The 1972 film 1776 is a cute whimsical musical. Yet, although it is entertaining and fun, it is not a very good source of historical information. It has a lot of the events and people, but they are e...
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Change can be good and change can be bad. In 1776 by Peter Stone, change is good. In Ishi Last of His Tribe by Theodora Kroeber, change is both good and bad. In Separate but Equal written and direc...
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What is change? In my opinion change is nothing, it cannot be studied, or speculated. Change is always constant in some form, let it be needed or not needed, welcomed or not welcomed, noticed or un-...
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"Catch the Moon" by Judith Ortiz Cofer is about a trouble-making juvenile named Luis Cintron that just got home form a detention center. He dislikes the joy of working or dedication but he ch...
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Throughout this countries birth and the years that it has thrived and prospered, many leaders have stepped up to help this great nation out. This movie documents some of the leaders that helpe...
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Duke Riley: Artist. Patriot. Moron?On the morning after his arrest in New York Harbor, the skipper of a ramshackle replica of a Revolutionary War-era, wooden hulled submarine found himself splashed...
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1776, by David McCullough. Simon and Schuster, 386 pages, $32.
To most Americans, the year 1776 summons up luminous images, particularly the signing of the Declaration of Independence. David McCul...
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The queen had the last laugh. Dispensing with protocol briefly at the formal dinner she hosted for President Bush, Queen Elizabeth said, "I wonder whether I should start this toast by saying, 'When...
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Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are making a whirlwind trip to the city this weekend to get a big slice of Philadelphia culture.The royal couple was to arrive Friday afternoon and spend about...
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Prince Charles and his wife are making a whirlwind visit Saturday that will include everything from singer Rod Stewart to a stop at the building where American colonists severed their ties with Bri...
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Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, are making a whirlwind trip to the city this weekend to get a big slice of Philadelphia culture.The royal couple was to arrive Friday afternoon on a commercial...
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A timeline tracking the bald eagle's history, from its brush with extinction to its recovery._ Pre-1776: The number of bald eagles in North America is believed to total more than 250,000; they inha...
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President Bush presented the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday to agriculture scientist Norman Borlaug, whose work on high-yield, disease-resistant varieties of wheat is credited with starting th...
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Performance artist: Mariner or moron?
