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.
LOL!
After the first spin, I asked the voter helper if there was an easier way.
She said no. And like you, I sucked it up and said this is for Trump
and kept spinning.
:D
You are in fine form, tonight, FRiend!!
He tweeted there were three miles of cars trying to get there.
I almost long for the days of hanging chads.
You are on fire tonight! Thanks! :-)
LOL I have to go back to HTML Sandbox and learn how to do Bold Lettering...Really adds a nice touch ;)
Someone should step to the podium and lead a cheer.
Yes, Trump tweeted that the line outside waiting to get in was three quarters of a mile long.
No other candidate comes anywhere near drawing these amounts of crowds.
It’s a movement alright!!
LOL...she should join FR! :-)
The girl on Fox is so cute and funny.
Waters World :Ted cruz reminds me someone from Penguin show.
The Trumpster gonna pull America out of the dumpster!
Good one Breaux.
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Heard there is a democratic debate tonight. Think anyone will watch?
I just got home.... You mean this hasn’t started yet?????
They will take them away in a pirogue down the bayou.
I just sent Trump a tweet that he needs to get his butt in there!
Eee mai Kala... Kai see?
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