Posted on 02/11/2016 4:59:52 AM PST by nikos1121
Thursday, February 11, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Baton Rouge, LA at the Baton Rouge River Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM CST.
As the "Capital City", Baton Rouge is the political hub for Louisiana, and is the second-largest metropolitan city in the state, with an estimated population of 228,895 as of 2014. The metropolitan area surrounding the city, known as Greater Baton Rouge, had a population of 820,159 people as of 2013.The urban area has around 594,309 inhabitants.
HOW DID BATON ROUGE GET ITS NAME?
The French name le baton rouge ("the red stick") is the translation of a native term rendered as Istrouma, possibly a corruption of the Choctaw iti humma ("red pole") Andre Joseph Penicaut, a carpenter traveling with d'Iberville, published the first full-length account of the expedition in 1723. According to Penicaut,
"From there [Manchacq] we went five leagues higher and found very high banks called ecorts in that region, and in savage called Istrouma which means red stick [baton rouge], as at this place there is a post painted red that the savages have sunk there to mark the land line between the two nations, namely: the land of the Bayagoulas which they were leaving and the land of another nation—thirty leagues upstream from the baton rouge named the Oumas."
THE BATON ROUGE RIVER CENTER
At this time, I have no idea if the event will be in the large arena or the theater.
kalispera! now maybe I should brush up on my Greek, which was not very good lol. although I could at one time read and write (in script no less). my first husband was born on Kalymnos (but grew up in US and Canada).
Can you beat rib lamb chops, onion rings, French green beans with slivered almonds, and applesauce ? That was my menu for tonight.
Same here! I love seeing the old-timers who are still here!
LOL.....good one ! :-)
Good night MS. B; sleep well and I hope you fee,l b etter soon !
Probably most of ‘em ; starting with S.C. after he loses there.
Not angry? Not mean? LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Do you remember the group we had where we investigated and posted about all of the "presents" Hillary demanded from her "friends", before the the Clintons left the White House? We were such a GREAT group!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY Duchess! :-)
That’s because WE have VERY intelligent family members. :-)
Good night, my friend; sleep well!
GET THE BLEEDING HELL OFF THIS RALLY THREAD; NOW !
There were 10,000 people in the crowd, said Baton Rouge Fire Inspector L. Cook.
I recorded it, to watch in the a.m. :)
So cool. Thanks for finding that. Loved your description of the outfit you wore. You might have to pull it out from the back of the closet and get ready for next January :)
Or, you could do something all new!
She loves to repeat Donald's word and constanly harangues me for "watching Donald Trump again?". But, it's always followed by "did he have a Yuge crowd?" again! She supports my support!
(She's also addicted to Nascar now, and was jumping around when Kyle Bush won the season!)
NOW GO AWAY AND GO FLAGGALATE YOURSELF SOME PLACE ELSE!
Since you so look forward to death..................
Reminds me of a joke greeting card I saw once.
The outside of the card said:
JESUS LOVES YOU
The inside of the card said:
BUT EVERYONE ELSE THINKS YOU’RE AN A—HOLE
Perfect card for Cruz and his supporters.
Yes, I know; wasn’t this a GREAT rally! :-)
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