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[image] Henry Knox hauling 60 tons of captured cannons over 300 miles in the winter to expel the British from Boston is not talked about enough. American Exceptionalism 🇺🇸

[image] 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗠𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥: 𝗔𝗠𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗔’𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗘 In the first phase of the American Revolution, the Green Mountain Boys attacked Fort Ticonderoga in New York and took much-needed cannons and military supplies from the British.

[image] 𝚆𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖, 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜, 𝚏𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢? — Oscar Wilde 𓂃✍︎

[image] In the 1870s, kids in D.C. roller hard-boiled eggs down the Capitol Hill slopes on Easter Monday. It got so chaotic and destructive to the grass that in 1876, Congress passed the Turf Protection Law to ban it. The disappointed children swarmed the White House, leading

[image] 𝙷𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚞𝚍𝚎, 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚜. — Dalai Lama XIV 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝚃𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚎'𝚜 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎'𝚜. — Dostoevsky 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚢 𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚕 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞. — Fyodor Dostoevsky 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍 - 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚣𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚗𝚐𝚝𝚑. — Marcus Aurelius 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝚃𝙾 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙸𝚂 𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴, 𝚁𝙴𝚂𝙿𝙴𝙲𝚃, 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙺𝙸𝙽𝙳𝙽𝙴𝚂𝚂. 𝙷𝙴𝙰𝚁𝚃 𝙽𝙴𝙴𝙳𝚂 𝙽𝙾𝚃𝙷𝙸𝙽𝙶 𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴. Have a powerful Monday 💪 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] 𝙸𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜. — Shakespeare 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗔 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 On June 15, 1607, English colonists finished building James Fort at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. The fort was triangular in shape and was built on the James River in Virginia. It protected the

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[image] 𝙴𝚍𝚞𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚍𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝. — Oscar Wilde 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝙷𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚏𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚍. — Franz Kafka 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝙱𝙸𝙶𝙶𝙴𝚂𝚃 𝙴𝙽𝙴𝙼𝚈 𝙸𝚂 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚄𝙽𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚃𝚁𝙾𝙻𝙻𝙰𝙱𝙻𝙴 𝙼𝙸𝙽𝙳. Have a winning Wednesday 🔥 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] Hamilton taking control of Redoubt 10 at Yorktown. He operated with his characteristic efficiency, taking it in under 10 minutes. American Exceptionalism 🇺🇸

[image] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚢 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚕𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜. — Fyodor Dostoevsky 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚋𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎. — Fyodor Dostoevsky 𓂃✍︎

[image] Wednesday 4 March 1663 Lay long talking with my wife about ordering things in our family, and then rose and to my office, there collecting an alphabet for my Navy Manuscript, which, after a short dinner, I returned to and by night perfected to my great content. So to other

[image] 𝙱𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝, 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚍. — Franz Kafka 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝙰𝙻𝚆𝙰𝚈𝚂 𝙼𝙰𝙺𝙴 𝙰 𝚃𝙾𝚃𝙰𝙻 𝙴𝙵𝙵𝙾𝚁𝚃, 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽 𝚆𝙷𝙴𝙽 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙾𝙳𝙳𝚂 𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙰𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚂𝚃 𝚈𝙾𝚄. Have a winning Wednesday 🔥 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] 𝗔 𝗥𝗘𝗩𝗢𝗟𝗨𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗖𝗥𝗬 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗟𝗜𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗧𝗬: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝟭𝟳𝟳𝟱 As rebellion spread across the American colonies in 1775, the Pine Tree Banner emerged as one of the Revolution’s earliest and most recognizable symbols of resistance

[image] 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗. — Alison Croggon 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗝𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗦𝗢𝗡'𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗬 𝗩𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬 On This Day — June 9, 1862 The Battle of Port Republic was the final battle of Confederate General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson’s legendary Shenandoah Valley Campaign. Jackson's forces fought near Port

[image] 𝙽𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚛𝚢. 𝙽𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚕𝚎. 𝙽𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚋𝚘𝚍𝚢 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏. — Virginia Woolf 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝙽𝙾 𝙼𝙰𝚃𝚃𝙴𝚁 𝙷𝙾𝚆 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙵𝙴𝙴𝙻, 𝙶𝙴𝚃 𝚄𝙿 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙽𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁 𝙶𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚄𝙿. Have a triumphant Tuesday 💥 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖 𝚘𝚏 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢. — Friedrich Nietzsche 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝙴𝙽𝙹𝙾𝚈 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝙼𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝙷𝙰𝚅𝙴. 𝙱𝙴𝙲𝙰𝚄𝚂𝙴 𝙸𝙽 𝙻𝙸𝙵𝙴,𝚃𝙷𝙴𝚁𝙴 𝙰𝚁𝙴 𝙽𝙾 𝚁𝙴𝚆𝙸𝙽𝙳𝚂, 𝙾𝙽𝙻𝚈 𝙵𝙻𝙰𝚂𝙷𝙱𝙰𝙲𝙺𝚂. 𝙼𝙰𝙺𝙴 𝚂𝚄𝚁𝙴 𝙸𝚃'𝚂 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝚃𝙷 𝙸𝚃 . Have a winning Wednesday 🔥 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢🩷 💙 #GoodMorning

[image] 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝚈𝙾𝚄 𝚆𝙸𝙻𝙻 𝙲𝙷𝙰𝙽𝙶𝙴 𝚈𝙾𝚄𝚁 𝚆𝙾𝚁𝙻𝙳. Have a thriving Thursday ✨ 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] ʟɪꜰᴇ ɪꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀ ᴘᴜᴢᴢʟᴇ. ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴡᴀꜱᴛᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ ᴡʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ꜰɪᴛ. Have a thriving Thursday ✨ 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝙏𝙄𝙈𝙀 𝙃𝙀𝘼𝙇𝙎 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘋𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘦𝘷𝘴𝘬𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥: « 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜. »

[image] 𝚆𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎. — Shakespeare 𓂃✍︎

[image] 𝙼𝙰𝙺𝙴 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝙸𝚃𝙸𝚅𝙴 𝚃𝙷𝙾𝚄𝙶𝙷𝚃𝚂 𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙴𝙽𝙹𝙾𝚈 𝙴𝚅𝙴𝚁𝚈 𝙼𝙾𝙼𝙴𝙽𝚃 𝙾𝙵 𝚃𝙷𝙸𝚂 𝙳𝙰𝚈. Have a triumphant Tuesday 💥 𝙂𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙓 𝙁𝙖𝙢☕ 🩷💙 #GoodMorning

[image] 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚞𝚝𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚜. — Eleanor Roosevelt 𓂃✍︎