Dr. Todd Arrington

Wonderful human, wonderful parent, and had the potential to be a wonderful president.

Part of my “teams that no longer exist” collection. You’ll see a few others in there as well.

I went to graduate school at @unlincoln.bsky.social!

James A. Garfield National Historic Site reopens after weekslong closure After 53 days of closure, the James A. Garfield Historic Site in Mentor has officially reopened. Although the National Park Service unit’s Visitor Center remained open to the public, “Lawnfield” it…

I spent 15 years at James A. Garfield NHS in Ohio. I love that place, the history, & the people. Park Ranger Allison Powell (in this photo) is still one of my closest friends.

I'm so happy & proud they got this important project done! I visited last week and got a sneak peek...and it looks great!

Here’s me at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone on May 7, 2023. I was working a temporary promotion as Acting Superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument at the time. And still repping the Pittsburgh @pirates.com, of course.

On this day 154 years ago-Mar. 1, 1872-President Ulysses S. Grant signed legislation creating Yellowstone National Park. It was the world’s first national park. Today, over 100 countries have national parks or similarly protected areas.

Image: Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Grastel.

Hat addiction is real! Especially among bald men. I hear. I mean, I would have no way of knowing for sure. Obviously.

Literally dozens of people worldwide suffer from this affliction every year. Please give whatever you can to stop this scourge.

“Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it.”

~Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Union, New York City, Feb. 27, 1860. The speech (& press coverage of it) made many view Lincoln as a viable presidential candidate.

Image: LOC.

“The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain, is floating in mid-air, until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.”

~Jane Addams, “The Subjective Necessity of Social Settlements,” 1893.

Image: Jane Addams Papers Project.

“Democracy means not ‘I am as good as you are,’ but ‘You are as good as I am.’”

~Rev. Theodore Parker.

Image: Public domain.

“It does not require many words to speak the truth.”

~Chief Joseph (Nez Perce), Jan. 14, 1879.

Image: Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.

“The struggle of today, is not altogether for today—it is for a vast future also.”

~President Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress, Dec. 3, 1861.

Image: National Portrait Gallery.

“When I want to find the vanguard of the people, I look to the uneasy dreams of an aristocracy and find what they dread most.”

~Wendell Phillips, in a speech entitled "On the Labor Question," 1871.

Image: Library of Congress.

Did not know that. Thanks for sharing!

Hiram R. Revels, first Black person to serve in US Congress, took his seat representing Mississippi in the US Senate on this day in 1870. That state’s legislature elected him to serve remainder of a Senate term (through 3/3/1871) interrupted by the state’s secession & the Civil War.

Image: LOC.

Which only adds to his greatness.

I agree. That’s a wild and meaningful coincidence of epic proportions.

Honus Wagner, one of the all-time great Pittsburgh @pirates.com (my team!), born on this day in 1874. A shortstop, he played 1900-17 for the Pirates, winning a World Series & multiple Nat’l League batting titles. In 1936, inducted into Hall of Fame as one of first 5 members.

Image: Public domain.

On this day in 1868, Andrew Johnson became first US president to be impeached. Violation of Tenure of Office Act (later ruled unconstitutional) and disagreements w/ Radical Republicans over Reconstruction policy led to impeachment. He was acquitted by 1 vote in May 1868.

Images: LOC; public domain.

Did you know Charles Sumner’s first day in the Senate was also Henry Clay’s last day in the Senate? That fascinates me for some reason.

Currently reading and loving this excellent Sumner biography. Well done, @ztameez.bsky.social.

Image: Macmillan Publishers.

His nickname on the team is “The Liberal.”

Paul W. Tibbets born OTD in 1915. Joined US Army in 1937, qualified as a pilot in ‘38. On 8/6/1945, Col. Tibbets piloted B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” (named for his mother) that dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Retired from Air Force as a Brig. Gen. in 1966.

Images: UK Imperial War Museum; USAF.

but war between those white people who are fighting for the spoils that come from the exploitation of the colored folk."

~W.E.B. Dubois, 1939.

DuBois was born in Massachusetts on this day 158 years ago: Feb. 23, 1868.

Image: National Portrait Gallery.

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"If you are going to keep the colored world in the position of exploitation in which it is today, then you are going to have war. And not necessarily war between colored and white people,

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but between those white people who are fighting for the spoils that come from the exploitation of the colored folk."

~W.E.B. DuBois, writing in the early twentieth century.

DuBois was born in Massachusetts on this day 158 years ago: Feb. 23, 1868.

Image: National Portrait Gallery.

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Oh, yeah, did I not include that? “No pressure, son! Just sign a huge rookie contract so you can take care of your aging parents who carted you all over the place for years for games, tournaments, showcases, etc. And again…no pressure!”

Former Odessa Jackalope Connor Hellebuyck wins Gold Medal with Team USA MILAN, Italy (KMID/KPEJ) – The former Odessa Jackalope goaltender Connor Hellebuyck won the gold Medal for Team USA men’s ice hockey game. Before the Gold Medal game against Canada, he …

Team USA goalie Connor Hellebuyck played junior hockey for the NAHL’s Odessa Jackalopes.

My son currently plays junior hockey for the NAHL’s Odessa Jackalopes.

So dad math tells me my son should at some point play in the NHL and win a gold medal for Team USA in the Olympics.

Math doesn’t lie.