Tallpree biography of abraham lincoln
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UNDETERRED
Heavy thundershowers descended on the West Indian American Day Carnival Parade on Monday, Labor Day, but they did not prevent masqueraders and revelers from getting down during the 52nd hosting of the massive event on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway.
Even as the thundershowers began at 11:00 am, lasted for a full two hours, and continued intermittently throughout the parade, masqueraders and revelers were undeterred.
The artistry and musical talent, along with a cornucopia of colors and a potpourri of delicacies, augmented the gaiety, as masqueraders and revelers gyrate to hypnotic soca, reggae and zouk music blaring from humongous speakers or disc jockeys mounted atop huge flatbed trucks.
“I’m from the Caribbean, so that’s what we do,” said Brooklyn resident Tasian Edwards, 23, who hails from St. Vincent and the Grenadines, portraying Anonymous Mas’s “A Journey Around the World: Tales of Africa.”
“This is part of we culture,” added Edwards, a mass designer, flanked by Ghanaian Esi Clinton.
“The rain doesn’t stop us,” chimed in Clinton, playing with Anonymous Mas for the second time an
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DO NOT LABEL ME (Part 1)
In his most recent State of the Union Address President Obama paraphrased President Abraham Lincoln, a phrase that caught my attention and induced me to search for the quote verbatim.
The 1854 quote from President Lincoln’s notes is as follows; The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but cannot do at all, or cannot so well do, for themselves, in their separate and individual capacities. In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere.
It requires reading more than once to grasp the essence of the statement, so simple in its wording yet so profound and relevant and dare I say, timely.
A volcanic eruption over 2 million years ago gave birth to the Island of Grenada and it would not be incorrect to suggest that the political history of the Island since has been fiery and explosive.
The real battle and struggle for control of Grenada began in 1649 between a group of French Settlers and the indigenous Caribs. After driving out the natives, French rule continued until 1762 when Grenada was captured by the British. Among the legacies of the French was the establishment of Port Royal (later St. George) with
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