Posted on 04/21/2016 2:59:15 AM PDT by nikos1121
Thursday, April 21, 2016: Live stream of the Donald Trump for President rally in Harrisburg, PA at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center. The event is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM EDT.
Harrisburg, PA
(Pennsylvania German: Harrisbarig) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,673, it is the tenth-largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg's site is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. The first European contact with Native Americans in Pennsylvania was made by the Englishman, Captain John Smith, who journeyed from Virginia here in 1608 and visited with the local tribe. In 1719, In 1785, John Harris, Jr. made plans to lay out a town on his father's land, which he named Harrisburg. In the spring of 1785, the town was formally surveyed by William Maclay, who was a son-in-law of John Harris, Sr. In 1791, Harrisburg became incorporated and was named the Pennsylvania state capital in October 1812, and has been since.
Harrisburg by Night
Harrisburg 1855
Harrisburg Today
Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center
The Pennsylvania Farm Show, the largest free indoor agriculture exposition in the United States, was first held in Harrisburg in 1917 and has been held there every early-to-mid January since then.
Today’s Trivia
1. Harrisburg lies on the east bank of what river? 5pts. a. The Susquehanna b. The Iroquois c. The Chatahoochie d. The Hudson
2. Which of the following statements regarding Harrisburg, PA are true? 4pts each
a. Recently, Harrisburg was the first municipality ever in the history of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to be charged with securities fraud, for misleading statements about its financial health.
b. In October 2011, Harrisburg filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy when four members of the seven-member City Council voted to file a bankruptcy petition in order to prevent the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from taking over the city's finances.
c. During the nearly 30-year tenure of former Mayor Stephen Reed from 1981 to 2009, city officials ignored legal restraints on the use of bond proceeds, as Reed spent the money pursuing interests including collecting Civil War and Wild West memorabilia—some which was found in Reed's home after his arrest on corruption charges. Infrastructure was left unrepaired, and the heart of the city’s financial woes was a trash to electricity plant, the Harrisburg incinerator that was supposed to generate income but instead because of increased borrowing, incurred a debt of $320 million.
d. To pay off its debt in part, Harrisburg will sell the troubled incinerator, lease for forty years its parking garages, and go further into debt by issuing new bonds.
3. Stephen Russell Reed (born August 9, 1949, in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania) is the former and longest-serving mayor of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Reed, a life long democrat, currently faces charges on nearly how many counts of theft, fraud and corruption? 25pts
a. 10 b. 50 c. 200 d. 500
Name the Harrisburg notables 10pts each
4. Born here in 1943 
5. 
6. Pictured on the right as “Dr. Joe Early” 
7. 
8. Secretary of War during the Civil War 
Trump—Harrington,DE tomorrow(on Rt. 13 south of Dover) and in CT on Saturday:
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- FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016 -
HARRINGTON, DE
The Delaware State Fairgrounds - Quillen Arena
4:00 PM
Donald J. Trump for President Rally in Harrington, Delaware
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- SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 -
WATERBURY, CT
Crosby High School
10:00 AM
Donald J. Trump for President Rally in Waterbury, CT
Doors open at 7:00 AM
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Perhaps. Back by popular demand. ;-)
I will be doing the @TODAYshow with my wife, Melania, and the rest of my family in a major Town Hall. Hopefully, it will be fun! Enjoy.7A.M.
On now--NBC stations--Trump's motorcade just arrived--Melania there also
Zounds!
DE is all the way on the other side of MD for me, and then some.
Even Harrisburg is a 2+ hour stretch and I reckon it will be filled up long before I could get there anywhere near “early”.
I suppose it’s a bit pointless to campaign in a place where you know you’ve got it sewn up.
Many today point to that convention as an example of how somebody can come out of nowhere to win the nomination but in those days, there were no primaries or caucuses as we know them today. Candidates simply lined up delegates and showed up at the convention. The public was not involved in the process at all. Ted Cruz would have loved that system.
Oh yah,
I forgotted.
I take it you live in western MD, which is a beautiful area.
Trump says he will return to MD, so there is still hope.
How about West Virginia—I am sure he will be traveling there soon—primary is May 10th—maybe that will be possible for you.
Ted is so sCruzed.
I will cheerfully go to WV, since it’s just a mile from me, across the river.
If he does go there, it’ll likely be someplace like Charleston, which is 5 hours away.
And yep, I’m here in The Wilderness.
[that and The Wastelands were what the early MD governors referred to us as...and we LIKE it]
;D
[mostly, I’m just chomping at the bit to be part of the Bikers For Trump brigade]
AnnihilaTED
I remember when Nancy ran for Congress. Bud Shuster was my Congress Critter at the time. Never was unseated. When he finally decided to retire, the seat was won by his son, Bill Shuster.
5 hours to Charleston? Yikes—you are in the Wasteland.
But it is beautiful country out that way.
BTW—On NBC right now—Trump, Melania, Don Jr., Ivanka, Eric and Tiffany—all being interviewed outside.
Thanks for that info. It was great to see that even people not going to the rally were out in force in MD. I suspect Trump’s huge win in NY will carry him over the 50 percent mark in every one of the 5 states next week, and then it’s on to Indiana for another big win.
I remember their GRandpa, “Simonand”
Looks great. I can smell the cinnamon. Love it!
I think you are right.
Trump and his family are on NBC’s Today Show right now—after the commercial he will be taking questions from folks.
Melania was asked what habit would you like see Donald give up?
She said “Tweeting”. LOL!
Looks like you are lost—this is a Trump rally thread.
BTW, Trump did not ciriticze the Reagan tax cuts—he specifically criticized the Bradley Bill of 1986, which singlehandedly ruined real estate investment in America and directly caused the Savings and Loan fiasco of 1989-1991.
Good Morning!
I know this is the PA thread but for fun, here’s a link to Dan Scavino’s twitter post that shows Trump traveling thru Maryland where he was greeted on just about every corner for 15 miles!!!!!
https://twitter.com/DanScavino
I believe it’s his second or third post down.
Classy thing, Scavino is THANKING Maryland with that video. The Trump campaign says “We Saw You”
Amazing!
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