Evaluation of Sources The St. Louis was a German transatlantic liner. On May 13‚ 1939 the St. Louis and it’s captain‚ Gustav Schröder‚ departed Hamburg‚ Germany with 937 passengers that were all searching for a better life in North America. After being turned away by the government of Cuba the refugees hoped to be accepted by the United States‚ however‚ president Franklin D. Roosevelt also turned them away. So now the question is‚ was FDR responsible for the fate of the St. Louis‚ and how did his reaction
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adopted on March 1‚ 1967. The exact design has varied. The current flag is cerulean blue‚ with a gold isosceles triangle below a black arrowhead. The upper edges of the arrowhead have a white border. The flag was designed by Saint Lucian artist‚ Dunstan St Omer.The blue color stands for the blue sky and blue ocean that surround the island‚ and for fidelity. Gold stands for sunshine and prosperity. The black and white portions symbolize racial harmony‚ although the majority of black shows the dominant
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St. Therese of Lisieux and St. Clare of Assisi have many similarities as well as many differences. Both young women lived a life of faith and devotion to God. How they came to follow God and live out their faith were very different from one another Both came from families with a deep devotion to God. St. Therese was raised to become a nun while St. Clare was raised to be married. St. Clare had to run away from her family to join the clergy‚ while St. Therese did not. These two saints have many similarities
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The type of economic impact that St. Jude has is huge (The Commercial Appeal‚ 2015). A recent study‚ conducted by the University of Memphis‚ showed that St. Jude’s operations created more than $2 billion in economic activity. This activity was powered by 14‚710 jobs and brought in more than 70‚000 visitors to the city of Memphis. St. Jude and ALSAC employ more than 4‚400 people‚ who contribute to the economy through their residence in Memphis (Park‚ 2013). In 2015‚ the hospital revealed a plan
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LINDA NGUYEN OUTLINE CHARITY SPEECH St. Jude’s Children hospital‚ fight for childhood cancer Purpose: To inform my audience that there are kids out there that need our help and to have the audience persuade to donating. INTRODUCTION ATTENDTION GETTER/ RELEVANCE; Think back to a time when you were younger‚ maybe the time when you played dress up using mommy’s make up. Maybe it was a time when you when you pretended that you were a power ranger‚ to tell you the truth I wanted to be the pink
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Ashley Martinez School Health Lean On Me Movie Exam 1. Describe the character of Mr. Clark. As we watched the movie Lean on Me I realized that the principle of Eastside High Mr. Clark had a very intense character but firm and secure at the same time. This guy knew exactly what he was doing and he was very passionate about what he did. The first seen in the movie is a classroom‚ a classroom full of the majority white students and Mr. Clark a black teacher. The students where dressed very
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widely celebrated on February 14 and commonly associated with "courtly love."Although not much of St. Valentine’s life is reliably known‚ and whether or not the stories involve two different saints by the same name is also not officially decided‚ it is highly agreed that St. Valentine was martyred and then buried on the Via Flaminia to the north of Rome.In 1969‚ the Roman Catholic Church removed St. Valentine from the General Roman Calendar‚ because so little is known about him. However‚ the church
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“Confessions” recounts St. Augustine’s life of materialistic desires‚ newfound philosophy‚ and final conversion to Catholicism. Specifically in Book IV of “Confessions‚” St. Augustine is talking to God about his grieving the death of a close friend of his. Consequently‚ he is saddened when he realizes that everything he loves on this Earth is mortal‚ except God. He states‚ “For that first grief had pierced so easily and so deep only because I had spilt out my soul upon the sand‚ in loving a mortal
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St. Paul’s Cathedral in London is the seat of the Bishop of London and a major London landmark. It is located on Ludgate Hill in the financial district known as the City of London. The present St. Paul’s Cathedral‚ which was built between 1675 and 1710‚ is the fourth cathedral to occupy the site‚ which was sacred even before Christianity arrived. The cathedral’s immediate predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. The cathedral enjoyed by visitors today was designed by
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As a previous elementary student‚ I remember disliking history so much. All it ever was was just a combination of memorization and reading. After reading chapter four and getting insight on Tina’s project “History of Me‚” I was immediately intrigued. I found it disheartening to read at the beginning of the chapter that most of Tina’s students did not consider themselves a part of history. Tina began a project in her classroom that allowed her students to be able to look at their past and connect
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