Emily Brockway
@ebrockwayink
Military, Student, Amateur Historian, Ambitious Writer-not in that order. "History comes alive when you participate." RT/❤️ ≠ endorsement. Opinions my own.
Please check on your Gen X friends, we are having a moment. Theo Huxtable, Ozzy, the Hulk. All in the same week!
French soldiers moving into the attack from their trench during the Verdun battle 1916.
June 14, 1925: Over 10,000 people are on hand to see New York Mayor John Hylan dedicate the city’s first public place named for a Black person, Dorrance Brooks Square in Harlem. Brooks was a WWI soldier from the neighborhood killed in action in 1918 in France.
A very important story. Pam Hemphill, @PamHemphill79 who is a hero, was disinvited from a rally because the organizers would not “forgive” her. This is how oppositions fail reedgalen.substack.com/p/dear-rally-o…
DC feels dry lately. I think we need good soaking this weekend. You know, for the plants. 🪴
On This Day 11th June 1918. The Americans capture Belleau Wood, west of Chateau-Thierry.
81 years ago today at 12:15 AM over Normandy, France: Captain Frank Lillyman of the 101st Airborne Division Pathfinders shouts “Let’s go” as he steps out into the prop blast, followed by 17 of his men. Captain Lillyman became the first American to set foot in Normandy on D-Day.
“You won’t be promoted to O-5 unless you PCS.” Don’t threaten me with (less work) and a good time. Retiring as an O-4 is still pretty sweet, and I’m counting down the days!
Been saying this for YEARS now. PCS’ing every 36 months is ridiculous, especially when you get to the latter stages of a career. If someone requests to stay on current station, they should be allowed to. For example, I had to do everything to work around the marketplace, since 1/
May 28, 1925: Ahead of Memorial Day, Boy Scouts decorate the graves of War of 1812 veterans with flags at Arlington National Cemetery.
So good.
> hired to work in art gallery café > get bored making coffee > decide to look at the books > discover 2 of 3 "income sources" are actually cost centers > convince board to pivot business model > revenue up 311%
Math and science are impressive kryptonite for some folks.
This Maryland Cornell game has been giving me heartburn. Let’s go Big Red! #Cornell #MLAX
Marthe Cohn was the real deal—a Jewish spy who walked straight into Nazi territory and came back with secrets that saved lives. Courage disguised in blond hair and fluent German. 105 years of pure grit and heroism. #UnsungHeroes #WWIIHistory #RealLifeSpy abc7.com/102-year-old-m…
I’ll say it til I’m blue in the face: Food Security is a National Security issue! We can always do better. Support local, small farms.
.@SecRollins delivers remarks at the MAHA Commission Event at the White House: "American agriculture is at the heart of the solution... we know the American food system is the safest and most robust in the world. But we also know that we can improve upon those outcomes."
in 25 years, few people will know the penny loafer was named bc students supposedly stuck a coin in their shoe, a likely apocryphal but still charming origin story
The U.S. will stop making pennies starting next year
Crockett was no coward, but he surrendered & was executed at the Alamo. Which says more about Travis’s hubris leading brave men into an avoidable siege & a tragic, unnecessary death. It’s an echo from history & we should tune our ears to hear since many refuse to see. 🙈
These trolls think a warrior will stop fighting because of some little thing like a ratio? Its because they HATE free speech so they try to intimidate you into bending to their will. Sadly for them, I come from the same part of the world as a guy named Colonel Crockett. We don't…