Across Five Aprils This Newberry award nominated book, written by Irene Hunt, tells the story of the "home life" of her grandfather, Jethro, during the Civil War. ... The story takes place in Southern Illinois during the American Civil War, from April of 1861 to April of 1865, hence the title Across Five Aprils. ... Across Five Aprils is a different twist on war a story. ...
On March 29, 1980, a second crater was formed and by April 7, the craters merged forming one large crater more than 1,700 feet across and 500 feet deep. Seismologists on April 3, 1980 at the University of Washington recorded a tremor that caused them great concern. ... From mid-April to May 17, 1980, there were a few eruptions but the seismologists were still recoding high readings of activity beneath the mountain. ... David Johnston, with the USGS, was stationed at a post five miles northwest of the mountain. ... Minor earthquakes have become more frequent in the last three years; usual...
On the morning of April 29, 1986. ... Approximately forty five percent of the on duty fire department resources were committed to this fire. ... Eighty five percent of the total value of the structure was saved. ... The fire attack teams in the area came across problems as the team experienced extremely high temperatures, heavy smoke, narrow aisles, and very limited access to the fire. ... The hot spots were being found, piles of burned books were being found up to five days prior to the fire. ...
Once he got across the open ground, the assaulting troops were protected from Spanish fire by the crest of the hill itself. ... They had retreated to trenches across a ravine from the slope of the hill. ... I leapt a barbed wire fence only to notice that only five of my men had followed me! ... In love of my country, Theodore Roosevelt Work Cited "The Crowded Hour".1999.April 2, 2003. ... May 10, 1999.April 2, 2003. ...
Adolf Hitler was born in the small Austrian town of Branau on the 20th of April 1889. ... Although he was sentenced to five years imprisonment, he had now become a national figure and was treated well. ... Over thirty-five million Germans had voted for the Nazis, which had now made them the second largest party in parliament. ... In an unwavering three-week campaign, the party organised 300 meetings a day across Germany. ... Because of this a second round of voting was conducted on the 10th of April. ...
After this MacArthur was now a five-star general and supreme commander in charge of Japan. ... He led the Inchon invasion, which went behind the enemy lines and routed them back across the Yule River into China. The Chinese waited a while and attacked suddenly from across the Yalu River and slowly pushed his troops south. ... He died on April 5th in 1964 and was buried in Norfolk, Virginia. ...
On May 22,1518 King Charles I granted Magellan enough money to buy five ships. ... They then turned to head across the Atlantic Ocean toward northern Brazil. ... Port San Julian in Argentina gave the crew winter shelter for five months. ... On April 27, 1521 Magellan was killed in battle. ...
Anne Shakespeare was buried on April 4, 1579. ... His funeral was costly and amazing, with tolling bells heard across the town. ... It included the alphabet in small letters and capitals, with combinations of the five vowels with b, c, and d, and the Lord's Prayer in English. ... {{{{{{WRITING, ACTING, ETC}}}}}}}}} The great poet died on April 23, 1616. ... The funeral of William Shakespeare occurred on 25th of April. ...
On the evening of April 8, Lee and his army were near Appomattox Court House, where they discovered the Union Calvary command blocking their way. ... Grant is five feet eight with slightly stooped shoulders, rendering him shorter than his actual height. ... Several soldiers carried the Lincoln across the street to a house and placed him on a bed. ... On April 18th the body was carried to the Capitol rotunda to lie in state. ... In the course of the five week march, he cut himself off from his source of supplies and communication and had his men live off the land. ...
Eudora Welty's Life in the South Eudora Welty was born to a "Yankee" father and a mother on April 13, 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. ... According to mythology, every five hundred years, the bird would cross the desert on a journey to restore its youth. ... Her first name, Phoenix, came from the link between the mythological bird that would travel across the desert all of the time, and the fact of Phoenix traveling the Natchez Trail. ...
While Cesar Chavez is more widely known than Dolores Huerta, Dolores started the Latino movement across the country. Born on April 10, 1930, Dolores Clara Fernandez, was born in Dawson, New Mexico. ... She soon divorced her first husband and later remarried to Ventura Huerta and raised five children. ...
Give more examples of his tone or attitude toward war and the words and techniques he uses to get this across . ... Brooke's sonnets were popular and in 1915 20,000 copies of Brooke's Five sonnets were printed. ... • Brooke never experience the trenches; he died in April 1915 and just missed the Gallipoli campaign. ... • Died in the trenches while leading men across the Sambre Canel in 1918 • Sought to speak of and for the common solider and to show the suffering and horror. ...
