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31 Jul, 9 tweets, 3 min read
Went to BRICK FAIR with my 11 year old in Virginia today — some very cool and creative stuff here.
.@StJohnLafayette
Union Station, DC
This one is meta — it’s the Battle at Ramelle as depicted in the film Saving Private Ryan
Also some cool LEGO art
.@VVMF

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27 Jul
On this day in 2007, B Troop, 1-91 Cavalry, 173rd Airborne, went to meet with the elders of the village Saret Koleh in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan. They were led by Captain Tom Bostick and his lieutenants. 1/
1LT Dave Roller and his platoon conducted overwatch of the village; here was the view earlier that day. 2/
3/ B troop was ambushed. Bostick was killed.
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1 Jul
The PA Supreme Court freed Cosby because they found that the commonwealth of PA had pledged to not prosecute him, thus removing his 5th amendment right to refuse to testify, thus taking away immunity from being deposed in the civil case.

He was NOT found innocent. ... 1/
2/ In fact, per the court, "During those (civil) depositions, Cosby made several incriminating statements....Notably, during his depositions, Cosby confessed that, in the past, he had provided Quaaludes...to other women with whom he wanted to have sexual intercourse."...
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23 Jun
June 21, 2006 — 15 years ago yesterday — was the ill-fated battle for Hill 2610 in Afghanistan. theatlantic.com/international/…
Their names were Jared Monti …
And Patrick Lybert …
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10 Jun
The astounding thing about this is that all this veteran was trying to do is share a bit of historical fact. A May 1865 New York Tribune story records recently emancipated slaves honoring Union soldiers who had died in an open air makeshift Charleston prison.
2/ Yale historian @davidwblight1 wrote about this in his 2001 book RACE AND REUNION. Here's the relevant excerpt:

harvardpress.typepad.com/hup_publicity/….
@davidwblight1 3/ And here's the New York Tribune story in question, from May 1865
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25 May
For those thinking about The @Devil_May_Dance as a potential Fathers Day or graduation gift, a few options for you.... 1/
2/ You can order a personalized autographed book through @PoliticsProse or @eastcitybooks ...
3/ OR if you purchase the book between now and #FathersDay and upload the receipt at the following link, my publisher will put a signed bookplate in the mail for you — bit.ly/signedbookplat…
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24 May
The @Devil_May_Dance, Chapter 16:

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@Devil_May_Dance "...Hundreds of extras dressed in
summer clothes streamed past them into the arena, carrying signs
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