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Civil War
Union Gen. Jefferson C. Davis shoots Union Gen. William "Bull" Nelson on the steps of the Galt House
Main article: Louisville in the American Civil War
During the Civil War, Louisville was a major stronghold of Union forces, which kept Kentucky firmly in the Union. It was the center of planning, supplies, recruiting and transportation for numerous campaigns, especially in the Western Theater. While the state of Kentucky officially declared its neutrality early in the war, prominent Louisville attorney James Speed strongly advocated keeping the state in the Union. Seeing Louisville's strategic importance in the freight industry, General William Tecumseh Sherman formed an army base in the city in the event that the Confederacy advanced.
In September 1862, Confederate General Braxton Bragg decided to take Louisville, but ultimately changed his mind due to lack of backup from General Edmund Kirby Smith's forces and the subsequent decision to install Confederate Governor Richard Hawes in Frankfort. In the summer of 1863, Confederate cavalry under John Hunt Morgan invaded Kentucky from Tennessee and briefly threatened Louisville before swinging around the city into Indiana during Morgan's Raid. In March 1864, Generals Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant met at the Galt House to plan the spring campaign, which included the capture of Atlanta, Georgia.
By the end of the war, Louisville itself had not been attacked even once, even though surrounded by skirmishes and battles, including the Battle of Perryville and the Battle of Corydon. The Unionists — most whose leaders owned slaves — felt betrayed by the abolitionist position of the Republican Party. After 1865 returning Confederate veterans largely took control of the city, leading to the jibe that it joined the Confederacy after the war was over. Subsequently, in 1895, a Confederate monument was erected near the University of Louisville campus.
[edit]Reconstruction
Churchill Downs in 1901
The first Kentucky Derby was held on May 17, 1875, at the Louisville Jockey Club track (later renamed to Churchill Downs). The Derby was originally shepherded by Meriwether Lewis Clark, Jr., the grandson of William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. 10,000 spectators were present at the first Derby to watch Aristides win the race.
A giant baseball bat adorns the outside of Louisville Slugger Museum in downtown Louisville
On February 2, 1876, Professional Baseball launched the National League, and the Louisville Grays were a charter member of the league. While the Grays were a relatively short-lived team, playing for only two years, they began a much longer lasting relationship between the city and baseball. In 1883, John "Bud" Hillerich made his first baseball bat from white ash in his father's wood shop. The first bat was produced for Pete "The Gladiator" Browning of the Louisville Eclipse (minor league team). The bats eventually become known by the popular name, Louisville Slugger, and the company he started, Hillerich & Bradsby, rapidly became one of the largest manufacturers of baseball bats and other sporting equipment in the world. Today, Hillerich & Bradsby manufactures over one million wooden bats per year, accounting for about two of three wooden bats sold worldwide.
On August 1, 1883, U.S. President Chester A. Arthur opened the first annual Southern Exposition, a series of World's Fairs that would run for five consecutive years adjacent to Central Park in what is now Old Louisville. Highlighted at the show was the largest to-date installation of incandescent light bulbs, having been recently invented by Thomas Edison (a previous resident of Louisville).
The Columbia Building was the tallest building in Kentucky for a decade
Downtown Louisville began a modernization period in the 1890s, with Louisville's second skyscraper, the Columbia Building, opening on January 1, 1890.[28] The following year, famous landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was commissioned to design Louisville's system of parks (most notably, Cherokee, Iroquois and Shawnee Parks) connected by tree-lined parkways. Train service arrived to the city on September 7, 1891 with the completion of the Union Station train hub. The first train arrived at 7:30 am. At the time, Louisville's Union Station was recognized as the largest train station in the South.
Memorial to the 1890 tornado, on Main Street in downtown Louisville
Interrupting these developments, on March 27, 1890, a major tornado measuring F4 on the Fujita scale visited Louisville. The "whirling tiger of the air" carved a path from the Parkland neighborhood all the way to Crescent Hill, destroying 766 buildings ($2 1/2 million worth of property) and killing an estimated 74 to 120 people. At least 55 of those deaths occurred when the Falls City Hall collapsed. This is one of the highest death tolls due to a single building collapse from a tornado in U.S. history.
In 1893, two Louisville sisters, Patty and Mildred J. Hill, both schoolteachers, wrote the song "Good Morning to All" for their kindergarten class. The song didn't quite catch on popularly, and the lyrics were later changed to the more recognizable, Happy Birthday to You. This is now the most performed song in the English language.
