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.
Nothing says Fundamental Christian like listening to a Mormon sermon.
Good, thanks.
Much more clear than RightSide.
Ran across a quote the other day that I especially liked.
“It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong”. Voltaire
Mary Landrieu stole election from Woody Jenkins.
I agree. There is something going on. He’s gone off the the deep end.
Love the PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE!!!!
PERFECT!
Thanks so much!!
Lovely weather in down here in the South today, (for a pleasant change) but tonight will be cold again.
UGH.
Donny John lol!!!
Wild crowd!
“Donnie John”!!!!
Mr. Donald! Then after January, Mr President!
Sunday the temps here in Maine will plummet to -12.
Wanna trade?
LOL
Woooh!
Who's the guy eating chips?
Woo Hoo! Donnie John - lol! Mr. President - Yeah!
Somebody needs to accost that nacho guy!!
Nachos, Trump sells food.
LOL - the crowd all looking in the opposite direction of the speaker.
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