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Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
Outraged
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Date: May 27, 2015 02:06AM
The Memorial Day Holiday has gotten me thinking about folks who have served their country, even if on the 'wrong' side.
I notice we have schools named after J.E.B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee, but why no schools named after Harland Sanders, who was not only a Civil War officer, but who then went on to become a fast food entrepreneur?
I notice we have schools named after J.E.B. Stuart and Robert E. Lee, but why no schools named after Harland Sanders, who was not only a Civil War officer, but who then went on to become a fast food entrepreneur?
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
AGAIN with this 5hit?
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Date: May 27, 2015 02:40AM
Harland Sanders was NOT a confederate officer - he enlisted and only attained the rank of corporal before being captured by the Yankees. He stole a Union colonel's uniform shortly after the war ended, and that is where he got the nickname 'colonel'
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
Ryan McElveen High
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Date: May 27, 2015 06:47AM
The real travesty would be naming a school after any of our current batch of elected officials. The idea of a Ryan McElveen High, Karen Garza Middle School or Tammy Kaufax Elementary is enough to make you puke all over the place.
All these people have done is build little empires that are about to come crashing down.
Sharon Bulova's legacy will be the trolley car system that is named after her. Of course, it will never be built, so she can add it to her list of fantasies.
All these people have done is build little empires that are about to come crashing down.
Sharon Bulova's legacy will be the trolley car system that is named after her. Of course, it will never be built, so she can add it to her list of fantasies.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
mjs
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Date: May 27, 2015 09:00AM
so will all the teenage girls be finger lickin' good...
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
Gerry ConMan
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Date: May 27, 2015 09:08AM
Ryan McElveen High Wrote:
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> The real travesty would be naming a school after
> any of our current batch of elected officials. The
> idea of a Ryan McElveen High, Karen Garza Middle
> School or Tammy Kaufax Elementary is enough to
> make you puke all over the place.
>
> All these people have done is build little empires
> that are about to come crashing down.
>
> Sharon Bulova's legacy will be the trolley car
> system that is named after her. Of course, it will
> never be built, so she can add it to her list of
> fantasies.
The Muzzies should name a Madrasa after me.
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> The real travesty would be naming a school after
> any of our current batch of elected officials. The
> idea of a Ryan McElveen High, Karen Garza Middle
> School or Tammy Kaufax Elementary is enough to
> make you puke all over the place.
>
> All these people have done is build little empires
> that are about to come crashing down.
>
> Sharon Bulova's legacy will be the trolley car
> system that is named after her. Of course, it will
> never be built, so she can add it to her list of
> fantasies.
The Muzzies should name a Madrasa after me.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
paulshark
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Date: May 27, 2015 09:23AM
Nice T-shirts and hoodies!
http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/
http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/12-paul-shark-hoodies-sale
http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/
http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/12-paul-shark-hoodies-sale
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
SPAM ALERT!
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Date: May 27, 2015 09:27AM
paulshark Wrote:
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> Nice T-shirts and hoodies!
> http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/
> http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/12-paul-shark-hoo
> dies-sale
No sale here. Move on.
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> Nice T-shirts and hoodies!
> http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/
> http://www.paulandsharkmilan.com/12-paul-shark-hoo
> dies-sale
No sale here. Move on.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
HS Name Changes
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Date: May 27, 2015 11:15AM
The confederate names should be removed from all FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men who fought a war over slavery! They should be renamed after elected officials who have done good things for this country like Ronald Reagan High School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would properly reflect our state values. I am emailing Garza stating my objections. I know she will act quickly!
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
Not George Allen
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Date: May 27, 2015 11:26AM
HS Name Changes Wrote:
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> The confederate names should be removed from all
> FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men
> who fought a war over slavery! They should be
> renamed after elected officials who have done good
> things for this country like Ronald Reagan High
> School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George
> Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would
> properly reflect our state values. I am emailing
> Garza stating my objections. I know she will act
> quickly!
Not George Allen. Not the man who kept a noose in his office. A school named for him would have cross burnings in his honor. Baltimore and Ferguson, all over again, sorry, do not pass go, do not collect $200 confederate dollars.
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> The confederate names should be removed from all
> FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men
> who fought a war over slavery! They should be
> renamed after elected officials who have done good
> things for this country like Ronald Reagan High
> School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George
> Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would
> properly reflect our state values. I am emailing
> Garza stating my objections. I know she will act
> quickly!
Not George Allen. Not the man who kept a noose in his office. A school named for him would have cross burnings in his honor. Baltimore and Ferguson, all over again, sorry, do not pass go, do not collect $200 confederate dollars.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
TheSouthShallRiseAgain
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Date: May 27, 2015 11:29AM
HS Name Changes Wrote:
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> The confederate names should be removed from all
> FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men
> who fought a war over slavery! They should be
> renamed after elected officials who have done good
> things for this country like Ronald Reagan High
> School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George
> Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would
> properly reflect our state values. I am emailing
> Garza stating my objections. I know she will act
> quickly!
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> The confederate names should be removed from all
> FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men
> who fought a war over slavery! They should be
> renamed after elected officials who have done good
> things for this country like Ronald Reagan High
> School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George
> Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would
> properly reflect our state values. I am emailing
> Garza stating my objections. I know she will act
> quickly!
