Wayman Tisdale Story

 

Last week in US Government we watched the Wayman Tisdale Story.  I wanted my students to know you ARE part of GREATNESS!!!  Booker T is an incredible place filled with opportunity, academic excellence, and GREATNESS!  One of the GREAT Hornets is Wayman Tisdale.  He walked the halls of Booker T, and graduated in the early 80s!

Hope they were inspired!  Wayman Tisdale inspires me!

The trailer

This Day In History

 

August 25, 1944

On August 25, 1944, after more than four years of Nazi occupation, Paris is liberated by the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division.

Taken from:  https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-25/paris-liberated

This Day In History

 

August 24, 1814

On August 24, 1814, during the War of 1812 between the United States and England, British troops enter Washington, D.C. and burn the White House in retaliation for the American attack on the city of York in Ontario, Canada, in June 1813.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-24/british-troops-set-fire-to-the-white-house

This Day In History

 

August 23, 1927

On August 23, 1927, despite worldwide demonstrations in support of their innocence, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are executed for murder.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-23/sacco-and-vanzetti-executed

Be Like the Sun

 

This Day In History

 

August 22, 1911

An amateur painter sets up his easel near Leonardo da Vinci’s "Mona Lisa" at the Louvre in Paris, only to discover that the masterpiece is missing. Earlier in the day, in perhaps the most brazen art theft of all time, Vincenzo Peruggia had walked into the Louvre, removed the famed painting from the wall, hid it beneath his clothes, and escaped.

While the entire nation of France was stunned, theories abounded as to what could have happened to the invaluable artwork. Most believed that professional thieves could not have been involved because they would have realized that it would be too dangerous to try to sell the world’s most famous painting. A popular rumor in Paris was that the Germans had stolen it to humiliate the French.

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-22/theft-of-mona-lisa-is-discovered

This Day In History

 

August 21, 1831

Believing himself chosen by God to lead his people out of slavery, Nat Turner launches the largest-ever insurrection by enslaved people in the United States. 

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-21/slave-revolt-erupts-in-virginia