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.
Forgot all about Dem debate.
Somewhere between 12 and 14 ... and I do wonder whether they are paid operatives.
Thanks for the link ! :-)
God help em after nopardons sees em. Lol
I just checked weather.com. Weather in Baton Rouge is 64 and CLEAR! Awesome. People outside aren’t suffering.. and that’s a good thing.
Yasou! Ti kanis.
Whodat. Whodat think they beat dat Trump?
“Somewhere between 12 and 14 ... and I do wonder whether they are paid operatives.”
It’s anyone’s guess. They sure seem to get a kick out of being complete buttheads.
Glad you are BOTH here!
I think these Cajuns are going to take care of any protesters in the crowd.
I started listening to him in '89 and he was SO different back then !
Geaux Trump!
I was about to post that, earlier....do the CRuzies draw straws/beans to see who has to run over and try to stir up trouble? LOL.
Perfect!!
Thanks. Sam is a Golden Retriever and Finn is an Irish Setter. Both boys get a lot of attention, but just imagine the new looks in their Trump shirts!
I’m a little surprised he’s so late - he’s usually rather prompt. Think he was late landing (can’t help wind, etc. in flight) and they probably got in a traffic jam with peeps trying to get to the rally. But, like I said earlier, it allows more people that were waiting in line to get in, so not necessarily a bad thing.
The alligators will be well fed.
My Eye!
No Trump-beatin’ around here!
Tee hee!
Leni
NOW GET OFF THIS THREAD; YOU JERK !
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