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
XnFLL
()
Date: May 27, 2015 11:34AM
HS Name Changes Wrote:
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> The confederate names should be removed from all
> FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men
> who fought a war over slavery! They should be
> renamed after elected officials who have done good
> things for this country like Ronald Reagan High
> School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George
> Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would
> properly reflect our state values. I am emailing
> Garza stating my objections. I know she will act
> quickly!
I disagree.
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> The confederate names should be removed from all
> FCPS! It is a disgrace that we still honor men
> who fought a war over slavery! They should be
> renamed after elected officials who have done good
> things for this country like Ronald Reagan High
> School, George W. Bush Secondary School or George
> Allen Middle School, etc. The name changes would
> properly reflect our state values. I am emailing
> Garza stating my objections. I know she will act
> quickly!
I disagree.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
I, too, disagree
()
Date: May 27, 2015 04:44PM
Colonel Sanders is such a definitive Southern Gentleman, that I do believe folks could get past any petty PC objections to his Confederate service record.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
TAKE A HISTORY CLASS
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Date: May 27, 2015 07:32PM
The ORIGINAL Harland Sanders served with R.E. Lee - he was the freakin grandfather of the fast food king we know and love.
Jeezus Krist! If the KFC founder had served a s a full colonel in the Reb Army, that would make him like 200 years old!
Jeezus Krist! If the KFC founder had served a s a full colonel in the Reb Army, that would make him like 200 years old!
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
987329878798888
()
Date: May 27, 2015 10:23PM
Ding dong, he was born in 1890. He was named a Kentucky Colonel in 1935. That's where the Colonel comes from. Google is your friend.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
ffx steve
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Date: May 27, 2015 10:34PM
Being a "Kentucky Colonel" is not a real military rank. It's an honorary Chamber of Commerce type thing given to people with political or business connections for public relations purposes. Almost every state has one of these groups. I knew someone who was an "Admiral" in the "Nebraska Navy."
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
wrong again...
()
Date: May 27, 2015 10:35PM
Shut up, Yankee.
Harland Sanders the First rode alongside Robert E Lee as an adjutant. Interestingly, his uniform matched the outfit later worn by the Grandson when Hawking fried chicken. Sanders had to put together his own uniform, but the Sanders family was so impecunious that they could not afford gray dye.
Contrary to popular belief, Sanders III does NOT wear the SAME uniform form the Civil War, which was in fact lost when Sanders III deployed to Europe for the First World War. He brought along his grandfather's uniform, but the ship was torpedoed, and all freight went to the bottom.
As it turns out, Harlan, who had spent many a summer in Kentucky and was not accustomed to the Southern heat, found that the white uniform kept him much cooler on the battlefield.
To this day, you will see many a participant in Civil War re-enactments dressed as Colonel sanders, paying homage to Kentucky's most famous grandfather.
Harland Sanders the First rode alongside Robert E Lee as an adjutant. Interestingly, his uniform matched the outfit later worn by the Grandson when Hawking fried chicken. Sanders had to put together his own uniform, but the Sanders family was so impecunious that they could not afford gray dye.
Contrary to popular belief, Sanders III does NOT wear the SAME uniform form the Civil War, which was in fact lost when Sanders III deployed to Europe for the First World War. He brought along his grandfather's uniform, but the ship was torpedoed, and all freight went to the bottom.
As it turns out, Harlan, who had spent many a summer in Kentucky and was not accustomed to the Southern heat, found that the white uniform kept him much cooler on the battlefield.
To this day, you will see many a participant in Civil War re-enactments dressed as Colonel sanders, paying homage to Kentucky's most famous grandfather.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
blanche
()
Date: May 28, 2015 06:25AM
It was so much nicer here when the FCPS INTERMEDIATE schools were named for poets...
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
Soon Enough
()
Date: May 28, 2015 07:03AM
In recognition of the changing demographics of Fairfax, the next school will be named after Mara Salvatrucha.
Re: Harland Sanders High school?
Posted by:
KeRnul like KeRmit (the frog?)
()
Date: May 28, 2015 07:27AM
AGAIN with this 5hit? Wrote:
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> Harland Sanders was NOT a confederate officer - he
> enlisted and only attained the rank of corporal
> before being captured by the Yankees. He stole a
> Union colonel's uniform shortly after the war
> ended, and that is where he got the nickname
> 'colonel'
Oh, so he was a salesman; a showman; an entrepreneur? Someone who could make his own way by whatever means. I'll call him "Colonel" for that. But what I really want to know is: why do we pronounce colonel with an [rrrr]?
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> Harland Sanders was NOT a confederate officer - he
> enlisted and only attained the rank of corporal
> before being captured by the Yankees. He stole a
> Union colonel's uniform shortly after the war
> ended, and that is where he got the nickname
> 'colonel'
Oh, so he was a salesman; a showman; an entrepreneur? Someone who could make his own way by whatever means. I'll call him "Colonel" for that. But what I really want to know is: why do we pronounce colonel with an [rrrr]?