Proud to be American - Celebrating the 4th of July

[Nephrology]

Given how our country seems to be going to hell in a handbasket, I thought I'd create a thread to celebrate Independence Day, and specifically the moments in American history that make me proud to be a citizen of this country.

I'll start. First successful kidney transplant, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1954.

https://i.imgur.com/s3qNVQG.jpg

[blues]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OMXlfQCHg8c/maxresdefault.jpg






https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71i6TTgKr9L._AC_SX522_.jpg



https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2020-02/Iwo%20Jima%20-%20Keith%20Huxen%20copy.jpg

[Joe in PNG]

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[Nephrology]

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OMXlfQCHg8c/maxresdefault.jpg






https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71i6TTgKr9L._AC_SX522_.jpg



https://www.nationalww2museum.org/sites/default/files/styles/wide_medium/public/2020-02/Iwo%20Jima%20-%20Keith%20Huxen%20copy.jpg

Going for all the low hanging fruit I see ;)

[blues]

Going for all the low hanging fruit I see ;)

Low hanging to merely post an image...hardly low hanging for those who accomplished them.

One small step for me...several giant leaps for America.

[Joe in PNG]

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[Nephrology]

Low hanging to merely post an image...hardly low hanging for those who accomplished them.

One small step for me...several giant steps for America.

A fair retort :)

https://i.imgur.com/N74E594.jpg

[Kanye Wyoming]

The single greatest plaque on Planet Earth.

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[WDR]

I'm working today (some things just don't stop for the holidays), but will be home for fireworks and a nice dinner with my family later. I celebrated by ordering another JM Custom holster.

It has been a rough and crazy year, but I am thankful to live in the best country on the planet, and I think real Americans will keep us plowing through to a better future.

[Trooper224]

specifically the moments in American history that make me proud to be a citizen of this country. :)

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/04/97/49049783682a10c1138364f8182a1b8e.jpg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/iy6eo4QvVJifRbp1LElzjphZ2Vw=/415x416/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YHJ63MXXBZQI64WDTWBXKUFSAU.jpg
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3876094.1513027694!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/med-stayin-alive.jpg
https://i.insider.com/53ceb02c6bb3f7401e3ffa76?width=1100&format=jpeg&auto=webp
https://www.automobilemag.com/uploads/sites/11/2019/07/Pontiac-Fiero-77.jpg?fit=around%7C875:492
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91H1OoqvsQL._AC_SX569_.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Richard_Nixon_presidential_portrait.jpg

Just kidding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8C7i9kdEf8

[Nephrology]

https://i.pinimg.com/originals/49/04/97/49049783682a10c1138364f8182a1b8e.jpg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/resizer/iy6eo4QvVJifRbp1LElzjphZ2Vw=/415x416/top/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-tronc.s3.amazonaws.com/public/YHJ63MXXBZQI64WDTWBXKUFSAU.jpg
https://i.cbc.ca/1.3876094.1513027694!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_780/med-stayin-alive.jpg
https://i.insider.com/53ceb02c6bb3f7401e3ffa76?width=1100&format=jpeg&auto=webp
https://www.automobilemag.com/uploads/sites/11/2019/07/Pontiac-Fiero-77.jpg?fit=around%7C875:492
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/91H1OoqvsQL._AC_SX569_.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Richard_Nixon_presidential_portrait.jpg

I'm sensing a theme :D

Announcement of the successful sequencing of the entire human genome, June 2000.

https://i.imgur.com/wGoNG4E.jpg

[SeriousStudent]

I'm going to cut right to the chase:

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[Trooper224]

https://media-manager.starsinsider.com/1080/na_5e4bad0e6a5fb.jpg
https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/tonya-harding-nancy-kerrigan.jpg?quality=85&w=1200&h=628&crop=1
https://desertleather.com/image/cache/data/Michael-Jackson-Thriller-Jacket-600x800.jpg
https://i1.wp.com/preppypanache.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/1b8105f6795f6a2b907a7fe1b037cc62.jpg?resize=600%2C 600
https://scontent-dfw5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/11951495_403317419868950_229807484239240168_o.jpg? _nc_cat=102&_nc_sid=09cbfe&_nc_ohc=FweSm2U_I-wAX_g4tl4&_nc_ht=scontent-dfw5-2.xx&oh=7c9a7c2b0c380f0ed1959794626657e3&oe=5F24B02F

[Nephrology]

April 1955: Jonas Salk announces successful polio vaccine, eradicating the disease in the United States

https://i.imgur.com/mHOxdYI.jpg

February 1980: Herb Brooks eradicates the Soviet Union men's hockey team in the United States

https://i.imgur.com/2CMww3r.jpg

[blues]

https://s22658.pcdn.co/wp-content/uploads/2006/10/tombstone.jpg

[JAD]

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[Suvorov]

Not a single day goes by that I am not thankful to God to be a citizen of this great country. The United States is unique in the world and no other nation in the history of the world has given so much opportunity and abundance to so many people.

