During the Civil War, the three sleeve stripes or chevrons of a sergeant in the United States Army were light blue for infantry, red for artillery, or yellow for cavalry.
St. Barbara is the patron saint of artillery soldiers.
The main artillery school for the US Army and US Marine Corps is Fort Sill, Oklahoma, near Lawton. This is where the Apache leader, Geronimo, is buried. His gravesite is easy to find.
The cell at Fort Sill where Geronimo was kept is still standing. Legend has it that he was able to bend the steel bars of his window despite his advanced age.
[off game] I live about 40 miles north of Fort Sill. On a clear day you can hear the artillery from my porch. When I lived in Lawton, the artillery was close enough and loud enough that it would set off car alarms. [/off game]
Fort Saskatchewan is actually in Alberta. It takes its name from its location on the North Saskatchewan river.
Blues singer Alberta Hunter was as famous as Ethel Waters and Bessie Smith in the 1920’s and. 1930’s. In 1928, Hunter played “Queenie” opposite Paul Robeson in the first London production of Show Boat at Drury Lane. She gave it all up in the Fifties, however, turning to a late-life nursing career, but returned to the stage in her eighties.
When the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane burnt down in 1809, the owner Richard Sheridan, was seen calmly watching the fire and drinking wine. When approached, he said “A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.”
Civil War general Philip Sheridan famously quipped that if he owned both Hell and Texas he would live in Hell and rent out Texas.
Hell Pizza is a chain which began in New Zealand and has since expanded to a handful of additional countries. In keeping with the company name, the pizzas are each named after one of the seven deadly sins.
On The Muppet Show, Lew Zealand’s specialty was his Boomerang Fish act.
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The Muppets first appeared in 1955 on local Washington, DC television (WRC-TV), in Jim Henson’s show “Sam and Friends”. Sam was a bald human-looking puppet with wide eyes, large ears, and a big nose. His friends included Yorick, Harry the Hipster, Professor Madcliffe, Chicken Liver, and a lizard-like creature called Kermit who later evolved into Kermit the Frog.
Grover, also known as Grover Monster, has his birthday on 14 October. A Muppet prototype for Grover appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on 24 December 1967 with greenish-brown fur and a red nose. He was referred to as “Gleep.”
Grover’s current name and appearance (blue fur, pink nose) made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on 31 May 1970. On Sesame Street, the true Grover “officially” debuted during the second season in 1970.
President Grover Cleveland was the only US President with the first name of “Stephen.” (Grover was his middle name).
From 1860 to 1960, only four Democrats were elected president: Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, FDR, and Harry Truman.
Folk musician-songwriter Woodrow Wilson “Woody” Guthrie was born and named in July 1912, a few months before (Thomas) Woodrow Wilson was elected President of the United States.
Grover Cleveland is the only President of the United States to serve non-consecutive terms. Benjamin Harrison served the one and only term between Cleveland’s two. Harrison liked to say that, “I was the meat in the Grover Cleveland sandwich.”
Three of the four main personalities on the History Channel show “Pawn Stars” are grandfather, father, and son Richard Benjamin Harrison Jr., Richard Kevin Harrison, and Corey Harrison, also known as Old Man, Rick, and Big Hoss. They believe themselves to be descended from both William Henry and Benjamin Harrison. The other major “performer” is employee Austin “Chumlee” Russell.
Cite that he ever actually said that, please?
A political cartoon from President Benjamin Harrison’s administration showed him wearing his grandfather’s hat, which was clearly much too big for him, suggesting that he was not up to the job.
From personal experience, of this form: when I was in Indianapolis two weeks ago I toured the Benjamin Harrison house (at Delaware and 13th, IIRC). That came from the tour guide. I asked him about it and he confirmed the information and expounded a bit on it.