Hulihe‘e Palace is located in historic Kailua-Kona on Ali‘i Drive. The Palace was originally built out of lava rock during the Kingdom of Hawai‘i on land known as Kalāke‘e, a former residence of Kamehameha the Great. The Palace itself was first home to High Chief John Adams Kuakini, brother of Ka‘ahumanu the favorite wife of Kamehameha, and later home to more members of Hawaiian royalty than any other residence in Hawai‘i. Hulihe‘e Palace consists of six large graciously appointed rooms, two large inviting oceanfront lanai and lovely grounds.…
The African American inventor or scientist I chose was David Nelson Crosthwait Jr. He was an African American inventor well known for inventing the heating system for the Radio City Music Hall in New York. Crosthwait’s birth date is May 27, 1898 in Nashville, Tennessee. He spent most of his childhood in Kansas City where he went to an all-colored school.…
John Lewis Dubay, a French Canadian is given the honor of first discovering Portage County, Wisconsin. Although full of wilderness, the land was also home to many Native Americans. Dubay spent the winter of 1790 at an Indian village, learning about Portage County and the surrounding areas. Although Native Americans were first upon the land of what soon would become New Jordan, they were few in numbers. The aboriginal culture of Native Americans consists of constant movement, over vast land masses, following the seasonal cycles of wild animals, as a food source.…
James Beckwourth passed away October 29, 1866 of mysterious causes along the Bighorn River. He was born in Virginia on April 6, 1798. He was the third child of thirteen children. His mother was an African American slave and his father was English. James was born into slavery and became free when he was an adult.…
Biography Mathew Cowdrey is the greatest Paralympian of all Australia. Born on the 22nd of December 1988, with part of his arm missing due to congenital amputation, he knew early on that life was going to be tough. However, that didn’t stop him from becoming the swimmer he is today when he was accepted into the Australian Institute of sport. Background Information Academically, Mathew was advanced as well. He graduated from the University of Adelaide with a double degree in law and media, while also towards the end of his career he undertook an internship with US congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen.…
William Wirt was born in Bladensburg, Maryland, to a German mother, Henrietta, and a Swiss father, Jacob Wirt. Both of his parents died before he was eight years old and Jasper Wirt, his uncle, became his guardian. Between age seven and eleven, Wirt was sent to several classical schools and finally to one kept by the Rev. James Hunt in Montgomery County. There, he received over the course of 4 years the main part of his education.…
Born Frederick Augustus Bailey in Baltimore, Maryland 1818. Frederick struggled through childhood due to the slavery conditions at the time. In 1824, six year old Frederick Bailey moved from his home in Baltimore, Maryland to a plantation in the country called the Wye House. Just two years later, Frederick was sold off to another slave owner back in Baltimore where he was taught to read by his owner’s wife, Lucretia Auld. The learning process was a struggle do to Mr. Auld's harsh slave rules.…
Although there are many famous Arkansans, Helen Marie Gurley Brown was one of the most influential and meaningful women of the 20th century. American writer, Helen Brown, lived a fulfilled life as a successful editor-in-chief, author, advice-giver, and loving wife. Even though Helen Brown has since then died, she has still maintained to influence and inspire feminists on into the 21st century. Helen Marie Gurley Brown was born in Green Forest, Arkansas, on February 18, 1922. Her parents were Ira and Cleo Gurley.…
the basement, because this woman feared that he would rape his sisters. In 1963, Kemper ran away from his home-based area in search of his father in Van Nuys, California. Kemper learned his father had remarried, plus had a son. He had a half-brother, but stayed with his father for a little while, until Elder Kemper sent him back to Montana. Clarnell his mother had an edge line personality.…
The life of David G. Burnet wasn’t what anyone would expect it to be. He was born as an orphan in Newark, New Jersey on April 4, 1787. David Burnet’s middle name was Gouverneur. When David Burnet had spare time the ran to the Passaic River when he was younger. A man of the name of Dr. William Burnet took David in.…
West Africa, like most places had rises and falls of kingdom, and some of the greatest ones, was the Kingdom of Ghana, which fell to the Kingdom of Mali, and the Kingdom of Songhai, surpassing Mali. Through much strife and success, Sundiata Keita was the founder of the Mali empire. You would imagine, someone who founded an empire would be a very strong and healthy person. That was Sundiata Keita for you, but he wasn’t always like that.…
Neumeier 1 Sam Neumeier Professor Mamary Intro to Liberal Arts 25 September 2016 Jeannette’s Identity Could the dysfunction of the Walls family have promoted the amazing resilience and strength of Jeannette through various daily challenges? One could argue that the unusual and destructive behavior of Rex and Rose Mary forced her into a few unique situations that resulted in surprisingly her acting as a resilient and successful adult. In moving back to Welch, Virginia, Jeannette lost what minimal sense of security she may have enjoyed while living in her grandmother’s home in Arizona. The culture and climate (both socially and geographically) along with an increased awareness of her and her family’s poverty resulted in a significant loss of…
Martyrdom has been cited as a “form of total love for God” (Pope Benedict XVI). In a time when Christians were being persecuted for their worship of God, or more specifically a refusal to worship the emperor, martyrdom was practically an honor bestowed upon unrepentant Christians. The Martyrdom of Sts. Perpetua and Felicitas is a rare first-hand account of sacrifice in its truest form. Perpetua writes of her numerous visions and encounters while mentally preparing herself for the death of a martyr at the hands of the pagans.…
martyrdom through the dissimulation-and he had rejected it with burst: No! Who are you tempting with my own desires Others have come temporal tempters With pleasure and power at palpable price What do you offer?…
Catholics were often criticized because Protestants such as Spenser and Foxe believed that they oppressed their people and only allowed them to interpret the scriptures in the way the church told them to. Foxe demonstrates his love of Protestantism and its importance by telling the stories of selfless and courageous men who translated the scriptures so that the public could read and understand them. This allowed the Protestants to interpret God and love in their own way, which was much freer than what Catholicism offered. Additionally, the book was able to condemn the Catholics for keeping the word of God away from the public. This is like what Spenser does in The Faerie Queene as he believes the high church Protestants are hypocrites since…