Monday, December 3, 2007
just stoping by
lala:
im only on page 86 and im still kinda confused. paul D just told sethe some shocking things about her husband while he was a slave. i dont want to say what exactly he told her because luis is still behind. also paul D is starting to get suspicious about beloved and how she just randomly walked all the way to their home, had no family, and asked the most random yet important questions. this book is getting boring and boring by the page.
im only on page 86 and im still kinda confused. paul D just told sethe some shocking things about her husband while he was a slave. i dont want to say what exactly he told her because luis is still behind. also paul D is starting to get suspicious about beloved and how she just randomly walked all the way to their home, had no family, and asked the most random yet important questions. this book is getting boring and boring by the page.
Monday, November 19, 2007
DESCRiptiVE
SyRiNA:
Toni Morrison is a very descriptive author. When she talks about a specific topic, she gets very descriptive, like when shes talking about Beloved. She says that Beloved's voice is rough and her skin is brand new. I like when authors write with a descriptive language because, it helps me see the picture more clearer.
Toni Morrison is a very descriptive author. When she talks about a specific topic, she gets very descriptive, like when shes talking about Beloved. She says that Beloved's voice is rough and her skin is brand new. I like when authors write with a descriptive language because, it helps me see the picture more clearer.
Falling Behind
Sorry but I'm very behind everyone in the book. It's hard to read at home because there are soo many distractions. I'll try to catch up once things start calming down at home. I've been trying to read whenever I'm in a quiet place or alone. I'll Catch up I promise
POSTED BY:LUIS
POSTED BY:LUIS
CONfUSiNq AUthOR.
SyRiNA::
The farther I get in the book, the more I learn, but the way i'm learning is confusing. Toni Morrison is a very confusing writer. If she writes all of her books like this, I refuse to read another one of her books. She talks about the present and then switches back to the past faster than a speeding bullet. I don't know if shes talking about current events or things that happened a long time ago. The main reason I continue to read this book is because it is intriguing. It keep s you guessing and wondering about what will happen next.
The farther I get in the book, the more I learn, but the way i'm learning is confusing. Toni Morrison is a very confusing writer. If she writes all of her books like this, I refuse to read another one of her books. She talks about the present and then switches back to the past faster than a speeding bullet. I don't know if shes talking about current events or things that happened a long time ago. The main reason I continue to read this book is because it is intriguing. It keep s you guessing and wondering about what will happen next.
getting there
hey guys im up to page 79 s0 im getting there. so far beloved is making more contact with the family. she smiles when to let them know what she likes and paul d seems to always feel her bad presence
ciera
ciera
i hope ur proud syrii =]
lala
i read the book over the weekend and im now on page 69. Beloved just came into the picture. she is very intresting. i really loved the way the aurthor described sethe, paul D, and denver's shadows holding hands and as i read i could imagine the entire carnival experience that the colored people were having and how amusing it was to them to see these crazy lookin white people makin fools of them selves.
i read the book over the weekend and im now on page 69. Beloved just came into the picture. she is very intresting. i really loved the way the aurthor described sethe, paul D, and denver's shadows holding hands and as i read i could imagine the entire carnival experience that the colored people were having and how amusing it was to them to see these crazy lookin white people makin fools of them selves.
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Back and forth
lAlA:]
right now im on page 43. the story keeps going back and forth. one minute sethe iz with her husband than the next minute she is with paul D. right now sethe is pregnent with denver and she is with amy. sethe cant move because she is in so much pain. sethe reffers to denver as "an antelope in her belly". im going to try to read as much as i can over the weekend and on the train, so dont worry syrina because im going to try. lol:]
right now im on page 43. the story keeps going back and forth. one minute sethe iz with her husband than the next minute she is with paul D. right now sethe is pregnent with denver and she is with amy. sethe cant move because she is in so much pain. sethe reffers to denver as "an antelope in her belly". im going to try to read as much as i can over the weekend and on the train, so dont worry syrina because im going to try. lol:]
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
As I Go Along;
SyRiNA:
As I continue to read the book (Chap. 5) it becomes more interesting. Yes, I know it seems boring and confusing in the beginning, but if you remember what the narrator said about the past, you will be intrigued to find out about the future. In the previous chapters, it has said that Sethe lost a child, a long time ago, and that child is now haunting her. I wonder if that same child is the woman that appears now, the woman that comes back almost 20 years later. This is what I mean when I say the past always connects to the future. As I said before, the book is getting better and more interesting as I go along.
