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.
The other Robertsons endorsed Cruz?
Willie Robertson would be great, but Si may cost him some votes?
Yeah, Cruz pandered and went hunting with them.
He looks like the same YouTube guy that was doing weird things behind Donald at the last rally.
This is awkward !!!
Great you found the brass ones!
I like the partial row of young men behind the podium who showed up wearing suits!
OH HELL YES.
Amen! or Like!
FR really could use a like button for the posts.
No he does not. Come on folks, relax and have fun!
Over 10K watching on Rightside/youtube.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwww....look at that; so cute.
I believe the dad (or grandpa) did - don’t recall his name - is it Phil?
Agree. It would be great if FR could get a Like button.
I noticed him during the opening prayer. He seemed annoyed by it.
Oh, me too!
I love how you get up one fine spring morning, and like something magical, all the trees have unfurled their leaves at the same time!
Like a whispered rite!
Crowd on feet. Could we be ready to start?
Trump is in the building.
That’s the spirit, PJ!
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