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Thanksgiving is a happy holiday where people in America celebrate the thanks that they have for the land, homes, families, pets, food, schools, and more. Thanksgiving is also a time when family gathers together to celebrate and pray or give thanks to the Lord. The History of Thanksgiving goes back to 1621 when the Pilgrims and the Indians had started it. Some Families have their different traditions for thanksgiving too. Some might eat, some might pray, and some might just have fun and be happy…

During our vacation, we had just came back from school like a week ago and we needed to ride a plane to Florida. It was the most exciting occurrence in my life because I have never flew by plane before. We needed to leave our house around midnight to we could get to the airport just in time for our flight. We drove to the airport and it took 30 minutes because no-one was on the road at midnight. When we arrived at the airport, we went to department 1 so that we could board our plane. We were…

Lexie Kosakowski 2-16-17 Lydia Darragh the American Spy Lydia Darragh was an American Spy. She was born in the 1700’s. She lived in Dublin. Later she still lived in Dublin but went where the Britians went to get information. Her contribution was that she helped the Americans win the war. She was born in the year 1729 in Dublin. There was no specific date when she was born. Her parents were John and Mary Barrington. She was 1 in 6 kids that her parents had. When she was growing up I haven’t…

It all started on a nice summer day everything started off so great. Me and my cousins were outside throwing football, baseball and riding bikes all day long. We went inside to eat lunch, when we were at the table eating. My cousin Alex asked me to race him after we got done eating. We went outside and lined up our bikes where we were going to race. My mom came outside and told us not to race because someone is going to get hurt, I kinda just shook her off and we raced anyways. At the starting…

My Big Fat Greek wedding is a movie that celebrate Greek culture. The movie starts with Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) , a 30 year old Greek girl who is looked at as somewhat of a failure by her family because she has not done what she is supposed to do, Marry a Greek man, Have Greek Children, and cook for everybody until the day she dies, according to her tradition. This thirty years old woman lives with her parents in Chicago and works in the family restaurant, `Dancing Zorbas. Every…

Everyone has a family relationship whether it’s a sterling or hateful relationship. No matter what culture you’re descendent from, you will have a family relationship although it will be vastly different than any other culture. The Canadian culture is remarkably different than the Indian culture. The Canadian culture is thriving with all kinds of diversity from around the globe and along with the diversity comes different traditions and values on family relationships and most of the time a lot…

Because of her interest in our family’s history, I decided to interview my older cousin Kathleen Donahoe. Even though she’s young, I thought she would be the biggest help with this project because she would actually enjoy answering my questions and she is very knowledgeable on the subject. I know typically a grandparent is interviewed, however, my grandma and grandpa were not first-generation immigrants from Czechoslovakia or Ireland, so I decided Kathleen would be a better source of information…

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). I am renown around the world for this quote and it is very applicable to my life, because I am a writer. Although lots of my stories were not successful, I had a few hits that made me as famous as I am today. In these few minutes, I will tell you about my early life and where I came from, secondly my life and work in Europe, and lastly, my work in film and end of my time. To…

One of the most discussed topics within the economical world today, is the concept of unemployment rates and how they can easily be increased in order to benefit the entire country. Though this is a topic that becomes the most discussed over the new air-waves, one that is hardly discussed is the concept of over-employment. In order for this concept to become discussed regularly as unemployment, the economy must open their ears up to other resources that inform of the concept. One resourceful…

The East Coast trip Over, the summer I went on many exciting adventures/trips but today I am going to tell you about the East Coast trip. I very was excited for this trip as I would be gone from home for two weeks and would visit 3 states that I had never been to and florida. The first city/state I visited was Atlanta, Georgia this was my first time coming to Georgia. I stayed in Atlanta, Georgia for 3 days. The day after we arrived in Georgia we went to the Atlanta, Georgia zoo and saw…