*In order to read this book, you must have patience and belief.
As I continue to read the book (Chap. 5) it becomes more interesting. Yes, I know it seems boring and confusing in the beginning, but if you remember what the narrator said about the past, you will be intrigued to find out about the future. In the previous chapters, it has said that Sethe lost a child, a long time ago, and that child is now haunting her. I wonder if that same child is the woman that appears now, the woman that comes back almost 20 years later. This is what I mean when I say the past always connects to the future. As I said before, the book is getting better and more interesting as I go along.
*In order to read this book, you must have patience and belief.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Finally
I am finally startin to understand the book it took a little while though. The way the author writes is a little difficult to understand but im getting through it ok now. POSTED BY: LUIS
Monday, November 5, 2007
im confused???
lAlA:]
im a little confused about whats going on on pages 28 and 29.sumthing about sixo and sethe not wanting paulD's attention, idk?? can sum1 plz explain those 2 pages 2 mii cuz im soooooo confused?
im a little confused about whats going on on pages 28 and 29.sumthing about sixo and sethe not wanting paulD's attention, idk?? can sum1 plz explain those 2 pages 2 mii cuz im soooooo confused?
Unreliable Or Reliable Narrator?
1. Is your narrator reliable? How do you know? Are there clues provided to allow you to trust the narrator or not?
2. What purpose would there be to have an unreliable narrator in the story?
3. How does your belief in the reliability of the narrator effect your reading and interpretation of the story?
4. Have you read or viewed other stories with unreliable narrators? Can you make any connections between that and your current story?
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1. Yes, the narrator seems to be very reliable, because she knows the characterss and what they are going through. The way she describes how the characters feel an act gives me enough evidence that she's reliable.
2. You wouldn't be able to follow the story line if you had an unreliable narrator. You wouldn't be able to believe the narrator as they go along telling the story. When the reader and the narrator of a book don't share a bond, it makes the reader uninterested.
3. When you know the narrator is reliable, you tend to believe everything the narrator is saying. It makes the story more intriguing because you never stop to doubt the facts.
4. Yes, the Tell-Tale Heart has an unreliable narrator. It doesn't relate to our narrator though.
2. What purpose would there be to have an unreliable narrator in the story?
3. How does your belief in the reliability of the narrator effect your reading and interpretation of the story?
4. Have you read or viewed other stories with unreliable narrators? Can you make any connections between that and your current story?
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1. Yes, the narrator seems to be very reliable, because she knows the characterss and what they are going through. The way she describes how the characters feel an act gives me enough evidence that she's reliable.
2. You wouldn't be able to follow the story line if you had an unreliable narrator. You wouldn't be able to believe the narrator as they go along telling the story. When the reader and the narrator of a book don't share a bond, it makes the reader uninterested.
3. When you know the narrator is reliable, you tend to believe everything the narrator is saying. It makes the story more intriguing because you never stop to doubt the facts.
4. Yes, the Tell-Tale Heart has an unreliable narrator. It doesn't relate to our narrator though.
OUR NON- fiCtiON ARtiClE
Beloved
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1987, Beloved is an astonishing portrayal of the brutal impact racial intolerance has had on black America. Set in Ohio after the Civil War, it tells the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who cannot get beyond the unspeakable agony of her past. The famous first lines of the book are a gripping and stark description of the house Sethe lives in with her daughter, Denver, and the mother of her dead husband:
124 was spiteful. Full of a baby's venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the children."
Morrison's language is so vivid and rich that nearly every page is a stunning piece of art. The story is complex and profound, telling - perhaps better than any book ever has- the ugly and wrenching story of slavery in America. It is as much a "must read" as any book of the twentieth century and has staked its claim as such in most college, and many high school, curriculum. Like most great literature, it can be read again and again with an increased gut-level understanding each time.
The history of the black experience in America is still being told - in bits and pieces and occasional flashes of genius such as this. There is much more to be understood and much more to be chronicled, but Toni Morrison's ongoing eloquence is a gift that makes that task seem do-able.
Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 for her entire body of work. Now 75, she works as Professor of Humanities at Princeton University and continues to write. Her last novel was Love, published in 2003.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1987, Beloved is an astonishing portrayal of the brutal impact racial intolerance has had on black America. Set in Ohio after the Civil War, it tells the story of Sethe, an escaped slave who cannot get beyond the unspeakable agony of her past. The famous first lines of the book are a gripping and stark description of the house Sethe lives in with her daughter, Denver, and the mother of her dead husband:
124 was spiteful. Full of a baby's venom. The women in the house knew it and so did the children."
Morrison's language is so vivid and rich that nearly every page is a stunning piece of art. The story is complex and profound, telling - perhaps better than any book ever has- the ugly and wrenching story of slavery in America. It is as much a "must read" as any book of the twentieth century and has staked its claim as such in most college, and many high school, curriculum. Like most great literature, it can be read again and again with an increased gut-level understanding each time.
The history of the black experience in America is still being told - in bits and pieces and occasional flashes of genius such as this. There is much more to be understood and much more to be chronicled, but Toni Morrison's ongoing eloquence is a gift that makes that task seem do-able.
Morrison won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 for her entire body of work. Now 75, she works as Professor of Humanities at Princeton University and continues to write. Her last novel was Love, published in 2003.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Monday, October 29, 2007
fiRSt ChAptER
SyRiNA:
The first chapter of the book Beloved, points out the main characters in the story. There names are Sethe, Baby Suggs, Howard, Buglar, Denver, Paul D. Garner, && Mrs. Garner. I notice that the speaker reminisces alot about the past, such as when Sethe was a slave && lived on the Sweet Home plantation. Sethe is no longer a slave though, she lives with her daughter, Denver, in a house nobody wants to visit. It is a haunted house on Bluestone road, a house that is haunted by Sethe's other daughter, who was murdered. The house shakes && trembles, it does things unlike most houses, but it is not the house. it is the ghost of Sethe's two-year old daughter. "it's not evil, it's sad," Sethe says, referring to the ghost. Even Sethe's sons, Howard && Buglar ran away from the house. Now Denver wants to move away from the house, but her mom says NO! Will she ever change her mind?! Maybe her old friend from the plantation, Paul D. Garner, will change her mind.
The first chapter of the book Beloved, points out the main characters in the story. There names are Sethe, Baby Suggs, Howard, Buglar, Denver, Paul D. Garner, && Mrs. Garner. I notice that the speaker reminisces alot about the past, such as when Sethe was a slave && lived on the Sweet Home plantation. Sethe is no longer a slave though, she lives with her daughter, Denver, in a house nobody wants to visit. It is a haunted house on Bluestone road, a house that is haunted by Sethe's other daughter, who was murdered. The house shakes && trembles, it does things unlike most houses, but it is not the house. it is the ghost of Sethe's two-year old daughter. "it's not evil, it's sad," Sethe says, referring to the ghost. Even Sethe's sons, Howard && Buglar ran away from the house. Now Denver wants to move away from the house, but her mom says NO! Will she ever change her mind?! Maybe her old friend from the plantation, Paul D. Garner, will change her mind.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
BEGINNING OF A NEW BOOK: GOAlS
tHE BOOk WE CHOSE fOR ClASS iS BElOVED! By TONi MORRiSON.
WE Will tRy OUR BESt tO READ At lEASt A ChAptER At Niqht. ThAt iS OUR qOAl.
WE Will REFlECt ON thE READiNq EithER thE NEXt DAy iN ClASS OR WhEN WE ARE At HOME.
EACh ChAPtER WIll HAVE ItSz OWN pOSt WIth thE DAtE, tiME, & pERSON whO WROtE it.
ThiS iS OUR qOAl & MAiN fOCUS WhilE READiNq thE BOOk BElOVED!
SyRiNA,CiERA,LUiS,LADONNA
WE Will tRy OUR BESt tO READ At lEASt A ChAptER At Niqht. ThAt iS OUR qOAl.
WE Will REFlECt ON thE READiNq EithER thE NEXt DAy iN ClASS OR WhEN WE ARE At HOME.
EACh ChAPtER WIll HAVE ItSz OWN pOSt WIth thE DAtE, tiME, & pERSON whO WROtE it.
ThiS iS OUR qOAl & MAiN fOCUS WhilE READiNq thE BOOk BElOVED!
SyRiNA,CiERA,LUiS,LADONNA
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