If you have watched the movie Zero dark Thirty, you will get an inkling of why this is regarded as a defining moment in American history. The hunt for Osama Bin laden involved mammoth combined effort of military and intelligence resources which was possibly the greatest secret manhunt in American history, Here was the mastermind of the 9/11 bombings living a secluded life in a safe house in Pakistan. To many depraved minds, Bin laden was a hero but that hero turned out to be just another bullet-riddled face when American secret forces shot him in his haven in Abbottabad Pakistan on 2nd may 201. Justice will come to you sooner or later. Americans including the Muslim population in Michigan rejoiced at the death of a mastermind of terrorism who could have reaped an even more bloody harvest had he been allowed to live.
Perhaps only the men and women involved know how strenuous, dangerous and grueling was the task of bringing Bin laden down and Americans have them to thank for bringing justice to those who died in the ill fateful day of 9/11.
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The civil war of 1861 was a sad day in American history when the North and south were divided on grounds of the institution of slavery. None can say the north won or the south dealt a blow to the American union because in civil war only the people of a country die and in this case it was Americans. The slavery issue polarized the country like never before and war was the only answer. 10,600,000 Americans died in a horror that no American ever saw before or after. Many of the soldiers who fought did so for wages and three square meals. Hardly can anyone say it was for glory on the battlefield because there is no glory in killing your brother.
The war ended with the surrender of the South in 1865 but not before it had taken a huge toll on the American people. The southern states were welcomed back into the union as per Lincoln’s wishes. Post war, colored population was given the right to vote and hold office. A new era in the greatness of America had begun.
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Regardless of what many may think, till that fateful day of January 20th 209, Americans had seen black presidents on celluloid. Barack Obama became America’s first black president which was a turning point in the history of America. Americans embraced that moment as a victory for humanity and the unity of people that defined the greatness of the American Nation to reform itself within. Barack Obama held office from 2009 to 2016 and it was during his tenure that America did see many reforms that were envisioned by Obama as beneficial for the American people. With Landmark bills in healthcare care Obama won the heart of several of his countrymen not forgetting his better half the first lady Michelle Obama who was as popular as her husband the 44th president of America.
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Had it not been for the American Revolution, would there be an America to discuss. As one of the most important and defining events in US history, the revolution was one cry against the English who despite their military might lost to what they often referred to as an army of irregulars. However what they never realized is that though Washington’s army consisted and depended a lot on the contribution of the militiamen and local armies, the men fought not for money but for a cause. When you fight against tyranny and Independence, you are motivated and strengthened mentally and physically.
The American Revolution could well be the greatest drama of world history where several personalities have etched names for themselves in ballads, poems and history books for children and adults alike. People like Paul Revere, George Washington, Lafayette, Patrick Henry and Benjamin Franklin among many others will never be forgotten as the founding fathers of the great nation of the United States of America. Certainly not Lord Cornwallis whose crushing defeat at Yorktown turned the tide of the revolution which finally led to Independence on 4th of July 1776.
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