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 
New York threw Ted Cruz around like a ragdoll! ROFL!!
Says he loved seeing Cruz come in second to Kasich
BOOM!
"He (Cruz) went to New York and they threw him around like a rag doll" - Donald J. Trump
“YOU’VE GOT TO GO OUT AND VOTE TUESDAY FOLKS”
Beardo looks like a guy who cant like Trump.
Hates dogs too.
This time I said I’m going to do it myself, and we’re going to get it done!
Patrick Kane @TheRealPatKane 1 minute ago
Group #BikersForTrump is seems to be providing unofficial security. Identify and following members of crowd at #Trump rally in Harrisburg.
If you’re going to vote for anyone else, don’t go out and vote! LOL!
“Here’s the story”....:)
“You are going to remember this night...”
“If you are going to vote for anyone else but me, then don’t vote!”
Asks who is going to vote for Trump?
Crowd erupts!
:IF YOUR NOT GOING OUT TO VOTE FOR ME>>>>
DON’T GO”
Some smart entrapaenuer needs to mfg Cruz dog toys.
Thats the mental image I am getting.
Mitt Choked!
Trump Going to Do this myself.
Remember this night.
Cast your vote for TRUMP!
His rallies are never the same except the EXCITEMENT!
His Rallies only get better in my opinion!
Probably needs to explain the voting method there....
BEEP! BEEP!
He is SOOOOOOOO Funny. People love him!
He packs his speeches with so much! Hard to keep up.
Definitely a bullet train!
>>>Talks about so called ELITE. Says why are they elite? Do they have a better plane than me?
He is hilarious . He sounds more like my older brother.
Only Trump gets our vote.
The greatest vote youll Evah Cast.
People can only come into our border LEE-GULL-LEE!
“Probably needs to explain the voting method there....”
I would like to see that, too. One of the opening speakers explained it, but it would be reinforced if Trump pointed out exactly what people should do.
I have a feeling he’s wrapping it up and won’t do that, though.
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