Posts Tagged "patriotism"

Nazi Party Gets First Lobbyist on Capitol Hill

I am currently taking a class called “Genocide in literature and film”. I just finished reading “Night”, by Elie Wiesel, a survivor of the Nazi concentration camps. He writes of his first vision of the camp, after having been herded onto a train along with his family (he was the only survivor; his mother and sister were summarily cremated upon…read more →

10 years: Eyewitnesses to the dark day the Twin Towers fell

Friday September 9, 2011 BENNINGTON — with news that the country was under attack by terrorists, the lives of Americans changed forever on Sept. 11, 2001. From every corner of the country, eyes were glued to television sets replaying images of the hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 crashing into South Tower of the World Trade Center’s Twin Towers, smoke blanketing…read more →

The History of Wells Branch, Texas

Wells Branch, Texas, a small suburb of Austin has a history that has been forgotten by most, but in our time of modern patriotism can certainly be appreciated by all. the small town was originally created as nothing less than a monument to a soldier of Texas, long before it was simply a suburb of Austin. In the very early…read more →