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Dan McLellan

@danmc63.bsky.social

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Pediatric Speech Language Pathologist for 36 years Owner of McLellan Pediatic Homecare Happily married to a wonderful man 🏳️‍🌈 Proud dad of two grown children I collect stamps and am learning classical guitar Atheist

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 1d

which he did shortly after.

Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 1d

🧵A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 15, 1860, 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote a letter to presidential nominee Abraham Lincoln suggesting he grow a beard,

Scott # 1113- issued 1959

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 1d

stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 14, 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest person ever nominated to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

Scott # 1771 - issued 1979

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 1d

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 13, 1775, the Second Continental Congress authorized the creation of the Navy.

Scott # 1354- issued 1968

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 3d

We saw “Shucked” yesterday at the Denver Center for Performing Arts yesterday. It was fun and very corny!!
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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 4d

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 12, 1901, the Executive Mansion, the president’s official residence and workplace, was renamed the White House.

Scott # 809 - issued 1938

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 4d

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 11, 1884, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City, NY.

Scott # 2105 - issued 1984

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 5d

He is the second most recorded jazz musician after Duke Ellington

Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 5d

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 10, 1917, jazz pianist and composer Thelonious Sphere Monk was born in Rocky Mount, NC.
Scott # 2990 - issued 1995

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 6d

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 9, 1994, the USPS released its first joint-issue stamps with China.

Scott # 2867-68 - issued 1994

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 7d

A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 8, 1793, statesman, merchant, accused smuggler, and patriot John Hancock died at his home in Boston, MA

Scott # 1691-94- issued 1976

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 9d

Love me some old fashioned trolling

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Amy Klobuchar @amyklobuchar.com · 11d

Americans are paying more for groceries and electricity, and now their health care premiums are rising too. Republicans need to stop being a rubber stamp for President Trump and start working with us to protect the health care tax credits millions depend on.

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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 11d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Jerry at JMGVines @jjtb4v.bsky.social · 11d

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable."
President John F Kennedy

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Andrew Weinstein @andrewjweinstein.com · 11d

ICE admits that up to 50% of arrests in its Chicago raids are "collateral.” These aren't statistics. They are parents taken from their children, neighbors taken from our communities. When does a "collateral" U.S. citizen child's trauma matter? This isn't law enforcement; it's a campaign of terror.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 11d

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 11d

We need a leader similar to Dr King or Gandhi to start an organizated peaceful resistance movement.

Who should it be?

#resistMAGA

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 11d

My message to Kristi Noem is clear: Get out of Chicago.

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 11d

I’m once again reminded that flavored coffee makes me sad

Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 12d

Considered one of the leaders of the Golden Age of illustration, he’s most well-known for his “fadeaway” girls, as pictured in this stamp.

Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 12d

🧵A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 3, 1880, Clarence Coles Phillips was born in Springfield, OH.

Scott # 3502e - issued 2001

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Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 12d

It sold poorly at the time and 90% of the stamps were destroyed, leaving a relatively small number available today.

Dan McLellan @danmc63.bsky.social · 12d

🧵A stamp from my collection that has relevance to this date in history (2025).

On October 3, 1933, the Century of Progress airmail stamp, known as “Baby Zepp” was issued.

Scott # C18- issued 1933
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