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Women write history through the Vietnam Women's Memorial
 Nov. 14, 2018 - About 300 people gathered Saturday evening for a Candlelight Ceremony at the Vietnam Women's Memorial to honor its 25th anniversary. Diane Carlson Evans, an Army nurse, Vietnam veteran, and founder of the Memorial, spoke to Student News Net before the ceremony.  Word of the Dayscorned: verb;ostracized, criticized, rejected; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Extra! Extra! Feature Article Douglas Brinkley to students: Lead a dignified lifeSept. 21, 2018 - Douglas Brinkley eloquently delivered the Keynote Address at last Friday's Student News Net Symposium. Read More
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Douglas Brinkley, author of Rosa Parks: A Life, speaks at the Student News Net Symposium on Sept. 14, 2018.. Weekly VOCABWeek of November 12 affixed: verb; signed, put in place, attached;Sept. 17, 1787: US Constitution adopted downgraded: Select Part of speech...; to make less severe, Florence producing catastrophic flooding enlisted: verb; signed up; Veterans Day traces origin to 1918 recounts: verb; tells, remembers; Fall 1918: Influenza pandemic rages Today In HistoryNovember 14 1915: Booker T. Washington, educator who was the first president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, died. That institution is now known as Tuskegee University.1732: Library of Congress - The Library Company of Philadelphia signed a contract with its first librarian. Founded by Benjamin Franklin and friends in November 1731, the library enrolled members for a fee of forty shillings but had to wait for books to arrive from England before beginning full operation. More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareSept. 3, 2013 (update: 2016) Over 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyMay 12, 2016 - The story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceMarch 22, 2016 - Glassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Women write history through the Vietnam Women's MemorialNov. 14, 2018 - About 300 people gathered Saturday evening for a Candlelight Ceremony at the Vietnam Women's Memorial to honor its 25th anniversary. Diane Carlson Evans, an Army nurse, Vietnam veteran, and founder of the Memorial, spoke to Student News Net before the ceremony.  Death toll rises from Camp FireNov. 13, 2018 - The death toll from the Camp Fire in northern California has tragically risen to 42, according to CAL FIRE.  Lives lost in California wildfiresNov. 12, 2018 - In Butte County in northern California, the Camp Fire has burned 111,000 acres and tragically, 29 people have been killed.  Veterans Day traces origin to 1918Nov. 9, 2018 - Each Nov. 11, the nation pauses to honor veterans, a tradition that has its origin 100 years ago.   |
