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[Echoes of War @EchoesofWarYT]

250 years ago today, on June 28, 1776, a half-finished fort made of palm tree logs and sand did something it had no business doing: it beat the most powerful navy on earth and saved the American South. We just hit the 250th anniversary of one of the most improbable victories of the entire Revolution.

The setup looked hopeless. A massive British fleet under Admiral Sir Peter Parker sailed into Charleston harbor to crush the rebellion in the south before it could grow. Guarding the city was an unfinished little fort on Sullivan's Island, defended by Colonel William Moultrie and a few hundred men. The walls weren't even done. One British officer reportedly figured they'd flatten it in an hour.

Then the palmetto logs did the impossible. The fort was built from soft, spongy palmetto wood packed with sand, and instead of shattering when the British cannonballs hit, the logs just absorbed them. Iron sank into the mush and stuck. The fleet hammered that fort for hours and could not break it, while the American gunners coolly fired back and tore the British warships apart. Several ships ran aground. Admiral Parker himself got hit so hard that the blast literally ripped the seat out of his pants.

And then the moment that became legend. When a cannon blast knocked the fort's flag down, Sergeant William Jasper climbed out over the wall, in the middle of the bombardment, grabbed the fallen colors, and raised them back up so everyone could see the fort still stood.

By nightfall the British fleet limped away. They wouldn't seriously come back to the south for nearly three more years. South Carolina loved that fort so much it put the palmetto tree on its state flag, where it still flies today.

A quarter of a millennium later, the lesson still lands. Sometimes the thing everyone writes off as too soft and too unfinished to matter is the exact thing that refuses to break.

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Miles Russell pulls his dad out of the gallery to caddie for him on the 18th hole at the U.S. Open on Father's Day

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NEW: Dabo Swinney tells @Clowfb he's ready to get Clemson "back to the top" and has no plans to retire to the beach anytime soon🏆

“Hell no. I mean, I’m just getting going. I’m right about the same age Nick (Saban) was when he got to Alabama. So I’m just getting going, man. I love a challenge, and again, all we’ve done is win. Sometimes, people want me to be like this guy or that guy, and I’m like, ‘What’s that guy done? How many championships has that guy won?’ I’ve got 11 championships. The next closest is Kirby, who’s got six. I’ve got seven playoff appearances. There ain’t another coach still coaching with seven playoff appearances."

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Dale Earnhardt Jr with a beautiful tribute to Kyle Busch

Rest in Peace, Rowdy

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Chipper Jones OWNED the Mets 🤯

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WALK. IT. OFF!

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Eli White saves the day

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A full-circle moment in Clemson! The last to play it in 1999—and the first to bring it back to Death Valley 27 years later. Thanks to all the fans for making it something special!

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gg hornets was a good try.

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Dabo hitting that 😭😭

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I never thought there would be a day I would wake up an Vanderbilt is better than South Carolina in Football, Men’s Basketball and Baseball…..

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The gift that keeps on giving 🎁

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Today is the first day in my lifetime that I feel like we could potentially blow out cLimpson.

We have the firepower on offense.

Clayton White is still coaching this defense.

Start HOT again, let the crowd take over.

Wouldn’t that be something?

Would be a magical day.

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Perfect rivalry moment following this Clemson pick six

South Carolina brought the birds