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[Fr Joseph Hudson @acloudofsaints]

She Just Won $150,000 — And She's Going Where?

This young champion just shocked the room by choosing a small Catholic school over the Ivy League or big state schools.

The people at Wyoming Catholic College must be ecstatic.

The look on President Trump's face is priceless.

[G-MA & G-PA @GPAIndiana]

I can't believe I came across this, a little Fisher-Price music box pocket radio from 1967 playing "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star," and it just takes you straight back to a time when toys were so simple, but so magical. 💛

[U.S. Postal Service @USPS]

After a fierce competition and more than 500,000 votes later, it’s official. Your favorite neighbor is back! Originally issued in 2018, the Mister Rogers Stamp was an instant fan favorite. From sharing and friendship to dealing with tough times, Mister Rogers always connected through kindness. Get your Mister Rogers stamps and other stamp-inspired products today, including a new souvenir sheet featuring four brand-new stamps at https://t.co/DewqDz5EwF

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

🎨🖌️🖼️
Hidden in a Parisian courtyard is La Maison du Pastel, the world's oldest pastel maker.

With a 300-year-old legacy of making pastels by hand, the shop served clients like Edgar Degas.
@MaisonPastelRP

[Hy Bender @hybender]

Coolest use of a drone

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

"Mary had a little lamb" wasn't just a nursery rhyme—it was a real 9-year-old girl who saved a dying lamb, and that lamb's wool eventually helped save a piece of American history.

You probably learned the rhyme as a child.

Maybe you've even sung it to someone else.

But Mary was real.

Her name was Mary Sawyer, and the famous poem began with a true act of kindness.

March 1815.

Sterling, Massachusetts.

Nine-year-old Mary was helping with morning chores when she discovered that one of the family's sheep had given birth to twins.

One lamb was healthy.

The other lay weak, abandoned by its mother, and barely alive.

Without warmth and milk, it wouldn't survive.

Mary begged her father to let her save it.

At first, he refused, believing the tiny animal had no chance.

But Mary wouldn't give up.

Finally, he agreed.

She carried the freezing lamb inside, wrapped it in warm clothes, and stayed beside the fireplace through the night.

She fed it by hand and cared for it every day.

Against all expectations, the lamb recovered.

Soon it followed Mary everywhere she went.

Its loyalty became impossible to miss.

One morning, Mary secretly took the lamb to her one-room schoolhouse.

She hid it beneath her desk inside a basket.

Everything stayed quiet until Mary stood to recite her lesson.

Suddenly, the lamb jumped out, bleated loudly, and followed her across the classroom.

The children burst into laughter.

Even the teacher smiled before asking Mary to take the lamb outside.

Mary thought it would simply become a funny memory.

She was wrong.

A visitor named John Roulstone Jr. had witnessed the scene.

The following day, he handed Mary a piece of paper containing a poem inspired by what he had seen.

It began with four unforgettable words.

"Mary had a little lamb..."

Mary treasured that poem for years.

The lamb lived several more years before dying accidentally.

Its wool was carefully saved, and Mary's mother knitted stockings from it.

Years later, writer Sarah Josepha Hale expanded the original verses and published them in *Poems for Our Children*.

The poem spread across America, becoming one of the best-known nursery rhymes ever written.

Then came an extraordinary moment.

In 1877, inventor Thomas Edison tested his new phonograph—the first machine capable of recording sound.

To demonstrate it, he recited one simple poem.

"Mary Had a Little Lamb."

Those words became the first audio recording in human history.

More than sixty years after Mary rescued one tiny lamb, her story helped mark the beginning of recorded sound.

In 1876, Mary publicly confirmed she was the girl from the famous poem.

She even donated stockings made from her lamb's wool to help preserve Boston's historic Old South Meeting House.

Mary Sawyer passed away in 1889, leaving behind a legacy few children could ever imagine.

The rhyme wasn't just about a lamb following its owner.

It began with compassion.

One little girl refused to abandon a helpless animal when everyone else had already lost hope.

That single act of kindness became a poem.

The poem became history.

And history turned a little lamb into a legend remembered around the world.

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

Second Lady Usha Vance (@SLOTUS) stopped by the Great American State Fair today to present the winners of the @NEAarts Bookmark Design Challenge — a nationwide call for students to show what America means to them through art. 🇺🇸📖

[Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47]

WATCH: @POTUS invites the 3 Presidential 1776 Award finalists into the Oval Office, where he gifts them each a Presidential Challenge Coin 🏅🇺🇸

[Secretary Linda McMahon @EDSecMcMahon]

What began with an “Impossible Civics Test,” ended with three remarkable students earning a combined $250,000 in scholarship money.  Congratulations to Miriam Washut of WY, Summer Brondstetter of WA, & Rowan Kozminski of MI!

[🇺🇸 🇺🇸 Kimmidi 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 @KimmidiFarms]

God bless America!

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

APPLY NOW: The 2026 Patriot Games are happening August 9 to 11, and @RealDeanCain is inviting you to participate.

It will be a first-of-its-kind athletic competition where students ages 14 to 17 represent their state, territory, or Tribal Nation on a course designed to test strength, speed, agility, teamwork, resilience, and leadership. All for a share of $250,000 in scholarship funds.

Applications are now open!!! 🇺🇸🏆✨

[Freedom 250 @Freedom250]

Come check out @northropgrumman’s 4-D flight simulator at the Great American State Fair

[Secretary Linda McMahon @EDSecMcMahon]

The next generation of American leaders takes center stage tomorrow night for a civics showdown.

Don't miss the Presidential 1776 Award on @CBS at 8 PM ET, featuring some of our brightest students!

[The Epoch Times - Bright @EpochInspired]

An illustrated guide to America’s most enduring road journeys
🚗 See the complete map — Discover more

[Healthy Harted Kids @HealthyHartKids]

"George Washington1997 | TV-Y7
(25min vid follows his) journey as a military leader and the first President of the United States, emphasizing his courage, humility, leadership, and dedication to American independence in a way that’s engaging for children."
https://t.co/fPr0MtBNNu

[Healthy Harted Kids @HealthyHartKids]

VID. DRAMA: "National Treasure(2004) | PG
A historian and treasure hunter races to uncover a hidden Revolutionary War treasure in modern-day America, following a series of historical clues while being pursued by a rival group determined to claim it first."
https://t.co/2cdCHNcpxW

[Healthy Harted Kids @HealthyHartKids]

"A MorePerfectUnion:AmericaBecomes aNation...
film follows the debates,compromises,&challenges faced by the delegates as they work to create a new government for the US. It highlights key figures like George Washington,James Madison,&Benjamin Franklin..."
https://t.co/YlfzyD1G2a

[Healthy Harted Kids @HealthyHartKids]

MOVIE: "A Great Awakening...
Set in the years leading up to the American Revolution, the unlikely friendship between preacher George Whitefield and Benjamin Franklin helps spark a powerful revival that unites the colonies and shapes the heart of a nation."
https://t.co/W4TKFvmWL6

[Healthy Harted Kids @HealthyHartKids]

"Beyond the Mask...
A former BritishEastIndiaCo...assassin on the run in the AmericanColonies assumes a new identity&races against time w/the help of BenjaminFranklin 2thwart a dangerous plot against the fledgling nation while seeking redemption4his past"
https://t.co/sOqXbUKJ4P