Jeremy T Raper

physicist, teacher, engineer, and teacher again...that about sums it up (looking to add 'PhD' after my name and 'astronaut' before it)

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Alan Hale, the astronomer who co-discovered Comet Hale-Bopp, the most-watched comet in human history, has died at 68 on June 6.

On the night of July 22–23, 1995, Hale independently spotted the comet just minutes apart from co-discoverer Thomas Bopp. It was incredibly bright even far past Jupiter's orbit, heralding its spectacular appearance.

[J&L Historical @Jason_R_Burt]

82 years ago today, paratroopers of Easy Company (plus a few men from the 4th Infantry Division) pose for a picture in the town square of Sainte-Marie-Du-Mont the day after surviving their first combat jump into Normandy 🪂

[NASA History Office @NASAhistory]

Happy birthday to the first astronaut to drive on the Moon, David Scott! 🥳

Scott flew on the Gemini VIII and Apollo 9 missions before landing on the Moon in 1971 for Apollo 15.

⬇️ 60 years ago in March 1966, Scott before the Gemini VIII launch

[Secretary of War Pete Hegseth @SecWar]

Eighty-two years ago today, freedom stood on the edge of extinction, and Allied forces stormed into hell to help save the world.

We will never forget the courage, the sacrifice, and the blood spilled on that fateful day.

[Franklin Graham @Franklin_Graham]

One year ago today I was on Normandy beach thanking God for those men who stormed that beach, wave after wave, to free Europe from the Nazi Holocaust. This invasion brought the end of the Nazi reign and the end of the war less than a year later. My prayerful thanks to all the men and women who serve and protect this nation even today.
#DDay

[Greg Price @greg_price11]

Epic Memorial Day flyover at the national lacrosse championship in Charlottesville.

Princeton vs. Notre Dame for the title!

God Bless America and all those who defend her. 🇺🇸

[Derrick Henry  @KingHenry_2]

Love ya Coach 🐐🤞🏾🐘

[Amber❤️🐘 @SassyAmberHaddy]

Programs that made the College Football Playoff, March Madness (sweet sixteen) and Softball World Series....

Alabama.

That's the list. #RollTide

[ustonymc @ustonymc]

AMERICAS WARS
Dead

Revolutionary War: 25,324
War of 1812: 15,000
Mexican War: 13,283
Civil War: 620,000-800,000
Spanish-American War: 5,585
World War I: 116,516
World War II: 450,000
Korean War: 36,574
Vietnam: 58,220
Gulf War: 294
Iraq: 4,431
Afghanistan: 2,459

250 Years of American Heroes.

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

The bald eagle became a symbol of the United States in 1782.

Since then, generations of Americans have defended the freedoms represented by that symbol.

This Memorial Day, we honor the service members who gave their lives for our country and remember the freedoms that allow Americans to experience and share our public lands and wildlife.

As our nation approaches the Freedom 250 milestone, we remember that freedom has always carried a cost.

[Nick Sortor @nicksortor]

🇺🇸 President Trump just honored the 13 service members who lost their lives in Operation Epic Fury, asking the family of Maj. Ariana Savino to stand

"Ariana's selfless gift will NOT be in vain. Our debt to you is everlasting. And it's always going to end in victory."

"Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his faithful servants."

"These incredible men and women gave their lives to ensure that the world's number one state sponsor of terror will NEVER have a nuclear weapon. And they won't."

[Robert Griffin III @RGIII]

On Memorial Day, we don’t just grill and chill. We honor our services members who made the ultimate sacrifice. They gave their country everything so that we can be free. They are the REAL HEROES. Let them never be forgotten.

[Anna Lulis @annamlulis]

WATCH: 6-year-old Christian Jacobs shows Trump the grave of his father in Arlington National Cemetery

[OldTimeHardball @OleTimeHardball]

Pat Tillman

Rest well sir #MemorialDay

[The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder]

"It is foolish & wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

—General George Patton

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

Notre Dame attackman Josh Yago standing at attention during the national anthem ahead of the NCAA Men's Lacrosse National Championship on Memorial Day 🇺🇸

Yago is a graduate transfer from Air Force, and is also a second lieutenant in the U.S. Space Force.

[Elle Lookbook @EvaLovesDesign]

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[David Asman @DavidAsmanfox]

"The soldier, above all others, prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war."
—Gen Douglas MacArthur

[NASA Marshall @NASA_Marshall]

Memorial Day is a time to honor and remember the people that gave their lives for our country. To those who put our nation before themselves, and to their family and friends left behind, we honor your sacrifice.

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

Memorial Day is a solemn reminder that freedom is never free. Today, we honor the brave American heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice for our nation.

We remember our fallen warriors, pray for their loved ones and Gold Star Families, and give thanks for those who gave everything.

God Bless America. 🇺🇸🇺🇸