What a day! It's been so rewarding to see the phenomenal press and media interest in our Churchill the Artist displays, including this wonderful painting of his from the 1920s, the era in which he bought Chartwell, on public display in the UK for the first time ChartwellNT.✌️🎨

OTD 1960…the final chaotic 35 seconds of Team USA’s 3-2 win over the Soviet Union in Squaw Valley, CA.

My lovely bride in New Salem. #Lincoln

The first store that #Lincoln ran in New Salem.

This is Whit Stillman’s best film, and that’s saying something, because all of them are great.

A Prayer for Owen Meany. I even reread it because I thought I might be wrong. I wasn’t.

Tweet of the day.

The unassuming little wooden gate to the far left of this photo may be small, but it's arguably one of the most important in the country if you're a hiker. For this is the gate that you creak open with a deep breath to begin the Pennine Way, the oldest national trail in England.

THIS guy. Playing the Star Spangled Banner, by himself, on his trumpet, on a Saturday morning, beside the Hillsborough River in downtown City of Tampa. Just because. #Patriot 🇺🇸❤️

Is it illegal, or just undocumented?

Tweet of the day.

The cognitive dissonance on the left is going to break some brains.

March 1, 1872. An act of Congress. A new idea. A place set aside for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. 154 years later — still wild. Still inspiring. Still Yellowstone.

Every slice counts.

In the 1960s, newspaper dating ads—often called "lonely hearts" or personal ads—were classifieds where people whimsically described themselves to find love. This kind of reads like that.

Happy 154th birthday to ⁦Yellowstone National Park⁩.

Highly recommended.