Did you know my Great grandpa Howard Old Lodge Sr. fought in World War 2? My Great Grandpa Howard Old Lodge Sr. was an interesting man. My dad told me a story that someone had once told him. It started with, your Great grandpa Howard was in Japan fighting for our country. They had found a dead gorilla and buried it. It had gotten shot down in the jungle which was where they were at the time. My Great Grandpa Howard was running from a couple of the Japanese soldiers and he had lost his gun and he had heard a lot of things around him and he was really scared. One of the first things that came out of his mouth was “Mom” but luckily he was able to come home.
My Great grandpa Howard had gotten done with the war. After the war he had taken a train to Minnesota. He had just gotten off of the train and he was stabbed and mugged by a couple of men and was thrown into the ravine. Luckily someone had seen him, pulled him
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Of course they had lived in Tipis. They had a passion for music and storytelling. My grandpa Frank Sr. had a passion for music and he loved softball. He played shortstop and he pitched in fast pitch. He retired in the late 1980’s but couldn’t leave the sport so he stayed umpiring. Frank and his cousins Manual Old Lodge, Glen Old Lodge and Robert Plenty Horse formed the Risen Warriors and created music that people still listen to today. After leaving the Risen Warriors Frank continued to spread the Word of God through music and testimonies.
There are a lot of traits in my family. Just like my Grandpa Frank most of my family has a passion for music and sports. For example my uncles like to play the guitar and my brother, cousins, and I play basketball, football, and softball. Most people on my side normally have brown eyes and hair. We also like sharing stories about our ancestors. Everyone tells jokes in our family so if you can’t take a joke you mostly likely can’t be a part of our
On 14th March 1917, the Harradine brothers enlisted in the Canadian Army at the regimental depot of Lord Strathcona’s Horse, known as, The Royal Canadians. There appears to have been a delay before Leslie Harradine’s attestation29 to serve in the CEF for the duration of the war, 6th April 1917. He named as his next of kin, his father, Charles Percy Harradine of 12 Wandle Road Wandsworth, London. On 29th April 1917, along with the Seventh Draft of the Strathcona’s Leslie Harradine left Canada aboard the SS Olympia, disembarking in England, 7th May 1917. He was stationed at the Canadian Reserve Cavalry Regiment (CRCR) at Shorncliffe near Folkestone, Kent.
On October 3, 1974, at around 10:45 pm, Elton Hymon and Leslie Wright of the Memphis Police Department were responding to a “prowler on the inside” call. They made the scene and observed a woman in the house next to the intended home of the call. She was standing on her front porch pointing at the house. She advised that she had heard glass breaking and someone was breaking into the house next door. As Wright showed both officers on the scene on his radio to dispatch, Hymon went to the rear of the house.
Howard William Morenz (September 21, 1902 – March 8, 1937) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Beginning in 1923, he played centre for three National Hockey League (NHL) teams: the Montreal Canadiens (in two stints), the Chicago Black Hawks, and the New York Rangers. Before joining the NHL, Morenz excelled in the junior Ontario Hockey Association, where his team played for the Memorial Cup, the championship for junior ice hockey in Canada. In the NHL, he was one of the most dominant players in the league and set several league scoring records. A strong skater, Morenz was referred to as the "Stratford Streak" and "Mitchell Meteor" in reference to his speed on the
George Herman Ruth Jr. was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "The Bambino" and "The Sultan of Swat", he began his MLB career as a stellar left-handed pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, but achieved his greatest fame as a slugging outfielder for the New York Yankees. Ruth established many MLB batting records, including career home runs, runs batted in, bases on balls, slugging percentage, and on-base plus slugging ; the latter two still stand today. Only one of young George 's seven siblings, his younger sister Mamie, survived infancy.
The Adventures of Howard Unruh The FBI defines mass murders as murdering four or more persons with no “cooling-off period” usually, a mass murder happens in one location where one or more people killing many others. In the end of the mass murder either the murderer(s) either kill themselves or a police officer kills them. In the U.S alone there were 372 mass murders killing killing 475 and wounding 1,870. Today i am going to write about one of the most interesting mass murders in history.
Nevertheless, for Ben Hall a young man, married and desiring a future in the evolving and progressive society of Australia which presented an opportunity for the adventurous to have ago and to build a solid foundation for their future without the social judgments that had long handicapped those of limited means, or the so-called predetermined order of things. Moreover, in 1800's Australian society, there were still in place some sections that retained the old structured aristocratic style of old England where inherited wealth and title determined a path of an assured future either in government or industry for those that were termed privileged, this of course excluded Ben Hall. However, it was for those in Australia, including Ben Hall who with courage and determination that for them the land could offer that same
While doing research for my history fair project, i ran into a very important guy that isn 't really spoken about today. This man name is Fred Hampton, and he was born August 30,1948 and killed December 4, 1969 right here in Chicago, IL (democracynow.org). Although it happened right here in our city, not many know about it and that really concerns me. He was raised in Maywood. He graduated from Proviso East High School in 1966 before he enrolled at Triton Junior College where he studied law.
Harry Crews is one of the most well-known and influential southern writers of the twentieth century. He has written many novels, short stories, and biographies throughout his life of being a writer. His stories often pertain to the dramatic and exciting life of living in the south in small towns such as the one he grew up in as a child. Throughout Crews’s life, he was involved with a lot of violence and family problems such as divorce that led to anger. All of the problems that Crews had throughout his life allowed for his writing to be extremely detailed and exciting for the reader.
Would you die for what you believe in? Many African Americans in the 60s and 70s died fighting for their civil rights. One of which being Fred Hampton, a member of the Black Panther Party who was killed during in a police raid on the Chicago Black Panther Headquarters. His death was unjust because he was a civil right activist, a strong leader, and made a difference in the world with his work.
Its A Beautiful day In The Neighborhood “Knowing that we can be loved exactly as we are gives us all the best opportunity for growing into the healthiest of people (Fred Rogers). Frederick Mcfeely Rogers is an accomplished author, television personality, puppeteer, and much more. Mr.rogers has helped make public educational television what it is today. The symbol for childhood in America is Fred Rogers.
Lamberts two horses broken in to Joseph Field farm, then trampled some of his cops. Lambert went over to
Her parents were Sadie Fagan and jazz guitarist Clarence Holiday (Kliment, par 1). Her father chose music over having a family and so Sadie and her child had to fend for themselves. As a young child, Billie
How do I even start to talk about something that almost got me killed? Well, maybe I should start from when I last remember. I was in a very bad place where the Germans put us Jews called the ghetto. The Warsaw Ghetto. We were trapped in a little section of town.
I learned how many people has survived through the holocaust if they were Jews. The Jews that were in the concentration camp were brave and had courage to survive. The Jews did everything to survive, but some did die those. Some of the Jews did die and some were friendly. Eventually, Ibi died on February 19,
Rutherford B Hayes He was instrumental during reconstruction and served as president from 1877 to 1881. He believed in meritocratic governance and was against racial discrimination. On October 4, 1822, Delaware, Ohio added Rutherford B. Hayes to its citizenry. His father's death preceded his birth by 10 weeks leaving Sophia, Hayes' mother, to raise the family alone.