Today, we pause to honor every man and woman who raised their hand, took the oath, and served.
Each Veteran carried the same promise: to protect our freedom, even at the highest cost.
To all who served—thank you.
I have a friend too that was born on November 10 and also served and also went to VMI. I asked them the same question!
For those who don’t know, Marines are very particular about the Marine Corps birthday, so it’s a running joke
My father’s birthday is mid-November,
But he also served in the Marines,
Which means….
I have to wish him Happy Birthday twice in one month…
I recognize I haven’t posted much here and I apologize for that!
Some context—I post in the morning before work and that requires me to post the night before and save as a draft.
BS doesn’t allow drafts and I rarely have time in the morning to do long threads.
I hope to have a solution soon!
Thank you! I’ll work on posting more!
And because of the character limits it’s even more important for drafts. Without that I have no time to spend on weekday mornings to load up a long thread on the spot.
It’s a shame but hope this platform will eventually catch up.
The main problem is not being able to save drafts. Because I post things before I go into work, I must be able to load them up the night before as draft allowing me to just hit post in the mornings.
Unfortunately this platform lacks basic functions so I can do these new series posts but I’ve been doing my new series on Instagram and X and they have been going well!
Military Mondays — the name says it all!
Travel Tuesdays — Historic sites
Wildcard Wednesdays — Let’s see what happens!
Thoughtful Thursdays (I'm still workshopping this name and open to ideas): Updates or sharing the history of things I like.
TGIF—similar to wildcard
I will try something new to revamp my social media and cover more topics. Important note that everything below is secondary to This Day in History. I’ll always post major historical anniversaries first.
So here are my ideas below, and I’m open to your feedback!
“Griefs upon Griefs! Disappointments upon Disappointments! All is Vanity! What then? This is a gay, merry World, notwithstanding.” — John Adams, 1816
New Mug Alert!
Also, yesterday I held an antique toboggan—you know the real deal that was once used and not stuff made out of composite material.
Those things were heavy! I imagine the joy and the struggle of the child who once owned it and the trek they made up back up the hill.
Anyway, their first six-part episode series was on the Cold War, and it was very well done.
If you’ve never listened to them before, I highly recommend this podcast. Their mini series range in all areas of American history.
Yesterday, I went on a day trip to do some antiquing.
On my drive, I started the American History Tellers podcast from the beginning. I’ve listened to their recent series but never returned to their first ones.
New video coming April 9, 2025…
Marines Land at Da Nang (March 8, 1965)
Sixty years ago, the first U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam. 3,500 Marines landed at Da Nang, marking a significant escalation in American involvement in the Vietnam War.
Watch my video below to learn more!
The first docketed case was not until 1791 (Van Staphorst v. Maryland).
In the 235 years, the Supreme Court has heard ~30,000 cases.
The justices, appointed by Washington, were—Chief Justice, John Jay, and five Associate Justices: James Wilson, William Cushing, John Blair, John Rutledge and James Iredell.
The six man Supreme Court first met in New York City, the Nation’s capitol at the time, meeting twice a year.
Today, 2 February, marks the official first session of the U.S. Supreme Court. While the court was originally meant to convene on 1 February, 1790, only three of the six justices were present, delaying the official opening.
January 26, 1945:
2LT Audie Murphy held off hundreds of Germans while using the .50 caliber gun on a tank destroyer.
He is remembered as the most decorated soldier in WWII.
January 25, 1945:
PFC José Valdez provided cover while his group retreated. Even after being wounded he continued to call in artillery fire and held off hundreds of German soldiers.
He died three weeks later.
January 24, 1945:
1LT Garlin Connor volunteered as a forward observer and ran telephone wire over 400 years through enemy fire. He then set himself up to call for artillery fire for the next three hours.
He was not awarded the r MOH until 2018, after his death.
80 years ago as the Battle of the Bulge came to a close, another offensive took place near the Rhine, called Colmar Pocket.
It was here that the heroic deeds of Audie Murphy awarded him the Medal of Honor, but there were two other Medal of Honor recipients from the Colmar Pocket.
Okay going to post the contents of my video as a thread (🧵).
Let’s begin
Be sure to check it out on Insta then!
I just try to upload my video for today and found out I can’t because it’s over 60 seconds.
That’s a real bummer.
Just a photo of the birthday boy, John Hancock
