NEW NATIONAL MILITARY MONUMENT!
Did you know every veteran who served over the past 250 years will have his/her name displayed overlooking the Lincoln Reflecting Pool?
Learn how to see yours in my video!
An 11-year-old boy. One crochet hook. 60 skeins of yarn. No pattern. Two weeks. 🇺🇸
While juggling tennis camps and baseball games, Grayson poured his heart into crocheting this stunning American flag blanket—just in time to celebrate America’s 250th Independence Day. 🧨
No fancy instructions, just pure determination and love for his country. The result is a beautiful family heirloom that proves some of life’s greatest treasures are still made by hand. 🇺🇸✨
Proud of this kid and the quiet power of creativity in the next generation.
What an inspiration! 👏
The Jesus Revolution is now FREE to watch on YouTube! 🎬 This movie is the story of my life and conversion — set against the backdrop of the last great spiritual awakening in America. Kelsey Grammer, Jonathan Roumie, Anna Grace Barlow & Joel Courtney bring it to life. Watch now 👇
https://t.co/9zWE03bU5O
#JesusRevolution
Listening to @Rockies on the radio...why did Warren Schaeffer leave Feltner in the game after his tough 4th inning? Love Feltner but after 33 pitches in one inning, I thought the manager would go to the bullpen.
On this day 13 years ago, my only son was sworn in to the US Army. In ten days, it will be 12 years since he was killed in Afghanistan 2 weeks before he was due to come home. He was just 21. This week is also Memorial Day. My greatest fear now is that he will be forgotten. Please help me remember my boy during this tough week of special dates (share if you feel inspired. It never gets easier but the love and support always helps. ♥️🇺🇸
Jacob H Wykstra
KIA May 28th, 2014
Maruf, Afghanistan
Jake was a Christian, an athlete, a patriot, an artist, dog lover, a friend to all and the funniest, happiest guy in the platoon. Jake, you’ve left a huge void in our lives, but we will see you one day and there will no more heartache and no more goodbyes ♥️🇺🇸
@pastorlocke My deepest sympathy to you and your family. I hope it brings you some comfort to know that he is no longer suffering from the ravages of addiction.
I am so sorry that the addiction robbed you of your energy and attention. I know it is exhausting.
HOLLYWOOD CELEBRITIES FLEW FIRST CLASS TO WAR ZONES FOR PHOTO OPS. TOBY KEITH FLEW IN BLACKHAWKS TO PLACES NO CAMERA WOULD EVER SEE… After 9/11, hundreds of celebrities posted flags on Instagram. Wore ribbons on red carpets. Said "thank you for your service" on talk shows.
Then went home. Toby Keith got on a helicopter and flew into Afghanistan. Not once. Not twice. Eighteen times.
For over a decade — two unpaid weeks every single year — he flew into active war zones. Iraq. Afghanistan. Kuwait. Remote outposts six miles from the Pakistani border where soldiers hadn't seen a civilian face in six months.
Critics back home still called him a warmonger. Award shows still passed him over. But here's what the critics never saw… Toby didn't play the big bases. He insisted on going where nobody else would — tiny forward operating bases named after fallen soldiers.
He rode in Blackhawks escorted by Apache gunships. He came under fire. His family back home "freaked out" every time he left. He didn't care. He created the USO2GO program — sending electronics and comfort items to soldiers at outposts too remote for any entertainer to ever visit.
Over 250,000 troops. Seventeen countries. He closed every single show with "American Soldier" — and every single time, the crowd went silent, because every man and woman standing there knew: this wasn't a performance. This was a promise.
He once said: "I saw a void the great Bob Hope left behind, and no one was filling it." So he filled it. For eighteen years. While quietly fighting stomach cancer, he kept going — not for fame, not for cameras — but because he made a promise to kids in uniform who just wanted to hear a guitar and feel like home was still there.
They gave him awards he never asked for. But the soldiers who stood in the dust and heard him play — they gave him something no trophy ever could. What happened at those remote bases is a story most Americans have never heard.