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A 6% increase of overall accounted hate crimes. A 67% increase of hate crimes directed towards Muslim americans, Jewish people, African americans, and the LGBTQ community. Within 10 days of the election of Donald Trump came an average of 900 hate crime incidents. Those are just a few of the astounding statistic regarding hate crimes committed due to Donald’s established presidency. Those are just the numbers though, the actual damage of these callousness acts of hate is what really has a strong…

Throughout James Joyce’s short story, “The Dead”, Joyce creates an inconspicuous, concrete symbol for the more abstract concept of death. The author develops the motif of snow with a negative connotation throughout the story. Images of snow and references to it begin as soon as Gabriel walks in the door of his aunt’s house. Draped in snow and bringing with him “a cold, fragrant air from out-of-doors”, Gabriel is described at beginning the story to reference the snow to convey the repetitive…

At the age of 15, many young boys are going to school, worrying about acne and perhaps dreaming of becoming a superstar sports figure. But in the case of Private Dan Bullock he became a casualty of the Vietnam War, becoming the youngest American serviceman killed in the line of duty.Bullock was a southern boy, who was born and raised in the small town of Goldsboro, North Carolina which is about 52 miles north of the state capital of Raleigh. When Bullock was 12, his mom passed away and he and…

with the funeral director after their loved one dies. Together, with their help, the family will choose a casket, vault or urn. The funeral service will be planned, as well as discussions about the flower arrangements, music, pallbearers, clergy, headstone or grave marker, etc. Virtually every aspect of a funeral or memorial service is planned with the director's help and assistance. They will also arrange payments to all third party vendors, so the…

Chris had plenty of fun, hardship, friendship, face offs with death, and memories at Iraq. Chris would have happily continued doing all those things, even looking at death one last time, but it was time for him to retire the old rifle, say his goodbyes, and head back to the state he knows well, Texas. With ten honorable years of service Chris finished his final deployment November 4, 2009. Kyle says “ I got out of the Navy November 4; on November 6, I was kicking Texas dust.” (Kyle 418). When…

in the battle of pleasant hill, Louisiana. She joined the war known as “Private Lyons Wakeman” in the battle she became very sick and died at the Marine General Hospital in New Orleans. They still did not discover she was a woman til this day her headstone reads the name she went as in the battle. Another woman Sarah Edmonds went in as Franklin Thompson she was the second Michigan volunteer. She fought in several battles like the Siege of Yorktown, the Battle of Williamsburg, and the Second…

knowledge and experience to help you plan the funeral or memorial that best honors and celebrates your loved one’s life. The staff at Walker Funeral Home will guide you through every step of the funeral planning process, from selecting a casket and headstone, to preparing the necessary obituaries. Families who choose cremation will be able to choose from a sizable inventory of urns and other keepsakes. To eliminate a majority of the stress associated with loss, Walker Funeral Home encourages…

Everyone will have a final resting place unique to them whether they get buried or cremated. Some people will be buried alongside their husbands, some beside their parents or perhaps even their kids, but others are buried alone. Their loved ones are a mystery, as is their identity. These are the “Unknowns.” Collected altogether in one cemetery are Unknowns from World War I, World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War (Arlington National Cemetery). The most famous Unknown is from World War I…

environment for learning and flourishing. The schools, however, did not always provide this. For instance, many of the schools were ridden with various diseases (citation). Additionally, death within the schools was not at all uncommon. Approximately 189 headstones were found at Chemawa, and this number only represents the bodies of children who were unreturned to their parents (citation). With all that said, photography can be immensely misleading, showing only the positive sides of a…

Dickinson’s fascination with death and the darker controversial themes within her work make her poetry deeply compelling, and unsettling. “I died for Beauty—but was scarce…” is no exception to this, with Dickinson’s focus on the powerlessness of the human condition exposing the uncomfortable truth that every aspect of human life is obliterated at death. Like many of Dickinson’s poems, this poem uses an ABCB rhyme scheme, yet the poem has a particularly regular meter, with the first and third…