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By ash12 BRONZE
Oregon, Oregon

When the news first hit across the television, I was completely astonished. Everything as I saw the world to be had changed. Barack Obama had become the first African-American to b...
ash12 BRONZE, Oregon, Oregon
3 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
We must be the change, to change the world.


Nonfiction
By CoyoteHeart GOLD
Marietta, Georgia
CoyoteHeart GOLD, Marietta, Georgia
17 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
"You'll learn from them - if you want to. Just as someday, someone will learn something from you. It's a beautiful, reciprocal arrangement. And it isn't education. It's history. It's poetry." ~As said by Mr. Antolini, Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger

Nonfiction
By Andrea Witte SILVER
Anchorage, Alaska
Andrea Witte SILVER, Anchorage, Alaska
7 articles 2 photos 19 comments
Snikerdoodle PLATINUM, Leander, Texas
21 articles 2 photos 18 comments
Nonfiction
By Vespa PLATINUM
Portland, Oregon
Vespa PLATINUM, Portland, Oregon
21 articles 4 photos 18 comments

Favorite Quote:
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. <br /> ~Leonardo Da Vinci

Nonfiction
By hyacinth24 PLATINUM
Dededo, Other
hyacinth24 PLATINUM, Dededo, Other
20 articles 0 photos 4 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams...&quot; - Eleanor Roosevelt

Nonfiction
By Katied BRONZE
Houston, Texas
Katied BRONZE, Houston, Texas
4 articles 0 photos 0 comments

Favorite Quote:
&ldquo;When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.&rdquo; - Joseph Joubert

Nonfiction
By maddwriter BRONZE
Overland Park, Kansas
maddwriter BRONZE, Overland Park, Kansas
4 articles 0 photos 1 comment
Nonfiction
limeturquoise825 SILVER, Folsom, California
6 articles 0 photos 5 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity.&quot;<br /> Cicero--Roman author, orator, &amp; politician (106 BC - 43 BC)