what Washington termed the "accommodationist" strategy of black response to southern racial tensions‚ the Atlanta Exposition Address was widely regarded as one of the most significant speeches in American history
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Despite extreme weather conditions the night before‚ on January 20th‚ 1961‚ John F. Kennedy gave his inaugural speech in Georgetown‚ Washington D.C. after a very close presidential race. JFK addressed a celebration of freedom‚ how the world was had changed‚ the survival and success of liberty‚ countries need to join together and work through differences; the obligation to help those less fortunate‚ even if not American citizens; and doing away with the suppression of slavery. John F. Kennedy
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The Privileged Vs. The self-Reliant In the essay “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts‚” Bruce Catton claims that the two Civil War generals represented “two diametrically opposed elements in American life.” For Catton‚ Lee symbolized an aristocrat‚ while Grant embodied a democrat. This opposition does still exist in the country today. As Catton observes‚ Lee came from a “privileged” class from which “the county would get its leadership.” “He embodied a way of life that had come down through
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Ulysses S. Grant delivers his inaugural speech while America still battles with the issues brought on by the Civil War. The American Civil War tore the nation in two‚ leaving behind a detached set of people who needed a leader in order to regain their nation’s unified greatness. In this speech‚ he uses rhetorical strategies to reassure the audience‚ the entirety of the United States of America‚ that he is that great leader who will work to the best of his ability to unite the North and South once
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Introduction: As a result of Scotland opposing British power‚ many fighting conflicts occurred during 1746. These armed conflicts were known as Jacobite risings against Great Britain. The Battle of Culloden was the last battle that concluded the second rising‚ and it stopped every future thought of opposing British rule. This battle was the last to be fought on British soil‚ and it was very significant to Scotland’s future. The Battle of Culloden had many causes and was the beginning of many changes
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