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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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 Posted - 02/15/2007 : 03:48:50
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Listen, my children, and you shall see
An avatar contest about history.
On the fourteenth of February, in 2007;
All of these heroes are now in Heaven.
We remember them in this day and year.
The avatar I chose is Paul Revere! |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 04:10:03
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In 1950, a penguin went for a trip with Bugs from America to the South Pole in 8 Ball Bunny. And that's history.  |
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ChocolateLady 
"500 Chocolate Delights"
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 06:37:54
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Now this really is American History:
Back when Mr. Hershey began making chocolates in Pennsylvania, he knew that in order to make milk chocolate he'd have to import powdered milk from Europe. This would have made his chocolates very expensive. To cut costs, he decided to figure out a way to use fresh milk in his chocolates (Pennsylvania is BIG dairy country) and eventually he did. Hershey is the ONLY chocolate manufacturer in the world to ever use fresh milk in his milk chocolates.
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turrell
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 07:15:54
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| American History X-Files. The truth is out there - just don't ask a neo-Nazi. Starring David Duchovy, Gillian Anderson and Edward Norton. |
Edited by - turrell on 02/15/2007 07:16:19 |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 08:40:47
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| Certainly a person very responsible for contributing to American History, King George III (as played by Nigel Hawthorne). |
Edited by - MguyX on 02/15/2007 17:18:33 |
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Cheese_Ed 
"The Provolone Ranger"
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lemmycaution 
"Long mired in film"
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 15:52:29
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| American history takes a bath. |
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Beanmimo
"August review site"
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 17:34:52
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I can do Shakespeare |
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w22dheartlivie
"Kitty Lover"
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 19:44:08
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| We've been talking about Abraham Lincoln so it follows that an avatar containing him be included. More, Mount Rushmore contains images of some of the greatest figures in American History - Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt. |
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Chris C
"Four words, never backwards."
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Posted - 02/15/2007 : 22:58:50
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| Given that yesterday was St Valentine's Day, I give you the most appropriate thing I could think of, and an infamous slice of American history - The St Valentine's Day Massacre. |
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Stalean
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 01:09:06
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The US government passed a law in 1830 called the Indian Removal Act. This allowed the US government the right to force Indian tribes to vacate their land and move to reservation lands, geographical areas the government had put aside for their use. Most Indian tribes did not want to leave their land. It was their spiritual and physical home. But the goverment sent in the army to force tribes to move.
The Cherokee, like other tribes and nations, were told to leave. They had been given land in Oklahoma. The Cherokee refused to leave. The Cherokee took their case to the US Supreme Court. And they won! The Supreme Court said the Cherokee were right - the US government could not force them to move. But President Andrew Jackson directed the US Army to capture all the Cherokee they could find and force them to move.
Most Cherokee had to walk the whole way. They walked through rain and cold and incredible heat. More than 4000 Cherokees died on the journey. That is why this forced eviction was called "The Trail of Tears."
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GHcool
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 05:10:07
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quote:
Originally posted by StaLean
The US government passed a law in 1830 called the Indian Removal Act. This allowed the US government the right to force Indian tribes to vacate their land and move to reservation lands, geographical areas the government had put aside for their use. Most Indian tribes did not want to leave their land. It was their spiritual and physical home. But the goverment sent in the army to force tribes to move.
The Cherokee, like other tribes and nations, were told to leave. They had been given land in Oklahoma. The Cherokee refused to leave. The Cherokee took their case to the US Supreme Court. And they won! The Supreme Court said the Cherokee were right - the US government could not force them to move. But President Andrew Jackson directed the US Army to capture all the Cherokee they could find and force them to move.
Most Cherokee had to walk the whole way. They walked through rain and cold and incredible heat. More than 4000 Cherokees died on the journey. That is why this forced eviction was called "The Trail of Tears."
An important chapter of U.S. history, but it is also one of our most shameful! Couldn't you have chosen a more positive portrayal of our values, StaLean? 
Not that the English and Australians here have any right to judge!  |
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MguyX
"X marks the spot"
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 07:11:06
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Sorry, GHC, I have to stand behind StaLean's choice 100%. Hey: nobody said history was pretty.  |
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Cheese_Ed
"The Provolone Ranger"
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 12:51:22
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| July 20, 1969 was a pretty big day in American History... although in this picture it looks more like Swiss than American. |
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Stalean
"Back...OMG"
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 17:04:26
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Originally posted by GHcool
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Originally posted by StaLean
The US government passed a law in 1830 called the Indian Removal Act. This allowed the US government the right to force Indian tribes to vacate their land and move to reservation lands, geographical areas the government had put aside for their use. Most Indian tribes did not want to leave their land. It was their spiritual and physical home. But the goverment sent in the army to force tribes to move.
The Cherokee, like other tribes and nations, were told to leave. They had been given land in Oklahoma. The Cherokee refused to leave. The Cherokee took their case to the US Supreme Court. And they won! The Supreme Court said the Cherokee were right - the US government could not force them to move. But President Andrew Jackson directed the US Army to capture all the Cherokee they could find and force them to move.
Most Cherokee had to walk the whole way. They walked through rain and cold and incredible heat. More than 4000 Cherokees died on the journey. That is why this forced eviction was called "The Trail of Tears."
An important chapter of U.S. history, but it is also one of our most shameful! Couldn't you have chosen a more positive portrayal of our values, StaLean?
Not that the English and Australians here have any right to judge!
That is part of MY American History, GH! My ancestors were Native American, and another direct ancestor, William Dawes, actually rode further than Paul Revere on that Midnight Ride!  You didn't say the theme should be sugarcoated. |
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mampers11 
"Lazy Lebowski Loses Rug"
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Posted - 02/16/2007 : 17:57:27
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Here is my version of American History. This is the most iconic poster in American History. It is Alfred E Neuman being Uncle Sam, telling you "Fa Fa Fa"
Mampers
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Avatar Contest - American History
