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🇺🇸 "December 7th 1941, a date which will live in infamy". - President Franklin D. Roosevelt
🇺🇸 To all those; past and present, who served our country and preserved our freedom. Thank you.
🇺🇸 "Smoke'em if ya got'em". Happy 246th Birthday to the United States Marine Corp 🎂. Semper fidelis.
🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday 🎂 to American actress 🎭 Ruth (Carol) Hussey born on this date; October 30th, 1911 in Providence, Rhode Island. Best remembered today for her Academy Award-nominated performance in "The Philadelphia Story" (1940) and for her role in "The Uninvited" (1944) 💐.
🇺🇸 Happy 246th Birthday to the United States Navy. Semper Fortis ⚓.
🎂 Remembering American actress Laraine Day; born on this date: October 13th, 1920 in Roosevelt, Utah. Best known today for her roles in the films: "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), "Journey for Margaret" (1942), "The Locket" (1946) and for portraying 'Nurse Mary Lamont' in the "Dr. Kildare" series. 💐.
🎭 Remembering Jane Alice Peters (aka Carole Lombard) who was born on this date; October 6th, 1908 in Fort Wayne, Indiana 💐.
🥀 Remembering "The Queen of Wisecracks"; Patsy Kelly who passed away 40 years ago today, September 24th, 1981. R.I.P. 🕯🙏
🇺🇸 America under attack; September 11th, 2001 🙏🕯⚘
🇺🇸 Photo taken from the walkway of the Manhattan Bridge; 140' above the East River, at approximately 8:30 on the morning of September 11th, 2001.
🎞 Burgess Meredith and Ginger Rogers in a scene from "Tom, Dick and Harry" (1941) 🎳.
🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to dancer, actress and singer (Ethel) Ruby Keeler who was born on this date; August 25th, 1909 in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada 🎼💃🎂🇨🇦.
☘ Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to Maureen O'Hara who was born on this date; August 17th, 1920 in the Dublin suburb of Ranelagh, Ireland. Will always be one of my honors to have met her when she was the Grand Marshal of NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade in 1999🥃🎂.
🎉 Remembering actress and dancer Mae Clarke born 111 years ago today; August 16th, 1910 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 🎂.
🎉 Two July 29th "Birthday Girls"; Thelma Todd (1906) and Clara Bow (1905) in a scene from the Pre-Code film "Call Her Savage" (1932). Monroe Owsley (another Leo 🦁 - August 11th) looks on as the ladies are about to "square off"🥊.
Remembering "The Ice Cream Blonde"; Thelma Alice Todd born on this date, July 29th, 1906 in Lawrence, Massachusetts 🎂 🎞 🥃 🎭.
🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to William Horatio Powell (aka "Nick Charles") born on this date; July 29th, 1892 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 🎂 🍸🎬.
Happy National Ice Cream Day; July 18th, 2021 🇺🇲🍦.
🎉 Happy 'Heavenly' Birthday to Hollywood "tough guy" and "song and dance man" James Cagney born 122 years ago today; July 17th, 1899, in NYC.
Two class acts both born on this date; July 16th 🎂💐.
Remembering the talented Barbara Stanwyck born on this date; July 16th, 1907, in Brooklyn, NY. Happy Birthday "Missy" 🎉🎈🎂🎁🍸🎊.
Happy "Heavenly" Birthday to the beautiful and multi-talented Ginger Rogers born today; July 16th, 1911 in Independence, Missouri 🎉🎊🎈🎂🎁🍨💃.
Love this picture; love that flag; love this country 🇺🇸.
Country pride.
🥀 Remembering actress Jean Harlow who left us 84 years ago today; June 7th, 1937, at the young age of 26 🎭. R.I.P.⚘
🇺🇲 🇬🇧 Surviving ships of D-day: 1) Battleship U.S.S. Texas (BB-35) berthed in La Porte, TX 2) Light Cruiser HMS Belfast berthed in London, UK 3) S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien berthed in San Francisco, CA 4) U.S.S. Laffey (DD-724) berthed in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
🇺🇲🇬🇧🇨🇦 77 Years ago today; American, British, Canadian and other Allied forces began the Liberation of Europe from evil. Bless them all 🙏🕯. Less we forget ⚘.
🥀 Remembering actress Mae Clarke; who passed away on this date; April 29th, 1992. She appeared in many Pre-Code classic films including: "The Public Enemy", "Frankenstein", "Waterloo Bridge", and "Three Wise Girls". Gone; but, not forgotten 🎭.
