The Gaspee Incident by Kipp Soldwedel Ephraim Bowe’s Account of the Burning of the Great Gaspee by Will Johnson The Burning of the great Gaspee was a significant event in the American Revolution. The Burning of the Gaspee was one of the first attacks by the American militias. The Gaspee, Read more…
Pigeons Egg Head by Julia Nackley Pigeons Egg Head is a painting done by George Catlin in the 1830’s. The painting tells a story of a native who goes to Washington D.C and comes back. The picture has a faint line down the middle which makes it look like Read more…
“We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States Read more…
On Being Brought from Africa to America BY PHILLIS WHEATLEY ‘Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught my benighted soul to understand That there’s a God, that there’s a Saviour too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew. Some view our sable race with scornful eye, “Their colour Read more…
“Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils to Read more…
The Simpsons “The Raven” “The Raven” is a poem written by Edgar Allan Poe and The Simpsons did a reenactment of this poem. In this reenactment, The Simpsons use various characters to represent Poe, the Raven, Lenore, and the angels. The characters even fit perfectly into their roles. Homer’s son Read more…
This week we read the Christmas Classic that you have been expecting since the beginning, we talk A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. The traditional Christmas tale made famous by the likes of Michael Caine, Bill Murray, Patrick Stewart, Alistair Slim, and Mr. Magoo. We talk the ins and outs of Read more…
The Return of Rip Van Winkle, 1849 by John Quidor How This Piece Relates to the Story of Rip Van Winkle by Grayson Rogers This painting, The Return of Rip Van Winkle 1849, by John Quidor resembles the actual story of Rip Van Winkle to near perfection. On a more Read more…
Scene on the Hudson by Janie Alexander Romanticism, an idea held during the Romantic Era or Romantic Period, was a movement that contained artistic, literary, and intellectual ideas. This occurred after the American Revolution, beginning in the 1790s and lasting well into the 1800s. People used romanticism to express their Read more…
“Coal Miner’s Daughter” by Matt Monarchik “Coal Miner’s Daughter” by Loretta Lynn is a country song that came out in 1971. The song is played in Coal Miner’s Daughter, which is a movie that debuted on March 7, 1980. Lynn was regarded as was one of the most successful female Read more…