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.
I love that he touched on the economy just a bit in regard to Bush’s last three months, “quicksand”, etc. It sounds like there’ll be more to come from him on that subject.!
It really did happen. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen.
it was a video clip but can not remember where I saw it.
He is subtly letting everyone know how lazy our current occupant of the WH is!
“Yes, that happened yesterday—I think it was a Kiwanis function or something similar.
Jeb had to stop speaking and go away!”
I saw it this morning. The place wasn’t closing - the guy just stopped Jeb from speaking and said the time was up or something like that. Jeb had no clue how to react, and finally just sat back down at the table.
Agree. The Bush family may end up wishing they’d stayed home!
Yes, he is saving some choice comments for W it seems.
I am IN!!!!
I’ll FR mail you my personal info!
Come on, yank that guy out of there. !!!!
The story is buzzed. Had to Google it to find the story.
Good—hope he goes up in polls, and you can send us a report ;)
I’ll look for it!
Prepping. He goes to future primary states to get them excited before it is their turn. He will than do follow up rallies later. It is actually smart campaigning.
Agree!!
Trump is totally right about golfing with the Senators and Congressmen. It would work. It always works...golf is just like that.
Spot on!!!
We need Trump!
“WE NEED TRUMP!!!!!!”
They’ll get a great education.
The crowd is chanting, and can you hear that one girl screaming—man is she LOUD!
This crowd is amazing!
Chanting:
WE NEED TRUMP!
WE NEED TRUMP!
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