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@AdamBreneman81 @alicianciulli Congrats!

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@hbulwark1 The movie depicts him dying amidst the NYC draft riot of July 13-16, 1863… not March 8th, 1855. Right?

[Dan B @DanB64479572]

One of the best scenes ever!

Casablanca, 1942
starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.

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@steelcityundrgr PSU

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@FischerKing64 Reynolds’ crucial decision on day one of the battle was essential to the North’s eventual victory. He was born and raised in Lancaster County, PA… about 50 miles from Gettysburg

[State Media @StateMediaPSU]

We will never forget this moment from the Penn State vs. SMU CFP game 🤯🔊

[SUVCW National HQ @SUVCW]

"On July 3, 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg reached its decisive end. A turning point of the Civil War, it halted the Confederate advance and upheld the Union’s cause. We honor the sacrifice and courage of all who served. 🇺🇸🎖️ #SUVCW"

[Paul Anleitner @PaulAnleitner]

The Sandlot has the single greatest vision of American life ever put on film.

This scene is what it’s all about. 🇺🇸

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@collegeFBtour @HelmetArch @CFBKings @CfbSelect @roadtocfb @redzone_cfb @CollegeFBonX @NCAAFNation247 @PickSixPreviews @Moore_CFB Change 1, 2 and 3 to 3, 1 and 2

[History Nerd @_HistoryNerd]

Major Frank Prentice was 18 years old when he dropped over a hundred feet off the stern of the Titanic into a sea full of ice.

He survived. This is what he saw.

Prentice worked in the Purser's office.

He was in his cabin at midships when the collision happened. He describes no chaos, no impact, nothing dramatic:

"It was just like jamming your brakes on my car. There was no great impact you couldn't feel. Just a bit of a shudder and she stopped."

That quiet did not last.

As the ship began to sink, Prentice moved through it.

He helped stewardesses into lifeboats who did not know where to go. He helped a woman named Mrs. Clark with her lifejacket. She did not want to leave her husband. He told her the husband would follow on later.

He would not.

On his way back from the lifeboats, Prentice heard the band. They were playing "Nearer My God to Thee" and singing.

He kept walking.

When the end came, he made his way to the stern. He describes it as quiet up there.

By the time he let go, the ship was nearly vertical. He had been hanging onto a board that read "Keep Clear of Propeller Blades."

At the very last moment, he let go and fell.

"I just missed the propellers on the way down."

The drop was over a hundred feet. The water was packed with ice and chunks of berg.

His watch stopped at 2:20 am.

He was not alone in the water at first. Then he was.

"I gave it a long thought when I was on my own and everybody else seemed to be dead round me."

He had two life jackets and a cushion.

He paddled toward a light he could still see from the rockets the bridge had fired. He reached a lifeboat and climbed in.

Mrs. Clark was already there. She wrapped a blanket around him and tried to keep him warm.

Her husband had drowned.

When asked who was responsible for the disaster, Prentice did not hesitate.

He blamed the bridge. He blamed Bruce Ismay, chairman of the shipping line, for pushing Captain Smith to maintain speed through waters they had been warned were full of ice.

"We had warnings that there was ice. We had it from ships and shore, and we went straight ahead as if there was nothing there in our way."

His verdict was simple:

That ship was thrown away.

Prentice was interviewed decades later.

Asked if the memory still haunted him, he said:

"When I'm alone tonight, I still think a lot about it. Can't help it, can you?"

—

Source: @BBCArchive – The Great Liners (1979)

[Manifest History @ManifestHistory]

On this day—July 2, 1863—the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg was fought.

General Robert E. Lee ordered Lt. Gen. James Longstreet’s First Corps to attack the Union left flank while Lt. Gen. Richard Ewell’s Second Corps attacked the Union right. Longstreet’s assault, led by divisions under Maj. Gens. John Bell Hood and Lafayette McLaws, struck Union forces under Maj. Gen. Daniel Sickles, who had advanced his III Corps forward without orders.

Heavy fighting erupted at Devil’s Den, the Wheatfield, the Peach Orchard, and Little Round Top. Union reinforcements, including Col. Joshua Chamberlain’s 20th Maine, helped hold the critical high ground on Little Round Top. Ewell’s attack on Culp’s Hill came late and achieved only limited gains.

By nightfall, the Confederates had gained ground but failed to break the Union line.

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@CollegeFBonX Lavar

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@CollegeFBonX A Frankenstein of old and new schools. Great conference but it’s obviously being patched up as the most valuable brands jump ship

[Barnaby Breaks History 🇺🇸 @CorpBarnaby]

🇺🇸 163 Years Ago Today, June 30th, 11:00 AM

General Buford’s main cavalry division enters Gettysburg from the south.

Local civilians inform Buford that Confederate infantry had approached the western edge of town just two hours prior.

Recognizing the strategic value of the local road network, Buford rides out personally to inspect the ridges west of the town.

He determines that holding this high ground is vital and orders his troopers to prepare defensive positions.

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

“Where men are forbidden to honour a king, they honour millionaires, athletes, or film stars instead; even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.”

C.S. Lewis

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@uscfan981 Bear
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JoePa
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[Back Then Football @BackThenFB]

When Verne Lundquist called his final College Football game for CBS Sports

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@PollSter_Mike1 I heart Huckabees

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@CollegeFBonX How about total wins and undefeated seasons???