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An Epitaph is an inscription on a monument to commemorate the deeds or qualities of the departed?

A memorial is a small headstone, usually one piece, used to identify individual graves?

Which trade did Franklin’s father have that he did not wish to do?  

What fantastic thing happened when Franklin died?  

Two cities that claim Franklin as “their native son” are:  

A song written by Malvina Reynolds, [BLANK-1] was a fierce critique of conformity and the lack of individuality in the suburbs. In the song, Reynolds painted an image of the white, suburban, middle-class family that dominated popular culture in the 1950s and had become a major part of the image Americans had of the “American Dream.”

The most serious scandal in the presidency of Ronald Reagan was [BLANK-1] of the mid-1980s. Reagan administration officials in the National Security Council violated the Boland Amendment and sold arms to a foreign government (against congressional orders) in order to fund a group opposed to Nicaragua’s Sandinista government (also against congressional orders). This serious violation of U.S. law bordered on treason. While no smoking gun could be found tying the president officially to the scandal, congresspersons on both sides of the aisle and historians formed a consensus that the orders would not have been carried out without Ronald Reagan’s approval. Senior NSC official Oliver North took full responsibility for the incident in order to protect Reagan and was indicted on 16 serious criminal charges. This scandal seriously tarnished the legacy of Ronald Reagan and the Republican Party of the 1980s.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower criticized the Military Industrial Complex and massive defense spending, despite being a former five-star general and supreme commander of allied forces during WWII. In his speech, [BLANK-1], Eisenhower identified the problems associated with the incredible funds spent on defense and encouraged an easing of tensions during the Cold War.

[BLANK-1] occurred in March of 1965 and became known as “Bloody Sunday.” Civil Rights protestors organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. and James Bevel were attacked by white authority figures, doused with tear gas, and beaten with batons. One white protestor, James Reeb, was murdered later that week. This non-violent protest was aimed primarily at improving voting rights for African Americans and it succeeded. Shortly after the protest, President Lyndon B. Johnson presented the Voting Rights Act to congress, which would pass it later in the year.

Heading into the presidential primary, liberals were in turmoil; incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson had declined to seek reelection in a surprise move, and his probably successor, Robert F. Kennedy (the brother of John F. Kennedy), was assassinated by a madman while on the campaign trail. This made the atmosphere heading into the candidate selection process chaotic. Protests outside of [BLANK-1] in Chicago led to police beatings and brutality and the injuries of hundreds of protestors. Spectators watched the event live, on television, and it contributed to the sense of civil breakdown in a year of unprecedented violence and unrest.