Billy Tyo

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@ChaseDaniel Stiffen up cocks!!!

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@DrGuitar I saw them in the 90’s and was close to the stage, I felt like they had to have a backup guitarist then

[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

On this day in 1776, the United States was actually born. Not July 4. July 2. That's the day the Continental Congress voted to break from Britain, and John Adams was so certain of it that he predicted July 2 would be the great American holiday forever. He nailed everything except the date.

The vote came down to the wire, and one man had to ride through the night to save it. Delaware's delegation was split, one for independence, one against, which meant the colony's vote canceled itself out. The tie-breaker, Caesar Rodney, was 80 miles away in Delaware. He got word that he was needed and rode all night through a summer thunderstorm, sick and in pain, boots and spurs still on, and made it into Philadelphia just in time to cast Delaware's vote for independence.

The other holdouts fell into place too. In Pennsylvania, the men most opposed, including John Dickinson, deliberately stayed away from the chamber so their colony could swing to yes. South Carolina came around for the sake of a united front. When the roll was called, twelve colonies voted for independence and not a single one voted against. New York simply abstained, waiting on permission from home.

And so, on July 2, 1776, it was done. The colonies had legally, officially declared themselves free. The next day Adams wrote to his wife Abigail that this day "will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival," with "pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations." Fireworks and all. He was describing the Fourth of July two days early.

So why do we celebrate the 4th? Because that's the day Congress approved the final wording of the document explaining the decision, the Declaration of Independence. The vote to be free happened on the 2nd. The paperwork got finished on the 4th, and history remembered the paperwork.

The country was actually born in a rainstorm and a roll call on July 2, thanks in part to one sick man who refused to let a tie decide the fate of a nation.

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@mitch_kendra @racerxonline @SMXMedia @ProMotocross @HighPointMX @supermotocross Can’t wait, heading that way with the RV first thing in the morning

[Matt Schick @ESPN_Schick]

I said last week this is the best postgame tradition in sports.

I’m updating it:

It’s the best tradition going in sports.

[Pro Motocross @ProMotocross]

Take a lap around round 1 at Fox Raceway with the @YamahaMotorUSA track map 🏁

#ProMotocross #SMX #Yamaha

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@JasonWeigandt Yes!

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Possibly the greatest single male athletic performance of all time

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@zacho_16 I also say ‘clicker’ iykyk

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@Riverrat834 Really disappointing, especially after his qualifying performance

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@Mtaylorcrew I can’t buy it, something is off, maybe an illness or something

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@KyleChisholm11 I can’t buy that he is 100% healthy

[Boston Radio Watch®️ @bostonradio]

37 years ago tonight, April 1, 1989, Corey Glover and Living Colour performed “Cult of Personality”(1988) on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. The song peaked at #13 on Billboard’s Hot 💯.

[The Driven Man @Thedrivenman]

He really compressed 4 years of therapy into 60 seconds.

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@Riverrat834 This!

[The Knowledge Bank @xKnowledgeBANK]

This is one of the few pieces of high-quality information available on the internet

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@Riverrat834 The man

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@AdamCianciarulo Powerful testimony

[Supercross LIVE! @SupercrossLIVE]

Take a lap around round 7 in Arlington with the @YamahaMotorUSA track map 🏁

#SupercrossLIVE #SMX #Yamaha

[Billy Tyo @BillyTyo1]

@kellenbrauer That’s a win