Sunday, March 02, 2003
This is my list of events that have left an impact on the American Psyche. Meaning when it is referred to it has strong meaning to Americans or had a shaping influence on America. They are in no particular order.
What do you think? What on my list doesn't belong or what should be added?
1. The Boston Tea Party
2. The Boston Massacre
3. Paul Reveres Ride
4. The Penning of the Star Spangled Banner during the Battle of Baltimore
5. "Remember the Maine"
6. "Remember the Alamo"
7. Harpers Ferry Raid
8. Confederate Attack on Fort Sumter
9. The Emancipation Proclamation
10. Lincoln Assassination
11. Titanic sinks.
12. Wright Brother flight
12. German U-boat sinks the Lusitania
13. Zimmerman Note
14. Stock market crash of 1929
15. Jesse Owens wins at Berlin Olympics
16. Charles Lindberg crosses the Atlantic
17. Amelia Earhart disapears over Pacific
18. Sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
19. D-Day
20. Picture of American Flag being raised on Iwo Jima
21. A-bombs dropped on Japan
22. Soviets launch Sputnik into space
23. America puts Man on the Moon!!
24. Cuban Missile Crisis
25. Civil Rights movement. Rosa Parks, Brown VS the Board of Education. ect.
26. JFK assassinated
27. MLK Jr. assassinated
28. Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
29. Rodney King story
30. OJ Simpson story
31. Oklahoma City bombing
32. September 11th
33. Space Shuttle Columbia explodes.
What do you think? What on my list doesn't belong or what should be added?
1. The Boston Tea Party
2. The Boston Massacre
3. Paul Reveres Ride
4. The Penning of the Star Spangled Banner during the Battle of Baltimore
5. "Remember the Maine"
6. "Remember the Alamo"
7. Harpers Ferry Raid
8. Confederate Attack on Fort Sumter
9. The Emancipation Proclamation
10. Lincoln Assassination
11. Titanic sinks.
12. Wright Brother flight
12. German U-boat sinks the Lusitania
13. Zimmerman Note
14. Stock market crash of 1929
15. Jesse Owens wins at Berlin Olympics
16. Charles Lindberg crosses the Atlantic
17. Amelia Earhart disapears over Pacific
18. Sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
19. D-Day
20. Picture of American Flag being raised on Iwo Jima
21. A-bombs dropped on Japan
22. Soviets launch Sputnik into space
23. America puts Man on the Moon!!
24. Cuban Missile Crisis
25. Civil Rights movement. Rosa Parks, Brown VS the Board of Education. ect.
26. JFK assassinated
27. MLK Jr. assassinated
28. Space Shuttle Challenger explodes
29. Rodney King story
30. OJ Simpson story
31. Oklahoma City bombing
32. September 11th
33. Space Shuttle Columbia explodes.
