The two topics that I would be interested in are Country
Music and World War I.
As far as country music goes I believe that Willie Nelson
would be a good person to talk about. He is a pretty eccentric guy. In fact at
one point he had failed with his music career, moved to Texas, became sort of a
hippie, and then came back to music with a new identity. On top of his
eccentricity Willie also took part in creating a popular genre of music. Outlaw
Country is the genre given to music my Willie Nelson and many other similar
artists of the time such as Waylon Jennings and Johnny Cash. Willie also took
part in the newer idea of collaborating with several other big stars, which
paved the road for artists to do the same thing today.
World War I is probably my favorite war to study because it
was the first war where more advanced technology came into place. It is also
interesting because the way it ends just sets up the story for why World War II
started. Sergeant Alvin C. York is whom I would like to talk about from this
event in history. I would say he was somewhat of a visionary with the way he
changed his life and the reasons behind his beliefs. Sergeant York is most
famous for taking over a machine gun nest, killing several German soldiers and
then getting 132 German soldiers to surrender. For this act he received the
Medal of Honor.
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