12-15-14-Newest Pope Statue

George Wibrowski

Estates Class

Extra Credit

 The statue of Pope John Paul II. stands outside of St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish – A parish of the Roman – Catholic diocese. This church serves as a place of worship mainly for catholics, though all are welcome.

 St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr Parish

88-10 102^nd Ave.

Ozone Park, N.Y. 11416

At the bottom of the statute it says: Bog Jest Miloscia, which means God Is Love.

This church commemorates the life of Pope John Paul II with a statute in front of it. Pope John Paul II lived from 5/18/20 – 4/2/05 and was the Pope and head of the Roman Catholic Church from 10-16-78 – 4/2/05.

Born, Karol Jozef Wojtyła, the late Pope John Paul II, was someone who played a major role in bringing about immense change throughout the world. Some major things which he helped to accomplish were; bringing more awareness to wrong actions done by the roman catholic church and pleading for forgiveness for those same wrong acts done by others of the said church.

By letting his feelings be known on various issues, he helped to put an end to oppressive forms of government such as communism in Europe and helped to bring about awareness to the great importance and under-appreciation of women not only presently, but throughout history.

He also let the world know that we must encourage our world’s youth because they are our future and need to be well-rounded to be able to handle our world’s future issues. Eventually, due to his efforts, a World Youth Day was established. During the gatherings of youth which the pope had initiated, the Pope let youth of the world know that he was confident in them and encouraged them to be themselves and to do their best in life.

During his papacy, Pope John Paul II, traveled extensively and made great efforts toward reaching out to as many people as he could because above everything else he wanted to be close to the people and send the message of faith, love, hope respect and equality amongst all people.

He made a valiant effort to strengthen relations with people of different religions such as with those of Jewish, Islamic, Buddhist and mostly all other faiths. He spread the message of forgiveness, when he forgave the person who shot him four times, nearly killing him back in 1981.

Pope John Paul II spoke 12 languages and used nine of those languages when he traveled thoroughly. He was a remarkable man who pushed for peace and equality worldwide, yet not being afraid to voice his disapproval when the church did something he did not approve of. For those reasons and others he was an effective and unmatched leader in our world’s history.

Sources:

https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+faith+do+muslim%27s+practice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5t2nAJ1BNe4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_Paul_II.

http://worldyouthday.com/about-wyd/wyd-history

http://mentalfloss.com/article/27747/what-pope-john-paul-ii-did-bullet-nearly-killed-himl

12-15-14-Teddy Roosevelt newest statue

George Wibrowski

Estates Class

Extra Credit

President Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States. (He lived from 10/27/1858 – 1/6/1919. He was President of The United States from 9/14/1901 – 3/4/1909. He was also a former NYC Police Commissioner and Governor.

The statue of him outside the American Museum of Natural History on 81^st street and 5^th avenue commemorates his adventurous life.   He was a historian, author, explorer and conservationist and a great American leader. The American Museum of Natural History encapsulates diversity and appreciation for our current and many other great civilizations of the past. President Roosevelt appreciated his time spent outdoors, and the wondrous feelings that went along with exploring nature’s landscape.

President Theodore or “Teddy” Roosevelt, was known as a very energetic, charismatic adventurous person with a forceful personality.

He spearheaded the building of the Panama Canal, which he felt, and rightfully so, would be one of the lasting legacies of his presidency.

During his presidency, Roosevelt, or T.R. as he was called, never wanted there to be “too much power in the hands of corporate America,” (according to a youtube.com documentary on Roosevelt from The History Channel). One example of what he did to help curb that was to put blocks on the financier: J.P. Morgan’s attempt to own too many parts of the nation’s railroads.

He helped to improve labor conditions in our country. As a result of Roosevelt hearing about less than sanitary conditions at plants and factories where people worked, he spearheaded the passage of such laws in 1906 as the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act. He showed others that the Federal Government’s involvement can be a good thing. Sometime later, he also helped put forward and pass an act to conserve some of our country’s forests and natural resources.

Above all Roosevelt wanted to be the people’s President, not particularly siding with one political party or the other, he was not going to be pushed around, and he wanted to do the most good for the most people.

At times President Roosevelt also felt that he should flex the nation’s military muscle once in a while by letting other countries know that The United States was the top power in the west. In doing so, he proclaimed that from his presidency forward, the United States would police other countries’ major injustices in other parts of the western world.  

According to a documentary on Theodore Roosevelt from youtube.com posted by The History Channel, Theodore Roosevelt was’ “the first President to fly in an airplane, own an automobile, and dive in a submarine.”

