Earl Motsinger

Husband/Father, Paramedic, CTE Advocate, CPR/First Aid Instructor

[History Dame @history_dame]

America at 250

June, 18, 1778, the British finally packed up and abandoned Philadelphia after nearly 9 months of occupation. General Sir Henry Clinton led about 15,000 troops (and a bunch of Loyalists) out of the city by land toward New York to dodge the French fleet now backing the Americans.

Meanwhile, Washington’s army had toughened up over the brutal winter at Valley Forge, thanks in part to help from Lafayette, von Steuben, and others. The Patriots rolled back into Philly the next day without a fight.

[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

Good Thursday morning. 74 hi 84 ⛈️ It’s Go Fishing Day, Tapas Day, Int’l Picnic Day, Career Nursing Assistants Day, Int’l Sushi Day and Cheesemakers Day. Have a terrific day. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸

[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

Good morning. Yep, Monday is here. 64 hi 82 It’s Lobster Day, Electricity Day, Prune Day, Power of a Smile Day, Photography Day and Kiss a Wookiee Day. 🤔 Have a magnificent day. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸

[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

Good morning. What’s on your grill or smoker this weekend? 68 hi 93. It’s Kitchen Klutzes of America Day, World Gin Day, Rosé Day, Chamoy Day, Cupcake Lover’s Day and Axe Throwing Day. 😳 Be careful. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸

[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

Good morning. 71 hi 92 humidity 100% It’s Making Life Beautiful Day, CNA Day, Pizza Margherita Day, German Chocolate Cake Day and Corn on the Cob Day. Have a terrific day. Keep on keeping on. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸

[Fairfax County CERT @FairfaxCoCERT]

The Traffic Control and Management Team organizes and manages large groups of people and vehicles to ensure safety, order, and efficient flow during high-traffic events.

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[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

Good Monday morning. 71 hi 81 🌧️ It’s Best Friends Day, Jelly-Filled Donut Day, World Oceans Day and Name Your Poison Day. Have a great start to an even greater week. Love and appreciate all y’all. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸

[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

Good Sunday morning. What’s for breakfast? 64 hi 82 🌧️? It’s Cancer Survivors Day 🙏🏻, Chocolate Ice Cream Day, Frozen Yogurt Day, Daniel Boone Day and World Food Safety Day. Have a restful and relaxing day. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸

[Rowan County 990 @CFP387]

Working Structure Fire, 1100 Grandeur Dr, Salisbury. Multi family dwelling with fire showing. @southsalisbury #RowanNCFire

[History Dame @history_dame]

As we mark 82 years since June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion on the beaches of Normandy.

I wanted to reshare my video from the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, Virginia. Let’s take a moment to remember the courage, the sacrifice, and the ordinary heroes who changed the course of history.

Let’s also acknowledge that while Okinawa would ultimately have a large landing over the course of days/weeks, the landings at Normandy remain the largest for the single day.

[Fairfax County CERT @FairfaxCoCERT]

Moulage is the art of applying makeup & prosthetics to mock injuries & diseases on victim actors to increase the realism in training exercises. Our team assists with emergency response exercises in Fairfax County.

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[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

251 years ago today, a group of Scots-Irish frontiersmen in a log courthouse in Charlotte, North Carolina voted to nullify every British law on the continent, raise their own army, and declare anyone who took orders from the King "an enemy to his country."

This was 14 months before the Declaration of Independence. The ink on Lexington and Concord was barely dry.

Charlotte in 1775 was not a city. It was 20 cabins clustered around an intersection of two dirt roads called Trade and Tryon. The county had been settled mostly by Presbyterian Scots-Irish who had been chased out of Ulster by English landlords a generation earlier and were in no mood to take orders from another one. When word of the fighting in Massachusetts reached the backcountry, Colonel Thomas Polk, the great uncle of a future President, called every militia captain in Mecklenburg to the courthouse.

