"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" (also known as "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory" outside of the United States), is a song by American writer and poet Julia Ward Howe (1819–1910).
Howe's lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in "The Atlantic Monthly" in February 1862. She was paid $4.00 for the song. It is based on the music from the song "John Brown's Body". It was made famous by Charles Cardwell McCabe, a Union Army chaplain during the American Civil War. He sang it in front of President Abraham Lincoln who stood and asked to hear it a second time. It quickly became the unofficial anthem of the Union. Since that time, it has become a popular and well-known American patriotic song.
House of the Faun
The House of the Faun (), was built in the 2nd century BC. It was a large private home in Pompeii, Italy. It has many great works of art. It is a fancy aristocratic house from the Roman republic. The house shows the time period better than most archaeological things in Rome itself.
Łobez
Łobez (German: "Labes") is a town in Pomerania, northwestern Poland. It has 10,066 inhabitants (2019). Situated on the Rega river, it is the capital of Łobez County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Philoxenos of Eretria
Philoxenus of Eretria was a painter from Eretria. He was the student of Nicomachus of Thebes. Philoxenus copied his speed in painting. He found new and fast ways of painting. Pliny said a picture Philoxenus painted was the best painting. It was of a battle of Alexander the Great with Darius. He painted it for King Cassander. The same subject was used in the Alexander Mosaic in the House of the Faun, in Pompeii.
Darius III of Persia
Darius III (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named Artashata. He was called Codomannus by the Greeks. Darius III was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia. He ruled from 336 BC to 330 BC. Artashata took "Darius" as his dynastic name.
Carlotta Ikeda
Sanae "Carlotta" Ikeda (; 19 February 1941 – 24 September 2014) was a Japanese butoh dancer. She started her career in the early 1960s. She first became a member of the butoh group Dairakudakan in the early 1970s. She founded the Ariadone Company, an all-female butoh dance troupe, with Kô Murobushi in 1974.
Ikeda was born in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture. At the age of 19, she graduated from a dance school in Tokyo. Her stage name was in honour of Italian ballet dancer Carlotta Grisi. In the 1980s, she moved to Paris, France.
Ikeda died from liver cancer on 24 September 2014 in Bordeaux, aged 73.
Anarkali (girl)
Anarkali (meaning Pomegranate blossom) was the name of a legendary dancing girl. She is said to have lived in Lahore (now in Pakistan) in the time of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. She fell in love with prince Selim (who later became the Emperor Jahangir) but was punished by his father, Akbar. She is supposed to have died in Lahore and it is said her grave is also there. The famous Anarkali Bazaar in Lahore was named after her.
Imtiaz Ali Taj
Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj (1900-1970) was a famous playwright from Lahore (now in Pakistan).
He is specially famous for his play "Anarkali" (1922) about the life and love of the dancing-girl of Mughal times, Anarkali.
This play was later adapted and made into a number of films about the story of Anarkali.
Anna (Disney)
Anna is a princess from Disney's movie, "Frozen". For most of the movie, she is voiced by Kristen Bell. However, "Young Anna" is voiced by Livvy Stubenrauch. Anna has an older sister named Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), who can create anything with snow and ice.
This is what the official "Frozen" website says about Anna:
"Anna (voice of Kristen Bell) is more daring than graceful and, at times, can act before she thinks. But she's also the most optimistic and caring person you'll ever meet."
In the movie, Anna meets a prince named Hans. She wants to marry him. Then, even though it is summer, Elsa freezes everything. Anna has to find Elsa and make her bring back the summer. Soon she meets another man named Kristoff who likes ice and helps Anna find Elsa.
Aruviyodu Village
Aruviyodu Village is a hilly hamlet near the river Neyyar in India. It is down south in Neyyattinkara in the district of Thiruvananthapuram. It comes under Kunnathukal Panchayath. It belongs to South Kerala Division. It is located east of the district headquarters in Thiruvananthapuram. It is from Perumkadavila.
Aruviyodu is surrounded by Neyyattinkara Taluk towards the west, Parassala towards the south, Melpuram Taluk towards South, Munchira Taluk towards the south. This Place is in the border of the Thiruvananthapuram District and Kanniyakumari District.
The Dhanuvachapuram Railway Station and Amaravila Halt Railway Station are near Aruviyodu. The Trivandrum Central Railway Station is major railway station 26 km from Aruviyodu.
Château de Meudon
The Château de Meudon was a former royal residence in France. It is most commonly associated with the "Grand Dauphin" the only son of Louis XIV who made it his personal residence. However, on the death of the Dauphin the property reverted to the crown and was used by the famous Duchess of Berry (a granddaughter of Louis XIV) and was later ignored under Louis XV and Louis XVI, but became the official residence of the King of Rome from 1812, and was occupied by Jérôme Bonaparte under the First Empire. The main building was largely destroyed in a fire in 1871, and it is now the site of the Observatoire de Paris-Meudon.
There was originally a small manor on the site which was given to the Duchess of Étampes, a mistress of Francis I of France. The family remodelled the building in around 1540 when the property was given to the "Cardinal de Lorraine". At the Cardinal's death in 1574, Meudon reverted to the House of Guise until 1654. In 1679, the château was sold by Servien's heir to Louvois, the minister of Louis XIV, who continued to improve it inside and out, until his death in 1691. Above all, he commissioned André Le Nôtre to construct grand gardens and fountains fed by elaborate hydraulic works. In June 1695, Louis XIV purchased Meudon from the widow of Louvois, with the intention of installing his only legitimate child le Grand Dauphin in the premises. A brilliant period followed. The Dauphin employed "Jules Hardouin-Mansart". Following the death of the Dauphin the property was briefly used by his son Louis, Duke of Burgundy, Dauphin of France. It was then later given to the Duchess of Berry in 1718.
Louis XV employed Meudon as a hunting lodge. Although his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, was installed in the nearby Château de Bellevue, Meudon was eclipsed in his favour by the Château de Choisy. Meudon declined further under Louis XVI, the parterres overgrown, the basins emptied, the park let piecemeal to tenant farmers.
In 1870, the terraces of Meudon were part of the strategic defenses of Paris in the Franco-Prussian War, and the château, damaged by shelling,[6] was occupied by Prussian forces. Forty-eight hours after the signing of the armistice, in January 1871, Meudon caught fire. It burned for three days, until only some exterior walls were left standing
Ronald Reagan 1980 presidential campaign
Ronald Reagan, the 33rd Governor of California, announced his candidacy for President of the United States in New York City on November 13, 1979. On July 17, 1980, he became the nominee of the Republican Party for the 1980 presidential election. William J. Casey managed Reagan's campaign.
The slogan of his campaign were ""Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?"" and ""Make America Great Again"".
After winning the Republican nomination, he selected one of his opponents in the primary elections, George H. W. Bush, to be his running mate (vice president candidate).