MrW_GHS

This is my 19th year at GHS. I enjoy teaching Social Studies to the young people of our community.

[Billy Graham @BillyGraham]

"The Bible is more modern than tomorrow morning's newspaper. The Bible accurately foretells the future, and it says that the consummation of all things shall be the coming again of Jesus Christ to this earth." —Billy Graham

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

July 4, 1776 -- The United States Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress.

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July 3, 1775 -- American Revolutionary War: George Washington takes command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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🇺🇸 July 2nd — The U.S.’s Almost Independence Day🇺🇸

During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the thirteen colonies from Great Britain in 1776 actually occurred on July 2, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia.

The resolution declared the United States independent from Great Britain's rule. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision.

One day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:

“The second day of July 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.”

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

Today in 1776, the Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia pass a resolution proclaiming the sovereignty of the American colonies in rebellion against Britain. Despite being ratified on July 2, the Declaration of Independence will not be published for another two days.

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On this day in 1945, a Japanese sub torpedoes the cruiser USS Indianapolis. Of the 900 crewmen who abandon ship, 600 will die of thirst, hunger and shark attacks over the next three days.

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On this night in 1918, Bolshevik troops shoot and bayonet Russia's royal family in a Yekaterinburg cellar. A communist party newspaper cynically proclaims the Romanovs were "... shot without Bourgeois formalities but in accordance with our new democratic principles."

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Today in 1865, four accomplices of John Wilkes Booth are hanged at Washington's Fort McNair for their part in Lincoln's assassination. Among them is Mary Surratt, owner of the D.C. boarding house where the conspirators met. She's the first woman executed by the U.S. government.

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

RIGHT NOW in 1914, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife Sophie are fatally shot in Sarajevo by a 19-year-old Serbian nationalist named Gavrilo Princip. The incident touches off a diplomatic crisis that plunges Europe into war.

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75 years ago today, North Korean troops poured over the 38th parallel into South Korea, marking the beginning of the Korean War. Over the next 38 months of combat, American & UN forces defended South Korea. The Korean War Veterans Memorial reminds us, "Freedom is Not Free."

[AirJordans23 @AirJordans2323]

You can’t load manage Ring Culture.

[Military History Now @MilHistNow]

On this day in 1940, the French government signs an armistice with Hitler at Compiègne, the spot of Germany's capitulation in 1918. To add insult to injury, the Führer holds the ceremony in the very same railway car used for the First World War armistice.

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June 20, 1945 -- The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.

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On this day in 1917, Britain’s royal family changes its name from the Germanic "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" to the more English sounding “Windsor.”

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Queen Victoria, the "grandmother of Europe", with Kaiser Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II, and future King Edward VII in one large royal family snapshot, 1894

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RIP to Marine Sgt. Michael Strank, who was killed on Iwo Jima 80 years ago today.

- Bronze Star 🎖️
- Purple Heart 💜
- KIA on Iwo Jima 🪦
- Flag raiser on Iwo Jima 🇺🇸

Strank often told his squad, "Follow me, and I'll try to bring you all safely home to your mothers."

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On this day in 1945, a 33-year-old Associated Press photojournalist named Joe Rosenthal climbs Iwo Jima's Mount Suribachi and snaps one of the most famous images of all time.

[MrW_GHS @MrW_GHS]

@publius57 Read the first edition last summer and truly enjoyed it. Gave me a new perspective and a great deal to think about. Keep up the great writing and research!

[MrW_GHS @MrW_GHS]

@RockLovesMe2 We never failed to fail, it was the easiest thing to do.

[US Capitol Historical Society @CapitolHistory]

#OTD in #history, 1914, the “#Christmas Truce” began. #WW1 combatants unofficially observed a ceasefire, even shaking hands between the trenches in “no man’s land.” A German soldier told a #USA newspaper: "We all have wives & children…we’re just the same kind of men as you are."