As I stood in Centralia’s George Washington Park in the midst of blustery weather and cold rain‚ Ted pointed out the irony of the statues erected in honor of the Centralia massacre. The large bronze statue known as The Sentinel is the most noticeable and immediately commanded my attention at the center of the park. It was commissioned and placed in 1924 in the name of the four Legionnaires who were killed on that fateful date of November 11‚ 1919. There is also a tiny plaque on the ground which is
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The Jonestown Massacre Jahiii Parks Civil Rights/Black Power Prof. Raquel M. Bennett December 19‚ 2012 The Peoples Temple which was founded by Jim Jones‚ was a racially integrated church that focused on helping people in need. Jones originally established the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis‚ Indiana‚ but then moved it to Redwood Valley‚ California in 1966. Jones had a vision of a communist community‚ one in which everyone lived together in harmony and worked for the common good. He was able
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“The Boston Controversy” March 5th‚ 1770 marks a day in American history where an event took place known as the “Boston Massacre”. This notable moment in American history was a spark in the colonies that eventually led to the American colonies taking up arms against England. The “Boston Massacre” was the iconic nickname of a riot in Boston that led to British soldiers firing upon of colonists on March 5th 1770. The major controversy debated is whether or not the British officer
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The Montreal Massacre was one of the most tragic events of Canadian history. On December 6th‚ 1989‚ a twenty-five year old man walked into the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal and shot to death 14 woman. He separated the men from the women and before opening fire on the classroom of female engineering students he screamed‚ "I hate feminists." The gunman then moved through the college corridors‚ the cafeteria‚ and another classroom‚ specifically targeting women to shoot. By the time Lépine turned the
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accusation of being involved in a communist revolution in 1981. With this‚ it led to many deaths of the Mayans and millions being dragged out of their homes. In what had seemed a typical civil war‚ fighting for their rights‚ it turned into a deadly massacre of the poor Mayans. During this time period‚ a civil war was undertaken. The cause for this was the rebellion of guerrilla forces trying to overthrow Miguel Yidigoras Fuentes‚ who was the president
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(21 March‚ the date of the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960) During the Apartheid era in South Africa‚ black people were oppressed beyond humane standards. They were deprived of racial equality with the whites. Also‚ they were exploited off from their land. Furthermore‚ they were restricted from certain privileges. All this caused retaliation by the blacks both politically and socially‚ and the eventual result was the Sharpeville Massacre. The Sharpeville massacre was a haunting historical response by
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boycotting began‚ you were honored more if you were wearing your own homemade clothes‚ looking as if you were poor. Even the upper-class colonist stopped buying luxurious goods from the British‚ and began living a cheaper lifestyle. 2) The Boston Massacre was an incident on a cold night in Boston‚ MA‚ on March 5‚ 1770‚ where a fight broke out between British soldiers and Boston civilians. The British soldiers had been stationed in Boston since 1768‚ and the people of Boston did not like this one
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------------------------------------------------- Khojaly Massacre In 1991 the small village of Khojaly‚ situated in the Nagorno Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan‚ had a population of just 6‚300 people.The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijna civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25–26 February 1992 by theArmenain.The death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians‚ including 106 women and 83 children. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had
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The Munich Massacre was the name given to the terrorist attack during the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich‚ West Germany. Eight Palestinian terrorists from the group Black September killed two members of the Israeli Olympic team and then took nine others hostage. The situation was ended by a huge gunfight that left five of the terrorists and all of the nine hostages dead. Following this tragedy‚ the Israeli government organised retaliation against Black September‚ called Operation Wrath of God and
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Throughout the Lais of Marie de France there are several themes presented as central to the various stories. Some of these themes are present in all of the lais. One such example is that of courtly love and it’s implications. Courtly love being one of the more prominent themes in all of medieval literature‚ it is fittingly manifested in all of the lais as well. Another theme present in two of the lais is isolation. The theme of isolation plays a large role in the stories of Guigemar and Lanval
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