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Babe says goodbye to Yankee Stadium, the house that Ruth built
On June 13, 1948, a dying man put on his old uniform one last time, used his bat as a cane to stand up, and broke the heart of every baseball fan in America.
It was Yankee Stadium's 25th anniversary, "The House That Ruth Built." Babe Ruth was there to have his No. 3 retired, only the second number the Yankees ever retired after Lou Gehrig. But everyone in the crowd of nearly 50,000 could see it. The Babe was wasting away from throat cancer. He was thin, frail, and wrapped in a heavy wool overcoat in June because he was always cold now.
He walked out into the roar leaning on a bat like an old man's cane. When he spoke, the booming voice was gone, reduced to a painful rasp. But he stood. He tipped his cap. He soaked in the love one final time.
A photographer named Nat Fein didn't shoot the usual photo from the front. He moved behind Ruth and captured the Babe from the back, number 3, shoulders stooped, facing the crowd and the field he ruled. He titled it "The Babe Bows Out." It won the Pulitzer Prize, the first sports photo ever to do so.
Two months later Ruth was dead at 53.
78 years ago today, the greatest to ever play it said goodbye.
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HistoryGuy retweeted
On June 13, 1948, a dying man put on his old uniform one last time, used his bat as a cane to stand up, and broke the heart of every baseball fan in America.
It was Yankee Stadium's 25th anniversary, "The House That Ruth Built." Babe Ruth was there to have his No. 3 retired, only the second number the Yankees ever retired after Lou Gehrig. But everyone in the crowd of nearly 50,000 could see it. The Babe was wasting away from throat cancer. He was thin, frail, and wrapped in a heavy wool overcoat in June because he was always cold now.
He walked out into the roar leaning on a bat like an old man's cane. When he spoke, the booming voice was gone, reduced to a painful rasp. But he stood. He tipped his cap. He soaked in the love one final time.
A photographer named Nat Fein didn't shoot the usual photo from the front. He moved behind Ruth and captured the Babe from the back, number 3, shoulders stooped, facing the crowd and the field he ruled. He titled it "The Babe Bows Out." It won the Pulitzer Prize, the first sports photo ever to do so.
Two months later Ruth was dead at 53.
78 years ago today, the greatest to ever play it said goodbye.
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America 250
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One Declaration of Independence signer everyday: Elbridge Gerry. Before the war Gerry was a wealthy Boston merchant who graduated from Harvard in 1762. He entered politics in the 1770s and allied himself with Sam Adams. Gerry opposed British taxation and trade restrictions.
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This led to the use of the term Gerrymandering and also caused Gerry to lose his campaign for reelection. He was elected Vice President alongside James Madison during the Wat of 1812. He died as VP in 1814.
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Hope you enjoyed learning about the Declaration of Independence signers and #America250
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One under recognized American everyday. Day 37: Meriwether Lewis was a soldier and explorer and 1/2 of the famous Lewis and Clark expedition to travel across the American West. He was born in Charlottesville, Virginia close to Thomas Jefferson. He moved to Georgia early in life.
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He left for Washington D.C to try to get the government to honor his contracts and repay him his debts but he never made. He was shot outside an inn Tennessee in what most historians have deemed a suicide.
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