Sources:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBpfih7w4B812-15-14-Teddy Roosevelt newest statue

12-15-14-Benito Juarez – Newest Statue

 George Wibrowski

Estates Class

Extra Credit

The Statue of Benito Juarez is located on the west side (the 6^th avenue side) of Bryant Park between 41^st and 42^nd St. It was placed there in 2002 and it commemorates Juarez’s great leadership and his intense interest in protecting the interests of the people of his great country of Mexico and being a friend of the United States in times of both war and peace.

Benito Juarez. Benito Juarez was the President of Mexico for five terms (from 1858 – 1972). He was born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico. He was an indigenous President and a greatly celebrated leader. (He lived from 3/21/1806 – 7/18/1872).

President Benitez spoke out against corruption in the Mexican military and as a result made several enemies. He went into hiding for a little while in Louisiana.

Juarez was granted an extension of his presidency and fought the invasion of Mexico by the French government. Juarez went to the United States to ask for support, but they offered him a position with the U.S. government without taking immediate action.

Though under intense pressure from France, Juarez refused to leave Mexico and finally got the U.S. to see his side, U.S. President Andrew Johnson ordered that the French leave Mexico right away.

The French didn’t respond but Juarez never gave up. Juarez wanted freedom for his people, freedom for the people to elect and control what goes on in their state themselves, not being controlled by a foreign country and freedom from all citizens having to follow a single religion. He wanted equal rights for all of his country’s people. His visions were ahead of his time.

Juarez was an honored member of MOLLUS, (the Military Order of The Loyal Legion of The United States), for his good relationship with the United States, his tactfulness in difficult times for his country and for being a good partner and loyal friend to the United States during times of both war and peace.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Ju%C3%A1rez

and a video from youtube. c o m on Mr. Juarez.

12-15-14-Chris Columb newest photo

George Wibrowski

Estates Class

Extra Credit –

The statue of Christopher Columbus stands at the main southern entrance of Central Park, Columbus circle, on 59^th street and the intersection of 8^th avenue and Broadway.

The statue commemorates Columbus’ voyages and arrival to the Americas. It also commemorates the great open space which we have in that central location, Central Park. Some trees within the park have remained in place for over a hundred years and it is a welcoming inner city escape for many New Yorkers.

Columbus’ statue was build in 1892 by Gaetano Russo to commemorate 400 years since he and his team landed in America.

Briefly in 2012, the statue was brought down to be part of an exhibit by Japanese Artist Tatsu Nishi with help from the Public Art Fund. In a controversial project, the statue was carefully brought down and into a large replica of a living room built about 7 stories up in the air. The artist is known for bringing usually hard to access exhibits into a more “accessible” view to the public, said Nicholas Baume director and curator of the public art fund.

Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy and lived from approx: (10/31/1451 – 5/20/1506).

Columbus spent five years raising funds from those in positions of influence such as Queens Isabella of Spain, before he had enough resources to make his voyage out west. On his voyage, Columbus stumbled across what was referred to as “the new world,” while he and his countrymen were in pursuit of a different trade path to Asia, or to find India. He came with three of his ships; the Nina , the Pinta and the Santa Maria. When they arrived, to the Bahamas, on October 12^th 1492, it was deemed to be Europe’s first (as far as they knew it) encounter of this new land – known to be America.

Though millions of people had already lived in the Americas before Columbus arrived, he is credited with setting forth news that would attract the Spanish and other Europeans to the conquest and major change of The Americas.

As a result, much devastation had occurred, in part purposely by violence from the Spanish, and depletion of the Americas’ resources (such as trees), but partly accidental as well from a disease known as small box which unbeknownst to the Spanish, had been carried over by them to the new world.

In addition though, industrialization of certain things such as fishing took place and more shaping by European influence began as well. Horses were re-introduced to the area (from having previously been on the continent during the times of the ice-age).

Overall, after the English had defeated the Spanish, they came over in larger numbers, bringing much of their crops over to the new land which they would plant in place of where vast amounts of trees once stood. They also planted new trees, apples and they brought bees for honey.

Eventually, after much influence by the British and more battles had been fought, we were able to put in place a government independent of British rule, all of which would not have been possible (at least not as it had occurred), without the adventurous efforts and journeys to the Americas taken by Christopher Columbus, his fellow countrymen (their optimistic ideals), and the generations of Europeans with their advanced forms of agriculture which followed.

I obtained the above information from the sites below, but mainly from the this site, which is an interesting several part series on Columbus, on youtube, from the history channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hBJHg_DzFM

Sources: cnn. c o m, wikipedia. o r g, youtube. c o m