Posted on 02/14/2016 6:02:39 PM PST by nikos1121
Okay, I know it's like almost 24 hours until this starts, but everyone is mailing me to start a thread. And frankly, I'm excited too.
This could be the beginning of the end to this primary fight as the winner potentially can take all 50 delegates. I will tell you how this can happen later.
Monday, February 15, 2016: GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold a campaign rally in Greenville, SC at the TD Convention Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM EST.
GREENVILLE, SC
This is the first stop in a busy week for Donald Trump.
UPCOMING LIVE EVENTS
Donald Trump Rally in North Augusta, SC (2-16-16)
Donald Trump Rally in Walterboro, SC (2-17-16)
Donald Trump Rally in Sumter, SC (2-17-16)
Donald Trump Rally in Myrtle Beach, SC (2-19-16)
Trump was here on August 28, 2015 speaking to a sold out crowd of 1500 people who attended the rally in the TD Convention Center.
In fact, it was here that he had a young lady pull on his hair to prove that it was not a wig.
Greenville, SC has a population of 62,252 as of 2014. It is the sixth-largest municipality in the state. The population of the surrounding area was 400,492 as of 2010, making it the third-largest urban area in South Carolina as well as the fastest growing.
CHEROKEE NATION
Those of you who have followed my background information of the city hosting the rallies, we once again have a story about the Cherokee Nation, siding with the Loyalists over the Patriots, and being chased off their land, but with a slightly different twist.
The land of present-day Greenville was once the hunting ground of the Cherokee which was forbidden to colonists. A settler named Richard Pearis married a Cherokee woman and received about 100,000 acres from the Cherokee around 1770. Pearis established a plantation on the Reedy River called the Great Plains in present-day downtown Greenville.
The American Revolution divided the South Carolina country between the Loyalists and Patriots. Pearis supported the Loyalists and together with their allies the Cherokee attacked the Patriots. The Patriots retaliated by burning down Pearis' plantation and jailing him in Charleston.
Pearis never returned to his plantation but Paris Mountain is named after him. The Treaty of Dewitt's Corner in 1777 ceded almost all Cherokee land, including present-day Greenville, to South Carolina.
If makes you wonder, had the Cherokee sided with the Patriots, would the outcome for them have been different?
CIVIL WAR
Greenville in the 1850s favored Union until events such as John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry and Abraham Lincoln's election persuaded the town to vote secession in 1860.
During the American Civil War Pleasantburg became a town for refugees fleeing from the Union Army. The town supplied food, clothing, and firearms to the Confederacy.
Greenville saw no action from the war until 1865 when Federal troops came through the town looking for President Jefferson Davis of the Confederacy.
Thank you to Wikipedia.
Just asked hubby ~ and he didn’t know. First he said “Jerry Rome”, then he said, no that was a different sport...
That’s correct
1. Jesse Jackson
2. Bo Hopkins
3. Joanne Woodward
4. ‘Shoeless’ Joe Jackson
5. No clue
6. b
7. a
8. c?
9. Jeb Bush
10. Ben Carson
11. no clue (my sport is NASCAR!)
Been wondering where ‘Diamond and Silk’ have been..
Hope they remain Trump Supporters through all this nasty trash trump talk...
wish they would go after Granny Benghazi...
Cool. My husband lived over the RR tracks, many many moons ago.
Answer 8 for Trump, if 356, only beat me by four points. I drew a 352 that same year.
Jeb is not announcing his rally venue. Lets see crowd numbers for both rallies. Lets see what tricks he and GOPe will play.
Oops, mis-spelled. It’s Rhome.
He suffered a detached retina and was out 6 years, then apparently came back.
The thread is fulling up fast. It tells me that we’re all restless for Trump.
He has the potential to win all 50 delegates. I know it’s very early, but he does that, I think it carries his momentum whereby he doesn’t need to grovel in the mud with these guys.
LOL! Wow.
Did you have a “power” drink for dinner?
Mom was Greek, but I can’t say I remember her making it with lamb. Rice, yes. Lamb is sooooooooooooooooooo delicious~ especially with the onions, tomatoes, and garlic, all roasted together!
All I know is from here. http://www.donaldjtrump.com/schedule/
5?
Shame on you!!!!!
8. c
11. Buffalo Bills
Their latest one is really funny. Diamond got GWBush’s middle name mixed-up. It came out “Walter”, and it sounded so funny.
Yes, must be made with Ground lamb or combination of lamb and beef. GRape leaves, and the egg lemon sauce.
I drew 156
Don’t know.
This thread has taken off... we’ll probably be at 300 before it starts...
Won’t that be wonderful?!? I feel the same way. He is so far superior in every way, above these jokers, he’s in another universe.
I’m just so thankful he is making the YUGE sacrifice, giving up his nice former life, because he LOVES his country MORE than he loves his...pocketbook!
So sad about Joanne Woodward. She’s suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Let me know if you want to be on the ping list for Trump Family
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