March 2011
March 2nd, 2011
Written by Rita Cook in Feature Stories with 0 Comments
No matter when you find yourself in Italy, there are always a few festivals going on, and if you are lucky, one might be taking place where you are visiting. The website www.justitaly.org, touts the importance of festivals in this fun-loving country noting, “Italy is a land of beauty and glory. The Italians celebrate Christmas and the New Year with great pomp and show and there are hundreds of...
March 1st, 2011
Written by Doug Worgul in Cover Stories with 0 Comments
Editors Note: President Barack Obama awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Congressman John Lewis of Alabama, and 14 other Americans who have made invaluable contributions. USARiseUp congratulates all the recipients for their life-long work to improve humanity. USARiseUp is especially pleased to bring to the forefront once again, the April 2010 cover article about Congressman John Lewis as...
March 1st, 2011
Written by Wendy Innes in Setting It Straight with 1 Comment
At a height of six feet, and a former slave from New York, Sojourner Truth was perhaps one of the best-known abolitionists who advocated for women’s rights in the country’s history. She was a wife and mother, but more importantly, a survivor.Early LifeSojourner Truth, born Isabella Baumfree in Ulster County, New York in 1797, belonged to a Dutch family, and until she was nine or ten-years-old,...