Since childhood one of my biggest hero’s was Igor Sikorsky - “Father of the Helicopter”

Already a successful engineer in Russia - he left everything he had to move to the USA and escape the Godless and evil communists that took over his motherland. In his new home he helped develop the airline industry with the Pan Am Clippers and would go on to give us the Helicopter. It always gave me such pride that during the height of the Cold War - many of the aircraft that stood in the the way of Soviet aggression bore the name of a Russian emigre.

Igor Sikorsky was also a man of God, writing on The Lord’s Prayer. (https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/The_Lords_Prayer_Archives.php) He represents the best of America and served as a role model for me.

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[Nephrology]

August 1990: the USA leads an international military coalition to evict Saddam from Kuwait.

https://i.imgur.com/eQZnuqB.jpg

[blues]

https://www.ozy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/gettyimages5268599881.jpg?w=660

[blues]

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2028/5101/products/yogiwhiteymickeypf-1_large.jpg?v=1496260361

https://vafloc02.s3.amazonaws.com/isyn/images/f927/img-1220927-f.jpg

[Clusterfrack]

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/sts109-730-034.jpg

[Nephrology]

1852-1922: William Halsted. Father of modern surgery.

https://i.imgur.com/P8SfesG.png

In addition to a slew of foundational achievements, here is one of the more attention grabbing highlights from his Wiki entry:


In 1882 he performed one of the first gallbladder operations in the United States, a cholecystotomy performed on his mother on the kitchen table at 2 am in which he removed seven gallstones.[16] His mother completely recovered.[12] Halsted also performed one of the first emergency blood transfusions in the United States.[16] He had been called to see his sister after she had given birth. He found her moribund from blood loss, and in a bold move withdrew his own blood, transfused his blood into his sister, and then operated on her to save her life.

America. Fuck yeah.

[P30]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/Pilot_Neil_Armstrong_and_X-15_-1_-_GPN-2000-000121.jpg
12/9/1960

https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/3-20-20-lindbergh.jpg
1927

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/1902_Wright_glider_turns.jpeg/1280px-1902_Wright_glider_turns.jpeg
10/24/1902: Wilbur Wright in action

[Nephrology]

No caption necessary

https://i.imgur.com/IRiFhSL.jpg

[Clusterfrack]

https://youtu.be/LikxFZZO2sk

[the Schwartz]

2019, when we finally discovered where all of those misplaced left socks go...

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/first-black-hole-picture-event-horizon-telescope-first-image-black-hole-m-87-scientists-announce-today-2019-04-10/

[Joe in PNG]

Not a single day goes by that I am not thankful to God to be a citizen of this great country. The United States is unique in the world and no other nation in the history of the world has given so much opportunity and abundance to so many people.

Since childhood one of my biggest hero’s was Igor Sikorsky - “Father of the Helicopter”

Already a successful engineer in Russia - he left everything he had to move to the USA and escape the Godless and evil communists that took over his motherland. In his new home he helped develop the airline industry with the Pan Am Clippers and would go on to give us the Helicopter. It always gave me such pride that during the height of the Cold War - many of the aircraft that stood in the the way of Soviet aggression bore the name of a Russian emigre.

Igor Sikorsky was also a man of God, writing on The Lord’s Prayer. (https://www.sikorskyarchives.com/The_Lords_Prayer_Archives.php) He represents the best of America and served as a role model for me.



I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of people are alive today because of the helicopter?

[Nephrology]

I wonder how many hundreds of thousands of people are alive today because of the helicopter?

I've met a few.

[SeriousStudent]

No caption necessary

https://i.imgur.com/IRiFhSL.jpg

The real anti-fascist youth.

[Joe in PNG]

I've met a few.

Likewise.

[troydobe]

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