Without the contributions of Samuel de Champlain, New France and Quebec would not have survived the beginning In his first few expeditions across the Atlantic, he commanded a Spanish fleet sailing to the West Indies, Mexico, and the Isthmus of Panama. ... Le Don de Dieu sailed from Honfleur on April 13, 1608, raised Cape St Mary's, Nfld, on May 26 and reached Tadoussac on June 3. ... One of the conspirators lost his nerve and told Champlain, who arrested the gang of five. A hastily arranged trial found all five guilty. ...
Without the contributions of Samuel de Champlain, New France and Quebec would not have survived the beginning In his first few expeditions across the Atlantic, he commanded a Spanish fleet sailing to the West Indies, Mexico, and the Isthmus of Panama. ... Le Don de Dieu sailed from Honfleur on April 13, 1608, raised Cape St Mary's, Nfld, on May 26 and reached Tadoussac on June 3. ... One of the conspirators lost his nerve and told Champlain, who arrested the gang of five. A hastily arranged trial found all five guilty. ...
Waco Branch Davidian Disaster On April 19, 1993, the fifty-one day standoff between the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas, and U.S. government law enforcement agencies ended in a tragic fire, leaving David Koresh and eighty of his followers dead (PBS). ... But in late 1987 he returned to Mount Carmel with seven followers, armed with five semiautomatic assault rifles, two rifles, two 12-gauge shotguns and nearly 400 rounds of ammunition (Big Eye). ... On April 12th, a tear gas plan was proposed to Attorney General Janet Reno. ... On April 19th, the FBI negotiator phoned the Davidians to announce...
Each nation may send not more than five representatives to each session. ... The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also called the (North)Atlantic Alliance is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty which was signed on 4 April 1949. ... NATO's headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium, one of the 28 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which, Albania and Croatia, joined in April 2009. ... In April 1951, Allied Command Europe and its headquarters (SHAPE) were established; later, four subordinate headquarters were added in No...
He was the third in a family of five children. ... The Luciano family had to fight to make ends meet and save up to come over to America in April 1906. ... After five years, Salvatore completed his schooling. ... They were notorious for robbing small banks, warehouses and stores across Manhattan and East Harlem. ... He received over fifty-six stitches and bore a facial scar across his cheek. ...
On a warm sunny afternoon on April 20, 1999, a small suburban high school much like Springdale, found its self to be under attack by two of its own students, and while the massacre was in progress, according to reports, nearly 300 students and faculty notified the authorities of the current events by way of cellular phones. ... So let's assume that after the third or fourth attempt by the brave, yet lost souls, some one reaches a business phone across the street and notifies the police. In the real situation, within 16 minutes the gunmen were there, they claimed 13 lives and wounded 21.It...
He got out of his car and stroll across the street, where he rented a room at the Bessie Brewer's Rooming House. ... He could hear the screams across the street. ... Five days after King was shot, police found a Memphis hotel reservation on April 3 for Eric Starvo Galt, who listed a Birmingham, Alabama address and drove a white Mustang. Galt stayed at the Rebel Motel in Memphis for one night: April 3. ... He was assassinated in Memphis by a sniper on April 4. ...
It is cold and freezing tonight, the chilling breeze and the whistling of the wind is blowing across my face. The only apparent light is projected from the moon's white ray of light, shining across the desert. ... It all changed my life three years ago on April 10, 2000. On that day I enlisted in the US Army for a contracted three years and five years reserve commitment. ... UCMJ punishments can mean fourteens days to forty-five days of restrictions and pay is taken. ...
When the offensive was launched on April 9, 1917 Canadians prepared to do what the British and French had failed to do numerous times before, take over Vimy Ridge. ... For the allies to attack they would have to scurry across open plains where they would be sitting ducks for German soldiers. ... The official attack on Vimy Ridge began at 5:30am on the morning of April 9th. ... The four divisions were given thirty-five minutes to gain the "black line". ... On April 10th the north attack would be launched by the reserve brigade of the fourth division to demolish "the pimple". ...
The winds of change began to sweep across America in the late fifties. ... They employed millions of workers, a large percentage of whom populated the suburbs that were growing across the country. ... Across the world, youth took up the slogan "Make Love not War", and the Love Generation emerged. ... On April 4 1968, Martin Luther King was assassinated in Memphis. ...
