Posted on 04/21/2016 2:59:15 AM PDT by nikos1121
Thursday, April 21, 2016: Live stream of the Donald Trump for President rally in Harrisburg, PA at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM EDT.
Harrisburg, PA
(Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarig) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,673, it is the tenth-largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg's site is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. The first European contact with Native Americans in Pennsylvania was made by the Englishman, Captain John Smith, who journeyed from Virginia here in 1608 and visited with the local tribe. In 1719, In 1785, John Harris, Jr. made plans to lay out a town on his father's land, which he named Harrisburg. In the spring of 1785, the town was formally surveyed by William Maclay, who was a son-in-law of John Harris, Sr. In 1791, Harrisburg became incorporated and was named the Pennsylvania state capital in October 1812, and has been since.
Harrisburg by Night
Harrisburg 1855
Harrisburg Today
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
The Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United States, was first held in Harrisburg in 1917 and has been held there every early-to-mid January since then.
Today’s Trivia
1. Harrisburg lies on the east bank of what river? 5pts. a. The Susquehanna b. The Iroquois c. The Chatahoochie d. The Hudson
2. Which of the following statements regarding Harrisburg, PA are true? 4pts each
a. Recently, Harrisburg was the first municipality ever in the history of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to be charged with securities fraud, for misleading statements about its financial health.
b. In October 2011, Harrisburg filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy when four members of the seven-member City Council voted to file a bankruptcy petition in order to prevent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from taking over the city's finances.
c. During the nearly 30-year tenure of former Mayor Stephen Reed from 1981 to 2009, city officials ignored legal restraints on the use of bond proceeds, as Reed spent the money pursuing interests including collecting Civil War and Wild West memorabilia—some which was found in Reed's home after his arrest on corruption charges. Infrastructure was left unrepaired, and the heart of the city’s financial woes was a trash to electricity plant, the Harrisburg incinerator that was supposed to generate income but instead because of increased borrowing, incurred a debt of $320 million.
d. To pay off its debt in part, Harrisburg will sell the troubled incinerator, lease for forty years its parking garages, and go further into debt by issuing new bonds.
3. Stephen Russell Reed (born August 9, 1949, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) is the former and longest-serving mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Reed, a life long democrat, currently faces charges on nearly how many counts of theft, fraud and corruption? 25pts
a. 10 b. 50 c. 200 d. 500
Name the Harrisburg notables 10pts each
4. Born here in 1943 
5. 
6. Pictured on the right as “Dr. Joe Early” 
7. 
8. Secretary of War during the Civil War 
I see.
Same here....distributor....only to myself, friends and DD. ;-)
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Thanks for the kind words, dear Dolly :)
Wharton, TX is under MANDATORY evacuation. Colorado River out of its banks.
Prayers up for all.
More storms are headed my way. We’re still trying to drain off all of our recent rains :(
Oh no! Stay safe.
Wow, I wonder what the Guadalupe is doing downstream. Seguin gets our overflow.
Marylanders for Trump! Smart choice to go to Berlin for a rally. How did all the people along the route know about it?
are you in /near Wharton? Guess it isn’t a bad idea to have imps things ready to quickly put in car. ALL electronics, jewelry, guns etc..
stay safe hon..
well break in rain.. off to home for a bit. Bandaged up my cut finger and will try to not bang it up in doing the clean up on docket
Canyon Lake 1.5' over normal.
No...Wharton is further SE from me.
Just amazed to see a mandatory evac.
Sorry you’ve injured your finger. Put some lavender on it, when you can.
See you when you check back in. Don’t over do it.
Well.....THANK YOU for being so creative!
Oh no, that is terrible... I shall be keeping Wharton, and you and yours in my prayers. We had “extreme” rain here all morning. It has let up now.
Thanks, dearest beethoven.
Hoping this storm cell goes through, quickly, as well.
Just think, last summer Canon Lake was so far below the normal level then the rains started, drought restrictions modified, now above level. Our forecaster is predicting a dry Friday and Saturday.
I read that Pence is also meeting with the loser candidates. I think Cruz today and Kasich tomorrow.
To what end, I wonder? Endorsement?
It’s not right. Unfortunately, our SCOTUS would probably agree it is. I think this is the reason I am seeing more businesses here in Wisconsin going with non-gender single bathrooms. No multiple stalls. Mr Trump was stating the huge negative financial impact it has had on NC.
This was used as a “gotcha” question. It will not affect my view or vote for Trump in any way.
We have much bigger fish to fry!
Any one wanting to make a dessert for us all after the rally, here is an interesting recipe.
Somehow I doubt they will be able to create the same “photo op” created by Trump yesterday. There is so much momentum for our Donald....!!!
Dolly, Youtube has the episodes from various seasons.
Here’s a link to the first episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxmQWKzdTnI&list=PLDKIdNwa9rzN9hHHwqPfD5RpE8TuNHY6h
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