Trip To New York Historical Society:-
Just
like this Course is linked to Violence in America, with agreeing of our class mates and professor. On Wednesday,
22,May ,2013, We decided once again to
explore more about violence in America related to history of America, So i went
with our class to the New York Historical Society. The trip to the New York
Historical Society was a bit exciting then the previous one because it wasn`t
focused on World War 2 itself but the artifacts also explores the Pearl Harbor incident , 9/11
and the New Yonkers respond to Pearl Harbor etc which caught my attention . It
was really good to see the other students from different colleges and schools
to explore about the history and i was really surprised to see their enthusiasm
towards the exhibition of artifacts in
the Museum. This museum wasn`t as large as the MET but the space of museum was
enough for the visitors to explore their knowledge .
After
entering to the museum, while start walking in museum with the intention to
explore something new in our knowledge the first artifact that caught my
attention on the spot and which become my favorite artifact after reading about
it ,was the artifact of an army soldier Sidney Diamond (1922-1944), who joined
the army after finishing the high school. He fell in love with his high school
honey, Estelle Spen. During the time while he was fighting for the sake of
nation`s prosperity, he wrote 525 letters to her and she saved all of his
letters. After reading one of his letter to her fiance i really like the way he
express his emotions and feelings for her fiance but for the sake of country`s
morale ,he sacrifice his life and got killed in battlefield in the Philippine`s
on January,24,1944 at the age of 22. Later on his fiance post all his letters in
newspaper. He received silver star for his bravery. The second artifact
which i found interesting and which
certainly got my quick attention because that artifact was really small in size
but its function was really out standing and that's true that good things comes
in small packages. The artifact was
Wooden Pigeon Model 1943, Kenneth E.Behring Center. Brassiere
Manufacturer Maiden Form developed and produced a "Pigeon Vest"
whose job was to inform the other paratrooper party in battlefield that the
first party is reached safe to their destination and it was nice way of
communication in battlefield between battalions and the pigeon vest was made
for the pigeons safety because it was trained and special pigeons then the
normal pigeons. The third artifact which was very interesting to read and to
know about the New yorkers after the Pearl Harbor attack, January 19,1942, New Yorkers really respond with such a passionate way to Pearl Harbor of Japan`s
attack, thousands of New Yorkers
enlisted themselves in the Army, Navy and Marines to do volunteers worked at
the Brooklyn Navy yard to go to Pearl
Harbor to repair the damaged ships. The forth artifacts which reminds of
reading of current book "It Can`t Happen Here" by S. Lewis , because
in this artifact "The Signal Corps in Queens" 1942, Phillip Schultz.
In which the Army opened its signal
corps photographic center in Astoria, Queens,New York. In which New York and
Hollywood talented people were working in order to raise the morale and passion
of people of America to win the war. which reminds me the reading from "It
Can`t Happen Here" from a character"Bishop Prang" who was a
famous celebrity in radio and who collects millions and thousands of people by showing them fake hope
of life out of dark.
As i
m international student but with this class i really learned a lot about
America's history. We should have this kind of trip in every class related to the
course and also out of the course because it is really helpful for those who
are interested to know about history and explore about it. Both of these trips
in this class is the best trip i have learned a lot and it really helped in my
general knowledge .
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