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I ❤️ America

[The White House @WhiteHouse]

The United States of America will NEVER be a communist country.

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

On this day in 1944, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. died in his sleep in a stone farmhouse in Normandy. He was 56 years old, and he had spent almost his entire adult life trying to be worthy of a famous last name.

He was the eldest son of President Theodore Roosevelt. In the First World War he went to France and was gassed and badly wounded at Soissons leading his men. That same summer his younger brother Quentin, a pilot, was shot down and killed over France. Ted came home with lungs and a leg that never fully recovered, and before he even left Europe he helped found the American Legion so that ordinary soldiers would have someone looking out for them.

Between the wars he did almost everything. Governor of Puerto Rico. Governor General of the Philippines. Businessman, explorer, writer. He could have spent the Second World War safe behind a desk. Instead, at 54, arthritic and walking with a cane, he talked his way back into uniform and into combat.

By 1943 he was fighting in North Africa and Sicily under Terry Allen, and their loose, unpolished, soldier-first style rubbed General Patton the wrong way. Patton had them both relieved of command. Roosevelt didn't sulk. He asked for another job, any job, as long as it kept him near the fighting. They made him assistant commander of the 4th Infantry Division.

Then came D-Day. He hid a heart condition from the Army doctors. He wrote to his commander three separate times, in writing, begging to go in with the very first wave rather than watch from a ship. He was the only general to land in the first wave on any beach that morning, the oldest man in the invasion, walking through machine gun fire with a cane in one hand and a pistol in the other.

The boats came in a mile off course. Officers froze. Roosevelt limped up and down the beach under fire, studied the ground, and said, "We'll start the war from right here." Then he spent the morning waving men forward and sorting out the chaos so calmly that terrified 20 year olds looked at this old man with a cane and decided that if he wasn't scared, they wouldn't be either.

His son Quentin, named for the uncle killed in the last war, landed at Omaha Beach the same morning. They were the only father and son to come ashore together on D-Day.

He died a month later. A heart attack in his sleep. And here is the part that gets me. On the very day he died, the orders had just come through promoting him to major general and giving him his own division. He never saw the paperwork. He never knew he'd earned the Medal of Honor either.

At his funeral his pallbearers were seven of the most famous generals of the war, Bradley, Hodges, Collins, Barton, Huebner, and George Patton. The same Patton who had fired him. Patton wrote in his diary that Roosevelt was one of the bravest men he had ever known.

Years later Omar Bradley was asked to name the single most heroic thing he witnessed in all of World War II. He didn't pause. He said, "Ted Roosevelt on Utah Beach."

[Secretary Doug Burgum @SecretaryBurgum]

As we celebrate our 250th anniversary, it’s a tremendous honor for our 45th & 47th President to cut the ribbon at the library & National Park honoring the President who led our nation during its 125th anniversary. Looking forward to joining @POTUS at the @TRPresLibrary opening!
https://t.co/yIlY7N2Q7r

[AO @AmericanOutlaws]

Just to be clear

When we make fun of the Aussies, we NEVER mean the Irwins

[𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗠𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 @txsalth2o]

Americans in Europe: I love Europe!

Europeans: Of course you do, we’re better in every way. Now go home.

Europeans in America: I love America!

Americans: Awesome! We’re having a BBQ Saturday, you should totally come!!

[Buzz Patterson @BuzzPatterson]

Democrats are on the wrong side of America.
How can you hate this? 🇺🇸🔥❤️

[𝗙𝗜𝗔𝗚𝗢 🇩🇪 @fiago7]

First time experiencing this flyover Americans do before big sporting events and I have to say it goes kinda hard

[pablo escobarner (blue check) @PabloEscoburner]

I’ll take “Texts I Never Thought I’d Receive from My Wife” for $1000, Alex.

Lionel Messi eating a brisket sandwich at Buc-ee’s in Auburn, AL. What a world.

[Denzell @Denzell_Of_NSH]

Spain is experiencing Chattanooga, TN.

Argentina is in Auburn, Alabama.

Germans are eating Waffle House.

Brits are still complaining.

This World Cup has been amazing and it hasn’t even started yet.

[USA Baseball @USABaseball]

Dream On. 🇺🇸

[The Garden Faithful @GardenFaithful]

“I’m getting fucked up tonight.” That’s our boy!

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

Canadians never stood a chance. 🇺🇸

[Old Row Sports @OldRowSports]

Connor Hellebuyck - Secretary of Defense

[Marco Rubio @marcorubio]

I do not normally respond to online rumors but feel the need to do so at this moment

I will not be a candidate for the currently vacant HC and GM positions with the Miami Dolphins.

While you never know what the future may bring right now my focus must remain on global events and also the precious archives of the United States of America.

Thank you

[string @propjoesays]

tell espn to stop scheduling 11 am games then

[Mook @ConnorMook_]

Easily my new favorite card, been wanting the fuck face for a minute

[Ryan Fournier @RyanAFournier]

Secret Service agents came to the rescue to help the National Guard members who were shot.

Horrifying all around.

[NCAA March Madness @MarchMadnessMBB]

INSANE VIEW OF DERIK QUEEN'S GAME WINNER 🤯

#MarchMadness @TerrapinHoops

[Reese Witherspoon @ReeseW]

Omigod you guys ….#LegallyBlonde premiered 20 years ago TODAY! Time flies when you're busy using legal jargon in your every day life. 😆

[MLB @MLB]

A fitting ovation for @TreyMancini. 🧡🖤 #BiggerThanBaseball