Ryan Moen

#Boomshakalaka #BeastMode #BrewCrew #GoPackGo #BucksInSix #OnWisconsin #winning

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Told you.

[Eli Berkovits @BookOfEli_NFL]

RT if you're proud to be an American 🇺🇸

[Merriam-Webster @MerriamWebster]

Why is it ‘cancelled’ in the U.K. but ‘canceled’ in the U.S.?

Because we gave them that L in 1776.

[End Wokeness @EndWokeness]

Happy 250th to the greatest country on the planet 🇺🇸

[Insurrection Barbie @DefiyantlyFree]

In September of 1814, America was once again in trouble.

The young republic was only thirty-eight years old. The War of 1812 had gone badly. British troops had marched into Washington, burned the Capitol, set the White House ablaze, and now turned their sights toward Baltimore. If Fort McHenry fell, the harbor would be open, the city would likely follow, and another devastating blow would be dealt to the fragile nation.

Amid this uncertainty, a young American lawyer named Francis Scott Key sailed under a flag of truce to the British fleet. He had come to negotiate the release of a friend, a physician the British had captured.

He succeeded.

The British agreed to free the doctor.

But there was a catch.

Because Key and his companions had seen too much of the British fleet and learned too much about its plans, they were not allowed to return to shore. Instead, they were detained aboard a ship in the harbor and forced to watch the coming battle from behind enemy lines.

On the morning of September 13, the bombardment began.

For the next twenty-five hours, British warships unleashed somewhere between 1,500 and 1,800 bombs and rockets upon Fort McHenry. These were the “bombs bursting in air” and the “rockets’ red glare” of the song—not poetic embellishments, but terrible realities.

Key stood on the deck through the endless day and the long, terrifying night. Every explosion lit the darkness for a fleeting instant before the smoke swallowed everything again. Somewhere beyond that wall of fire stood the fort. Somewhere beyond it flew an American flag if it still flew at all.

He could not see.

He could only listen.

As long as the guns continued firing, there was reason to hope. The British would not waste ammunition on a fort that had already surrendered.

Then, just before dawn…

The guns fell silent.

For the first time all night, there was only stillness.

It was the most frightening sound of all.

Had the fort finally fallen? Had the defenders surrendered? Had the flag been torn down in the darkness while no one could see?

There was nothing to do but wait.

As the first light of September 14 slowly pushed back the smoke, Francis Scott Key strained his eyes toward the distant fort.

Then he saw it. Not a British flag.

The American flag. Still there. Still flying.

That flag was no ordinary banner. Months earlier, the fort’s commander had commissioned a Baltimore flagmaker, Mary Pickersgill, to sew a flag so enormous “that the British would have no difficulty seeing it from a distance.” It measured roughly thirty by forty-two feet, carried fifteen stars and fifteen stripes, and was so large it had to be assembled on the floor of a brewery because no ordinary room could contain it.

That was the Star-Spangled Banner.

The very flag Key saw through the morning mist.

The very flag that still survives today in the Smithsonian.

Overcome by what he had witnessed, Key reached into his pocket, pulled out an envelope, and began writing. The words came from a heart that had spent an entire night fearing his country might disappear with the dawn.

He first titled the poem Defence of Fort M’Henry.

Within days it was printed and circulating throughout the country. Before long, people began singing it to a melody they already knew—an old British tune called “To Anacreon in Heaven,” originally written for a London social club. There is something beautifully ironic in that: America’s most beloved patriotic song borrowed the melody of the very nation it had just survived. It also explains why the anthem is so notoriously difficult to sing. It was never written for ordinary voices gathered in stadiums or school assemblies.

The song spread quickly and became one of America’s favorite patriotic hymns, but it would wait more than a century before receiving official recognition. Not until 1931 did Congress declare “The Star-Spangled Banner” the national anthem of the United States.

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

The Sandlot has the single greatest vision of American life ever put on film.

This scene is what it’s all about. 🇺🇸

[MLFootball @MLFootball]

ELECTRIC: TOM BRADY NARRATED THE GREATEST AMERICAN SPORTS MOMENTS FOR AMERICA’S 250TH BIRTHDAY AND IT’S AN ALL-TIME VIDEO.

🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

CHILLS. ABSOLUTE CHILLS.

[Wisconsin Timber Rattlers @TimberRattlers]

The cheesiest identity in Minor League Baseball, The Wisconsin Frozen Pizzas. 🍕

#tratnation

[Riley Jauch @rileyjauch]

First look at Wisconsin’s entrance in CFB27 🦡

One can only hope new AD Shawn Eichorst finds a way to get the student section that full by kickoff this fall 🙏

[Just Baseball @JustBB_Media]

Brewers pitching in the last two games combined:

19 IP
4 H
0 ER
0 BB
27 K

It's just the second time in MLB history that a team has allowed 0 ER and 0 BB with at least 27 strikeouts in a two-game span. The other time? Also the Brewers in 2020 🤯

[Guinness World Records @GWR]

All the records broken by Lionel Messi today:

Most FIFA World Cup finals goals by a football (soccer) player - 18

Most FIFA World Cup matches played in by an individual - 28

Most matches won by a player at the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 18

Most minutes played in the football (soccer) FIFA World Cup - 2,489

We are witnessing history.

[Brewers Magic Number @BrewersMagicNum]

Sorry, friends.

I am so back.

Brewers Magic Number: 83 🍻

#ThisIsMyCrew

[GBP Daily - Rob Westerman lll @GBPdaily]

We are Antonio Freeman (86) days away from Packers football… 🙇‍♂️

“HE DID WHAT?!”

@afreeman86 | #GoPackGo 

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

Alex Freeman isn't the first in his family to score in Seattle — his father, Antonio, caught a pair of touchdowns against the Seahawks in the Kingdome on Sept. 29, 1996 🏈⚽️

[Adam @AdamdotH]

The USMNT suddenly turned into one of the most complete team in international soccer as soon as we divided the game into four quarters. You connect the dots.

[Yahoo Sports @YahooSports]

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON IN SEATTLE 🔥

🏈 1996: Antonio Freeman - 7 REC/108 YDS/2 TDS vs. Seahawks
⚽ 2026: Alex Freeman - 1 goal vs. Australia at the World Cup

[USMNT Otaku 🇺🇸 @USMNTOtaku]

The son of a Super Bowl champion scores his first ever World Cup goal. 🌟

Only 21 years old, a massive bright future ahead for Alex Freeman! 🇺🇸

[FIFA World Cup @FIFAWorldCup]

🇺🇸 USA have qualified for the Round of 32!

#FIFAWorldCup

[Nathan Marzion @nathanmarzion]

5 years ago today, Bucks-Nets Game 7.

The craziest game in Bucks history.