They drafted 20 resolutions. The third one read: "All Laws and Commissions confirmed by, or derived from the Authority of the King or Parliament, are annulled and vacated."

They were not asking for representation. They were not petitioning for redress. They were declaring British law dead on the ground in their county. Then they raised a regiment, elected Polk colonel, and started buying gunpowder.

This is where it gets strange.

For decades, North Carolinians insisted that 11 days earlier, on May 20, 1775, the same men had adopted an even more radical document: a full Declaration of Independence, predating Jefferson by 14 months and using language so similar to the 1776 Declaration that Jefferson must have plagiarized it.

Thomas Jefferson, when shown a copy in 1819, called it "spurious." John Adams was less sure. The original was supposedly lost in a house fire in 1800. No contemporary newspaper printed it. But every old man in Mecklenburg County in 1819 remembered hearing it read aloud.

The state of North Carolina sided with the old men. The date May 20, 1775 is on the state flag. It is on the state seal. It is stamped on every license plate in the state.

Historians have argued for 200 years about whether the May 20 declaration ever existed. The May 31 Resolves are not in dispute. They are real, they survived in print, and they are arguably the most radical statement made anywhere in the colonies before Lexington Green had even stopped smoking.

The Revolution was not declared in Philadelphia in July 1776. It was declared in a log courthouse in Charlotte 251 years ago today, by men whose names no one remembers.

[Concord, NC Police @ConcordNCPolice]

In a major cold case breakthrough, we’ve identified a suspect in the nearly 18-year-old homicide case, commonly known as the Sun Drop Murders.

Learn more: https://t.co/w6uUu2DQmk

[Dudes Posting Their W’s @DudespostingWs]

Kyle Busch was driving down the road when he noticed the woman in the passenger seat next to him was wearing his hat and her reaction is priceless when she realizes

[Tom Meiners @tommeinerstv]

Even though we're still in a drought, there's a marginal to slight risk for excessive rainfall to cause flash flooding on Memorial Day.
Some showers will be falling in the morning but more are expected in the afternoon and evening. https://t.co/4UTjukTEdM #ncwx #WeatherOnThe1s

[Norfolk Southern @nscorp]

The Bell is the first locomotive in our America’s 250 series to roll out of Juniata! 🚂🔔🇺🇸

1776 isn’t just a number. It’s the beginning of America’s story.

This engine pays tribute to the Liberty Bell, one of our nation’s most enduring symbols of independence.

Did you know our predecessor, the Pennsylvania Railroad, played a pivotal role in transporting the Liberty Bell across the country? This allowed millions to experience a piece of history firsthand.

Now, that legacy is returning to the rails.

🔗 Learn more about our commemorative series, all six units, and more: https://t.co/o84AIEae2H

[NCDOT Ferry Division @NCDOT_Ferry]

There's whole treasure chest of fun and interesting places to visit on a North Carolina Ferry, and one of them just happens to be celebrating its 50th Anniversary THIS WEEKEND! So hop on board as we 'Ride the Seven Routes' to the Aurora Fossil Museum. You'll dig it!

[Mecklenburg EMS @MecklenburgEMS]

Some bonds last long after the uniform comes off. 💙

Meet John Weaver, who built lifelong bonds at Medic (1987–2012) and still drives 2 hours one way for breakfast with fellow retirees.

Advice for providers: keep a journal—you’ll be glad you did.

#EMSWeek #EMS

[NCDOT Ferry Division @NCDOT_Ferry]

Today, the North Carolina Ferry Division recognizes National Maritime Day—a day that honors and celebrates those who work on the water and keep our maritime traditions strong, whether for trade, travel or defense!

[Bill Wheeler @wjwheeler54]

R.E.D. Good morning. 66 hi 80 🌧️ ⚡️It’s Craft Distillery Day, Boss Babe Day, Road Trip Day, Vanilla Pudding Day and Paloma Day. Have a fantastic day and maybe get ready for a long weekend ahead. Pray, encourage & support. You are loved and we are Blessed. 🇺🇸