Scott Smith Westerns

Scott F. Smith and his stories continue the spirit of the Old West created by his father, award-winning author Cotton Smith. Find their books now on Amazon.

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Baseball but with a golf ball. Count me in

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Old Ironsides out on the Boston Harbor yesterday for America’s 250th!!

[Guns&Gadgets @Guns_Gadgets]

The USS Constitution, aka Old Ironsides, is the world’s oldest commissioned war ship still afloat!

She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed. The name “Constitution” was among ten names submitted to President George Washington by Secretary of War Timothy Pickering in March or May for the frigates that were to be constructed.

Happy Independence Day America! 🇺🇸🫡
#america250 #america #independenceday #july4th

[Jamie Bonkiewicz @JamieBonkiewicz]

White hoods. White masks. Same hate.

[Cleverly 💐 @Cleverlydey4u]

The Cape Verde team and coaching staff have arrived back in Cape Verde. Look at the number of people waiting to welcome them home ❤️

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence (with revisions by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin), 1776.

[Jim Craig @JimCraigUSA]

I'm forever grateful to have worn the USA across my chest and to represent a country built on courage, sacrifice, and opportunity.
Today, we honor those who made our freedom possible and celebrate what unites us.
Happy Fourth of July. 🇺🇸

[Todd Spence @Todd_Spence]

In 1982, Robin Williams did a routine as the American Flag for the Norman Lear produced tv special "I Love Liberty" created to bridge political divides - and it's one of the greatest pieces you'll see 🇺🇸

[Eric Hunley @hunleyeric]

🇺🇸 Happy Independence Day!

Before cable news, there were Saturday morning cartoons. "No More Kings" — Schoolhouse Rock's very first America Rock episode — taught a generation how we fired a king and built a free country.
Some lessons never get old. 🎆
#IndependenceDay #4thOfJuly

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1776, The Second Continental Congress adopted the United States Declaration of Independence!

Happy 250th Independence Day!

[Americana Aesthetics @AmericanaAesth]

Coke Cola Ad for 1976's Bicentennial

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Happy 250th Anniversary in Las Vegas.

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

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

[Gain of Fauci @DschlopesIsBack]

Ok, this pretty cool from the Las Vegas Sphere 🇺🇸

[Presidential Wisdom @PrezWisdom]

The White House (1865)

#POTUS 🇺🇸

[History Calendar @HistoryCalendar]

July 3, 1776 — With independence approved, Congress turned to Thomas Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence, spending nearly the entire day revising the document line by line.

[Yinzer G @yinzer_g]

The 5 reasons soccer won't increase in popularity after the world cup is over.

1. The flopping. This goes against the soul of every American. We value grit, toughness and basically not being a pussy.
2. The clock. No one wants to get to the end of a game and have no clue when it's over. Just stop & start the clock when you need to, like sane people.
3. Offsides. Just put a line out there like everyone else. This floating line you have makes the game unwatchable. It's like a built in, anti-excitement glitch you manufactured for your game.
4. Red cards. What a stupid rule that you automatically get kicked out for the next game for getting one. I can understand suspending someone after a league review of something you did that was horrible. But to automatically get suspended because of what a ref saw at full speed is stupid.
5. Ties. In America we call it kissing your sister, cause that's the same feeling you get after a tie. Pure disgust. In soccer, it seems like the result you prefer most. Play til you have a winner.

[Today in History @TodayinHistory]

Today in 1937, a 24 hour honor guard was posted for the first time at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

It has been continuously guarded ever since.

[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.

[Scott Smith Westerns @SFSmithWesterns]

@JasonKelce Just a horseshit call.