As you may know, the Alamo was constructed as a mission church–San Antonio de Valero–in 1744. I say “constructed”, but in truth the chapel was never fully completed. The compound was secularized (given over for non-church uses–as a military garrison, for example) around 1803, but the Catholic church retained ownership.…
fenghuang, Wade-Giles romanization feng-huang, also called feng or (misleadingly) Chinese phoenix, in Chinese mythologyChinese mythologyChinese mythology (simplified Chinese: 中国神话; traditional Chinese: 中國神話; pinyin: Zhōngguó shénhuà) is mythology that has been passed down in oral form or recorded in literature in the geographic area now known as Greater China. Chinese mythology…
Chinese astrology, like Western astrology, has 12 signs, but instead of changing every month, they change every year. Each animal in the Chinese zodiac has its own unique qualities that affect everyone, if you believe in this sort of thing, which I totally do. The Chinese zodiac is a recurring…
The Christians in Jerusalem met in the catacombs for their worship services. The early Christians all used the sign of the cross from the very beginning. That is how the catacombs were founded. Many of them began and developed around family tombs, whose owners, newly converted Christians, did not reserve…
Over Christmas 1914, singing and soccer broke out between British and German forces. On Christmas Eve 1914, in the dank, muddy trenches on the Western Front of the first world warfirst world warWorld War I, also known as the Great War, began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz…
The Chumash society became tiered and ranged from manual laborers to the skilled crafters, chiefs, and shaman priests who were also accomplished astronomers. Women could serve equally as chiefs and priests. Religion: What Did they Believe In. They were a religious and god fearing tribe,believing in supernatural beings which according…
During this time, the Church of England and the monarchy were quelled, but both were re-established in 1660. The 18th century brought the Evangelical movement, which promoted the Protestant customs of the Church. King Henry VIII broke with Rome so he could divorce his wife and remarry anne Boleyn. Divorce…
It prohibited discrimination on the basis of race, religion and national origin. However, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not protect people with disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act extended “the principle of nondiscrimination to people with disabilities”, an idea unsought in the United States before the passage of…
On June 17, 1775, early in the Revolutionary War (1775-83), the British defeated the Americans at the Battle of Bunker Hill in Massachusetts. Two assaults on the colonial positions were repulsed with significant British casualties; the third and final attack carried the redoubt after the defenders ran out of ammunition.…
After Denise left the group, the four sisters remained. Other key players are introduced, such as the sisters’ choir director and mother, Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, and their father, Elder Elbert Clark. Other key players are introduced, such as the sisters’ choir director and mother, Dr. Mattie Moss Clark, and…