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| Ritchie Valens (Richard Steven Valenzuela; May 13, 1941 – February 3, 1959) was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba," which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958, making Valens a pioneer of the Spanish-speaking rock and roll movement. On February 3, 1959, on what has become known as "The Day the Music Died," Valens was killed in a small-plane crash in Iowa, an event that also claimed the lives of fellow musicians Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. |
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| BICENTENNIAL (2003-2006)
The bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition commemorates this remarkable exploratory undertaking that took place from August 31, 1803 to September 23, 1806. |
 | Sacagawea is historically known as the Shoshone Indian woman who accompanied the Corps of Discovery as an interpreter. She was born about half a mile east of Tendoy, Idaho. Sacagawea and several others of her tribe were captured by the Hidatsas, enemies of the Shoshone, who raided their camp near the three forks of the Missouri (present-day Three Forks, Montana). Sacagawea was about 11 years old at the time of her capture. |
| November 1804. The Corps is at their first winter camp, Fort Mandan, when Toussaint Charbonneau arrived and offered his services as interpreter and cook. The 46-year-old Frenchman could speak no English, but the captains would speak English to one of the French-and-English speakers in the Corps, who would speak French to Charbonneau, who would speak Hidatsa to his two Shoshone wives (one of whom was 15- or 16-year-old Sacagawea, who would then translate the message into their native Shoshone. Sacagawea was six months pregnant at this time.
Most crucially, however, Sacagawea and her infant served as a "white flag" of peace for the expedition, which was as much a military expedition as a scientific one. They entered potentially hostile territory well armed but undermanned compared with the Native American tribes they met. Because no war party was ever accompanied by a woman and infant, the response of the Native Americans was curiosity, not aggression. They talked first, and Sacagawea often served as the translator. Not a single member of the party was lost to hostile action. February 11, 1805. Sacagawea gave birth to Jean Baptiste, whom she carried to the Pacific and back on a cradleboard. Pompey's Pillar in Montana is named for him, the nickname Pompy being given to him by Captain Clark. |
| February 11, 1805
"This evening Sacagawea was delivered of a fine boy. Mr. Jessaume informed me that a small portion of the rattle of a rattlesnake had never failed to hasten a birth. Having such a rattle, I gave it to him. Whether this medicine was the cause or not, she had not taken it ten minutes before the baby was born." --- Meriwether Lewis |
| An executive order from President Ulysses S. Grant on February 12, 1875 established the 100-square-mile Lemhi Valley Indian Reservation for the exclusive use of the tribes of the Agaidikas (salmon-eaters) and the Tukudikas (sheep-eaters) later known as the Lemhi-Shoshone--Sacajawea's People.
Almost from the outset, however, the government and local residents began efforts to abolish the executive order reservation. They ultimately succeeded in 1905 and in 1907 the Lemhi began what many have called the "Lemhi Trail of Tears," which saw their forced removal from their ancestral homelands to the Fort Hall Indian Reservation. Read more about Sacajawea's people and their banishment from their homeland--Lemhi-Shoshone |
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| No. 92. Mokuboji Temple, Uchigawa Inlet, Gozensaihata
Two well-dressed ladies disembark from the boat by which they have traveled up the Sumida River into the inlet known as Uchigawa. Their destination is one of Edo's famous suburban restaurants, seen in the upper right. Located within the precincts of Mokuboji Temple, which lies out of sight to the right, it specialized in dishes of taro and clams and was much prized among stylish residents of Edo. The area to the left with pines was known as Gozensaihata, or "The Honorable Vegetable Garden." Beginning in the 1650s, fresh vegetables for the shogun's table were produced there. It is unclear, however, if that practice still continued in Hiroshige's day. |
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| The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated in 1995. It is located next to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool. |
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| The memorial is made up of 19 larger-than-life statues of soldiers from each branch of the armed forces. |
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| A 164-foot mural was is inscribed with the words "Freedom Is Not Free" and is etched with 2,500 photographic images of nurses, chaplains, crew, chiefs, mechanics and other support personnel to symbolize the efforts of the military operation. |
| The memorial honors the soldiers who were killed in action and the ones that are still missing. There were 54,246 Americans who lost their lives during this war. The words "OUR NATION HONORS HER SONS AND DAUGHTERS WHO ANSWERED THE CALL TO DEFEND A COUNTRY THEY NEVER KNEW AND A PEOPLE THEY NEVER MET" are engraved on the Pool of Remembrance. |
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| Cambridge University Botanic Garden Location: Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1JF Cambridgeshire, England | |
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