Graffiti Is Art

In my hometown which is in Lindsay Ca , there is a store called Awake and tagged there on the building is graffiti. Graffiti as in huge, amazing pictures. For example, there is an Owl, representing the store. An owl filled with so many colors to even count.
To begin with, there is a difference between art and vandalism. One fact is because when your tagging something , your using such bright & colorful colors. Something so beautiful while your walking down the streets that it's eye pleasing to the eye.
Another reason why I do believe that graffiti is art is cause it can show off other peoples talent. It seems so unique & creative compared to just a simple picture. Graffiti is all about being colorful and making it standout and become 3-D. For example, when kids spray paint something like "DGK" ( which means Dirty Ghetto Kids ) Or "559" Is representing who they are and where they come from.
Next, another statement why I believe it is art is cause it can show a persons true feelings inside. Many can hide a lot of things just by smiling. But kids or ( Artists ) can express what their feelings by drawing it out. It can also be peaceful to the mind as well.
Lastly, I would recommend going over to the Awake. It's like a clothing store. If you went, it would be great for their business and you could also see all the Graffiti as well. It would be extremely entertaining & fun, ~I Promise...

Historical Reformation

Basically, it has a lot to do with churches. A man that you might of heard of over the past time named Martin Luther King.. Martin Luther’s protests against the corruption of the Catholic Church attracted followers throughout Europe. Most people even got mad for the Catholic Church for charging too much for unreasonable things.

The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural upheaval that splintered Catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era. In northern and central Europe, reformers like Martin Luther, John Calvin and Henry VIII challenged papal authority and questioned the Catholic Church's ability to define Christian practice. They argued for a religious and political redistribution of power into the hands of Bible- and pamphlet-reading pastors and princes. The disruption triggered wars, persecutions and the so-called Counter-Reformation, the Catholic Church's delayed but forceful response to the Protestants.

Historians usually date the start of the Protestant Reformation to the 1517 publication of Martin Luther's "95 Theses." Its ending can be placed anywhere from the 1555 Peace of Augsburg, which allowed for the coexistence of Catholicism and Lutheranism in Germany, to the 1648 Treaty of Westphalia, which ended the Thirty Years' War. The key ideas of the Reformation—a call to purify the church and a belief that the Bible, not tradition, should be the sole source of spiritual authority—were not themselves novel. However, Luther and the other reformers became the first to skillfully use the power of the printing press to give their ideas a wide audience.

The Counter-Reformation:

The Catholic Church was slow to respond systematically to the theological and publicity innovations of Luther and the other reformers. The Council of Trent, which met off and on from 1545 through 1563, articulated the Church's answer to the problems that triggered the Reformation and to the reformers themselves.

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                                                       This Is The Independence Hall

Construction of the Pennsylvania State House, which came to be known as Independence Hall, began in 1732. It was a symbol of the nation to come. At the time it was the most ambitious public building in the thirteen colonies. The Provincial government paid for construction as they went along, so it was finished piecemeal. It wasn't until 1753, 21 years after the groundbreaking, before it was completed. It was the original "Philadelphia lawyer," none other than Andrew Hamilton that oversaw the planning and worked to guarantee its completion. Hamilton had won renown for his successful 1735 defense of Peter Zenger in New York that was to become a freedom-of-the-press landmark. The building has undergone many restorations, notably by Greek revival architect John Haviland in 1830, and by a committee from the National Park Service, in 1950, returning it to its 1776 appearance. Independence Hall is, by every estimate, the birthplace of the United States. It was within its walls that the Declaration of Independence was adopted. It was here that the Constitution of the United States was debated, drafted and signed. That document is the oldest federal constitution in existence and was framed by a convention of delegates from 12 of the original 13 colonies.