Rebirth Of Jaquebelle

Introducing the newest member of the family: Taffy! 🦮

She’s a golden retriever like Rufus, and is actually his second cousin once removed!

She’s fitting in perfectly, and knows how to pose for the camera like her big brother Scamp did!

I picture Scamp looking down from the sky like Mufasa, approving of Taffy’s arrival, but being thankful he doesn’t have to deal with her energy! He’s just relaxing at his fishpond at the sky!

She already has her own Instagram to carry on Scamp’s tradition @goldenpuptaffy !

Welcome to the family, Taffy!

Remember...

Remember the Marine falling on a grenade to save a friend...

Remember the bomber pilot, desperately fighting for control of his burning aircraft, ensuring his crewmembers bailed out—yet remained in the cockpit a moment too long...

Remember the nurse diligently treating injuries until the lines collapsed, only to meet her fate in a concentration camp...

Remember the young Army private leaving cover to drag an injured friend off the battlefield, only to go down himself...

Remember the naval officer surrounded by the sounds of a dying ship—holding his post with water rising, ensuring sailors under his command escape—only to find his own fate in the ocean depths...

Remember our furry friends who remained by the side of their soldier in a hail of gunfire—whether a war horse or dog—loyal to their final moments...

From the fields of the American Revolution to the rocky terrain of Afghanistan, remember those Americans who did not come home. 🙏🇺🇲

This photo is a memorial to all the war dogs and their military handlers who did not come home from Vietnam War. If you look closely, the taller portion of the monument lists the names of 300 military handlers; while the lower portion depicts the names of over 4200 war dogs who served to the end.

The memorial is titled, “The Unbreakable Bond.” Mott's Military Museum, Groveport, Ohio. October 16, 2021

Queenie in training to become a Mercy dog during WW1. The dogs went out after large battles, where they would seek out wounded soldiers, they carried first-aid supplies that could then be used by wounded soldiers, and comforted dying soldiers who were mortally wounded.

Union soldier with his family during the American Civil War, ca. 1863-65.

Daguerrotype

Vaccines (yay!)

Pasteurization

Implementing and enforcing food quality and sanitation standards. Did you know White Castle was called as such because their gimmic was that they continually cleaned and bleached their stores inside and out to prevent food poisoning.

The invention of antibiotics! The first sulfa drugs dropped in the 1930s-40s

Widespread access and distribution of enriched food products! Enriched flour did a lot to prevent malnutrition, and it’s how Wonderbread got its name!

We got a hell of a lot better with medical care for sick and premature infants. The first incubators for premature babies were actually used as something of a sideshow attraction at Coney Island! It was the only way the doctor who invented them could get funding to keep them running because no one thought it would work. It showed a lot of people that really premature babies could survive with the right treatment and eventually was adopted by hospitals.

The green revolution in agriculture that prevented around a billion people from starving to death