A Piece Of Floating Driftwood

North Carolina 🌲

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https://johnstonnow.com/local-man-receives-a-kidney-transplant-thanks-in-part-to-jnow-magazine-article/

My kidney voucher recipient is doing well! I also appreciate him respecting my boundaries for anonymous donation 🫶

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Burnside Bridge. Witness Tree. Antietam Creek

Sharpsburg Maryland

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Margie’s Lilies

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America’s bloodiest day. 9.17.1862

Antietam Battlefield. Sharpsburg Maryland.

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The Bloody Lane. Antietam. Sept 17 1863

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Sailors Creek Battlefield

April 6, 1865.Rice Virginia

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I’ve studied Lincoln since I was a kid and always dreamed of visiting Springfield. It was amazing. The midwest is lovely but Im ready to get home to my mountains, beaches, curvy roads & people who understand my accent. So long Lincoln 💜

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🚗 Midwest Roadtrip

Springfield, Illinois

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🚗 Midwest Roadtrip

The Old Capitol. Site of State Representative Lincoln’s ‘House Divided’ speech & Illinois Senator Barack Obama’s Presidential candidacy announcement. Too fitting.

1839-1876 Springfield, Illinois

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My Uncle survived the WW2 kamikaze attack on the USS Hyman. Each year until he was 92, he’d come to the memorial ceremony in Indiana. We lost him in 2023 at age 97. Happy to finally see it as I made my way across Indiana.

🚗Midwest Roadtrip

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🚗Midwest Roadtrip

🎩Oak Ridge Cemetery Springfield, Illinois

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🚗Midwest Roadtrip

🎩Lincoln’s House Springfield, Illinois

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American Oystercatcher 🦪

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gold under the rust

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float, dont fight

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Down East

North Carolina

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CSS H.L. Hunley. First submarine to sink an enemy warship in wartime.

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina

Lost- February 17, 1864

Recovered with crew- August 8, 2000