Steve

Enjoying retirement! Always ready to meet new people. Hanging out near Fort Myers. Let’s have some fun!

[Steve @SteveDunham16]

@annaroseAnnaRos Gorgeous

[Paul Freid @PaulFreid5]

An American hero. Retweet if you agree.

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@MAGALieTracker He’s just a pathological liar that can’t accept when he’s busted.

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@RebeccaTaylorAz Like an angel!

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@run_claire You will do super well coach! And the weather should be nice! 😊

[Ryan S. Walters @ryanswalters73]

“General Lee has left us the memory, not merely of his extraordinary skill as a general, his dauntless courage and high leadership in campaign and battle, but also of that serene greatness…” - Theodore Roosevelt

“We recognize Robert E. Lee as one of our greatest American Christians and one of our greatest American gentlemen.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

“General Robert E. Lee was, in my estimation, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation. He believed unswervingly in the Constitutional validity of his cause…” - Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Robert E. Lee, a great son of the South, a great leader of the South — … Lee counseled us well when he told us to cast off our animosities, and raise our sons to be Americans.” - Lyndon B. Johnson

“As a soldier, General Lee left his mark on military strategy. As a man, he stood as the symbol of valor and of duty. … General Lee’s character has been an example to succeeding generations…” - Gerald R. Ford

“Robert E. Lee, who, after gallant failure, urged those who had followed him in bravery to re-unite America in purpose and courage.” - John F. Kennedy

“Robert E. Lee was a man who understood the values of a region which he represented. He was never filled with hatred. He never felt a sense of superiority. He led the southern cause with pride, yes, but with a sense of reluctance as well.” — Jimmy Carter

“Lee was the noblest American who had ever lived and one of the greatest commanders known to the annals of war.” - Winston Churchill

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[Steve @SteveDunham16]

@jalle51 Russia under Putin is doomed. He must purge himself before others do it for him.

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[Paul Freid @PaulFreid5]

An American hero. Retweet if you agree.

[Crazy Vibes @CrazyVibes_1]

In 1848, in a Delaware courtroom, a 58-year-old Quaker shopkeeper heard the verdict. Guilty.
His crime: helping an enslaved family of 7 escape to freedom.
The fine: 5,400 dollars. In those days, that was everything he owned. Total ruin.
Then the old man rose and addressed the court. He was not sorry. And he intended to keep helping every runaway who reached his door.
The room went silent. Then something incredible happened. A juror, himself a slave owner, crossed the floor, shook his hand, and apologized.
The shopkeeper's name was Thomas Garrett. And he was only getting started.
It all began in 1813, when Thomas was 24. A free Black woman who worked for his family was kidnapped by slave traders. Thomas chased them down and brought her home.
That day changed him forever.
He made a decision most would call insane. He moved INTO a slave state. He settled in Wilmington, Delaware, the very last city before free Pennsylvania soil, opened a hardware store, and turned his home into the final station of the Underground Railroad.
Nearly everyone who helped runaways did it in deep secret. Thomas did not.
He worked in the open. The police watched him. Slave catchers hated him. Even the Chief Justice of the United States denounced him. He simply refused to stop.
Once, a furious slave owner threatened to shoot him. So Thomas walked up to the man, spread his arms wide, and said, "Here I am, thee can shoot me if thee likes."
The stunned man let him go.
For 40 years, exhausted runaways slipped into his house by night. He fed them. And he gave every single one a new pair of shoes for the road to freedom.
His most frequent guest was a small woman who kept returning south to lead more people out. Her name was Harriet Tubman.
Thomas gave her money. He gave her shoes. He even paid for the rescue of her elderly parents. Once, when police sealed the bridge into the city to trap her group, he smuggled them all past the roadblock hidden in workmen's wagons.
In a letter, he called her a hero and worried over her like family.
The 1848 fine was supposed to destroy him. Instead, he rebuilt his business and made his rescue work even bigger than before.
By the time slavery ended, Thomas Garrett had helped about 2,700 human beings reach freedom.
And here is the line that tells you everything about the man. He said his one disappointment was that he never reached 3,000.
In 1870, when Black Americans finally won the right to vote, the people of Wilmington carried the 80-year-old through the streets on their shoulders, calling him "our Moses."
He died months later, in January 1871. At his funeral, freed Black men carried his coffin shoulder to shoulder, while thousands lined the streets.
Today, a riverfront park in Wilmington carries two names side by side. Tubman and Garrett. The conductor and the stationmaster. Friends to the end.
A court once calculated that his kindness was worth 5,400 dollars. He spent the rest of his life proving them wrong.
He handed out shoes, one pair at a time, and it added up to 2,700 lives.
So let me ask you something small. What is one pair of shoes, one simple act of help, you could hand somebody this week?

[Paul Freid @PaulFreid5]

An American hero. Retweet if you agree.

[Steve @SteveDunham16]

@mitzivibes Wow! 🤩

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@mitzivibes Hi

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@run_claire Welcome home! You look rested and nice. It took me 5 days to get back in the gym after a few months in Germany. Over there it was long hikes and heavy yard work to earn beers. 🍺

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@TheOliviaJaymes Nice

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Just a dog having the best day of its life.

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@Soniabrwg You new doo looks great! 😊

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@mitzivibes Can you?

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@DrKristieLeong Excellent post. I combine these with barbell squats to build strength.