Résultats pour "The Monument" dans Voyage d’aventure

A historical journey through 108 of Colorado's monuments. The tone of the entries is sometimes somber, sometimes with a dash of humor, but always appropriate for the subject. The time to sugarcoat Colorado's history is over. Telling the truth about our history is the focus of every entry. Having the author narrate brings the history to life, replete with sound effects, and appropriate ambiances. Suitable for adults and young adults. Includes a Foreword by Thomas J. "Dr. Colorado" Noel. Check out the sample for a section of the entry on the Sand Creek Massacre.

The story of an enslaved African American. Booker T. Washington was an author, an educator, an orator and political leader, and one of history's most influential African Americans. One if his more remembered quotes is: “Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” He titled his autobiography Up from Slavery.

The Vietnam War remains one of the most controversial events in American history, and it bitterly divided the nation, so it's somewhat ironic that the most famous monument commemorating the war is also on one of the most serene spots in the nation’s capital. The famous Vietnam Wall is a place of almost eerie silence where even children cease their chatter. Rising out of the ground like an ancient obelisk, it calls upon its visitors to stop talking and to look and gaze upon the magnitude of America’s great mistake, a war that began in whispers and ended in tears.

Audio Journeys are explores this one-of-a-kind monolith known to Native Americans as Bear Mountain. We walk around the base while a park ranger interprets what this unique formation is and the ecology that surrounds it.

Audio Journeys by Travel Radio International explores one of the most important trading posts in the West. Hubbell was meeting ground for two cultures: the Navajo and early settlers who came to the area.