Built in the 1920’s, the Hamilton Hotel was built as more modest accommodations than the only other hotel in town. The other hotel, the Seminole Hotel, boasted of visitors of such caliber as Henry Flagler, William Rockefeller, and even United States President Grover Cleveland. The Hamilton Hotel was the first in Winter Park to have a bathroom in each room; while it may seem strange to not have...
The 1970's became fertile ground for public outrage and violence against the American establishment due to national economic stress, assassinations of public figures, the Vietnam War, and other political scandals. By the 70's it seemed to a significant amount of Americans, that what the government wanted to portray and what they were realistically taking care of were two very different truths. What...
In the early 1970s, representatives of the United Automobile Workers' union presented a picture of deprivation to the City of Detroit. The influential Motor City workers union had created a map which literally illustrated the isolation of urban residents; isolation from any large city-facilitated parks. For residents of the City of Detroit, there are no parks or open spaces within a 30 minute drive...
The 1970s were characterized as an era of protest, activism, and change in America. Anti-war protests against the war in Vietnam and the involvement of the United States in Indochina were popular. As the women's liberation movement continued, the disparity between the needs and agendas of black feminists and white feminists became more evident. In the "Black Women's Liberation" pamphlet, two articles,...
Speaking to the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, former Army Captain John Kerry explained the atrocities and falsehoods that the soldiers on the ground were forced to carry out while serving in the Vietnam War from 1966-1970. He made it clear that the actions of the United States government and military leaders should not vanish into thin air.
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Jacqueline Rhoads landed in Vietnam in 1970 at the age of twenty-two. On the day she arrived, Rhoads started her work as an emergency room nurse. She recalls the mass-casualty events the most. For her small unit, mass-casualty was anything more than ten wounded at a time. Mass-casualty situations often taxed supplies such that not enough supplies remained to save everyone. It was the code of the...
The night of March 8, 1971 is one that will never be forgotten in sports history. This was the night of an international sports spectacle. This was the night that Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier attempted to settle the controversy over the world heavyweight boxing championship at Madison Square Garden. Never before had a boxing match meant so much, cost so much, viewed so much, or edged out the My...
On returning home from Vietnam, some veterans were asked to testify before Congressional committees regarding their actions during the war. Rusty Sachs, a member of the Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 362, testified before Congress and explained his recollection of destroying villages and killing innocent civilians. Approximately twenty other soldiers testified from various branches of the armed...
In 2015, the LGBT community in America sits on the edge of its collective seat, much like the African-American community in 1967 with the much-anticipating ruling of the Loving Case. Today, we await a Supreme Court ruling on the legality of same-sex marriage. How did we get here when only 50 years ago, interracial marriage was illegal? The answer may be in a bar in Greenwich Village.
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During the 60’s Spanish Speaking at a university of United States would be a remote idea for some people. However, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee showed to the society that mixing new cultures would create a better community in the university.
The process of trying to involve more cultures and languages was a long process. According to the UW-M Spanish Speaking Outreach Institute...