Breck Pappas

Freelance Writer

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

✔️ 71 sites visited across Virginia! ✔️General George Washington placed the final stamp in the Austin family's VA250 passports! Congratulations to Deserae, Allanna, and Cailean on this incredible accomplishment. If you haven't had a chance to pick up your own passport, there's still time! @VirginiaMuseum

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@parismotif "According to his death certificate, Lennon was pronounced dead on arrival at 11:15 p.m., but the time of 11:07 p.m. has also been reported. Witnesses noted that the Beatles song 'All My Loving' came over the hospital's sound system at the moment Lennon was pronounced dead."

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

Today we will be at George Washington's @MountVernon discussing the most important person in our film, The American Revolution, and what we can learn from his leadership.

Here's a short clip about Washington the man. We don't have a country without him.

Hope you can watch the full series on PBS beginning Nov. 16.

#americanrevolutionpbs

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

🐕 Bring your dog to Mount Vernon and explore all that the estate has to offer you and your furry friend.

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@BretBaier @POTUS @davidspunt Should be noted that George Washington went past mere religious toleration and established religious freedom for citizens. https://t.co/UyiUNYDLp6

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

In a rare find, two bottles of cherries, buried for about 250 years, have been found in the hardened dirt in the basement of George Washington’s home at Mount Vernon, Va.

Read more here: https://t.co/KgtZ5qu8E3

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@BarstoolAlabama The Nick Six

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@ClayTravis The Nick Six

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@DocWashburn @by_drew Eufaula is a great town. My great-grandfather was a Greek orphan who settled there in 1907. He eventually opened the town's most popular diner. When he applied for U.S. citizenship, the people of Eufaula sponsored his application. Reader's Digest wrote a great piece about it.

[Breck Pappas @BreckPappas]

I got to do a deep-dive into the story of the Catholic Boys Home and their legendary marching band, a Mardi Gras staple nearly lost to history. Thankfully, there are still a good number of the strutting boys around, eager to tell their stories. @CarnivalMuseum @MobileMardiGras

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

For almost 50 years, the Catholic Boys Home fielded the loudest, most exhilarating, most talked-about, raucous marching band the city of Mobile had ever seen. https://t.co/nE2rI3hJp1

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When the Saints hired Kleinschmidt in 1971, the 23-year-old became the youngest head athletic trainer in the history of the NFL. The following year, he began working with the Senior Bowl in Mobile — and he's been a part of the game ever since. @Saints @NATA1950 @seniorbowl

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

Dean Kleinschmidt, the @seniorbowl's longest fixture, reflects on the journey that led to his 50 years as head athletic trainer for Mobile’s all-star game. https://t.co/vLJjsDislC

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

WHAT. A. YEAR. Here are just a few of our favorite moments 🤩 https://t.co/AZQY75rE1H

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@Darwin_WPMI @Chris__Richards You tell 'em Darwin. I agree with you completely.

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It’s probably no surprise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Rick Bragg is one of my favorites, so it was a dream come true to have this long conversation with Bragg about his work and his unruly dog Speck, the subject of a new book released this month. @AAKnopf @penguinrandom

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

We sat down with author Rick Bragg​ to discuss loss, his fried chicken philosophy and his new book about his downright "terrible" dog, Speck. https://t.co/yRgeVyCQQ7

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@fmtalk1065 Gotta use a paper plate. Good work.

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Imagine wanting a competition ski lake so bad, you just decide to build your own. That’s exactly what the Henleys of Creola, Alabama, did. @USAWaterSki @UsaWaterSkiShow @creola #waterski #slalom #awsa #alwaterski #wearewaterski @NateBoudreaux

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

J.R. Henley always wanted his own water ski lake, so he dug one. Now, the Creola neighborhood it spawned is unlike any other. https://t.co/vdBZsWtsyJ

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I loved meeting Robert and getting a tour of this classic house on Mobile Bay. Robert's grandfather, Gordon Smith, built the home in 1947, and now Robert is bringing it into the 21st century and making it his family home.

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

Fairhope builder Robert Brown takes on the project of a lifetime – renovating his grandparents' Bay home 🏠 https://t.co/URtv7jLlhq

[Breck Pappas @BreckPappas]

One time, my sister and I were at an historic marker detailing the life of a man whose grave was just feet away. The name on his tombstone however was misspelled in comparison to the plaque. "Talk about a grave mistake," she said.

I think about that every day.

[Mobile Bay Magazine @MobileBayMag]

Saddle up to the bar for a tasting with the owners of Downtown Mobile's Old Majestic Brewing Co. 🍺 https://t.co/dxBfTLO4si

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Pulling out a throwback story about Bama Rowell, the local slugger whose legendary hit at Brooklyn’s Ebbets Field inspired a famous scene from the Robert Redford film “The Natural.” @MobileBayMag https://t.co/D7tvlFnm9t