Give me an American History Answer to...

[BuckeyeBrown]

no question whatsoever. You get ONE answer. Make it good.

I'll start it off...



40 Acres and a Mule
:horse

[cinimod8791]

66 feet at a time.

[tjmicsak]

E flat

[mark norwine]

Teddy Roosevelt

[Frankee]

Seward's Folly

[CaptainSG]

Teapot Dome

[GAD]

The apotheosis of Washington

[Ravindave_3600]

The National Road

[Help!I'maRock!]

molasses.

[bigdaddy]

Huey Long

[Peteyvee]

September 13, 1788

Teapot Dome

Hahaha. My HS was named after Harding, but they changed the name in 1929. I wonder why? ;)

[fretnot]

The 21st Amendment. :beer

[Ocelot]

Huey Lewis

[crazyForce]

American-born, Count Rumford.

[Stonesy]

U-571.

[TimSt.L]

Millard Fillmore

[Baxtercat]

Five Zekes splashed then limped back to the carrier.

[Moe Zambeek]

Tippecanoe

[FXPedal.com]

DeWitt's Ditch

[NaylorStrat]

November 5th, 1955

[cyrja]

Virginia Dare

[MattamusX]

Manifest Destiny

[S. Rock]

Huey Long

and his brother Earl K. Long

[FiestaRed]

"around the back...."

[donnievaz]

Kennedy bangs Monroe

[antojado]

41 caliber

[A-Bone]

Old Hickory

[Whiskeyrebel]

He has made his ruling, now let him enforce it.

[A-Bone]

Marbury v. Madison

[Wombat]

Old Kinderhook

[cinimod8791]

November 5th, 1955

The red letter date.

[Swain]

John Hanson.

[hamstrat]

Charles Carroll

[Hwoltage]

Biscuits soaked in pig lard. Keep them close to yer chest.

[Phoenix59]

3/5 of a person.

[Bobbofallenstar]

The standardization of the railroad gauge opened up the country.

[GenoBluzGtr]

"We the people..."

[Heritage 80]

2650 Virginia Avenue Northwest Washington D. C.

[hellbender]

Tippecanoe and Tyler too.

[mwc2112]

World's Largest Rocky Mountain Oyster Feed

[bobmc]

"Benteen, come on, big village, be quick. Bring packs."

[cram]

Wentworh Cheswell

( I blow jaded minds with what this guy did in his life and especially during the time he lived )

[ceyuh]

Thaddeus Lowe

[A-Bone]

Yikes

[Peteyvee]

Yikes

What was the matter with Thaddeus Lowe? Fascinating guy...

[A-Bone]

What was the matter with Thaddeus Lowe? Fascinating guy...

:roll:roll:roll

There was another post from taco-man that was problematic in light of the rules here. I chose not to quote it in my response, but it looks like maybe it was deleted.

[fisticuffs]

KFC Double Down.

[Peteyvee]

I must have missed it. I knew you weren't referring to Cheswell...

[stevieboy]

Louis Armstrong

[Guitar55]

Fifty-Four Forty or Fight

[Alister]

Edwin -- not John Wilkes -- Booth.

[stvnscott]

Wickard v. Filburn

The switch in time that saved nine.

[chinaski]

sacco and vanzetti

[starfish]

September 17, 1787, June 21, 1788, June 25, 1788

[A-Bone]

Charles Hamilton Houston

[stvnscott]

Remember the Alamo!

[tone4days]

Gettysburg

[smallbutmighty]

54-40 or fight!!


edit: Oh...I see someone beat me to it. :(

[Mike9]

"It depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is . . . "

[bushitsuki]

Your mother

[Peteyvee]

September 17, 1787, June 21, 1788, June 25, 1788

My September 13, 1788 trumps those other dates... ;)

[starfish]

My September 13, 1788 trumps those other dates... ;)

Lol. Doubtful.

EDIT: Well, I think it's really impossible to separate any of those 4 dates. Also, September 17, 1787 is observed and likely the one most remembered.

[starfish]

Back to the topic at hand...


"I didn't fight George III to become George I."

[richt]

Col L. Fletcher Prouty

[Peteyvee]

...

EDIT: Well, I think it's really impossible to separate any of those 4 dates. Also, September 17, 1787 is observed and likely the one most remembered.
Agreed. :cool:

[bwires]

Sir Isaac Newton

[Mike R.]

Ben Franklin liked to do it also.

[84superchamp]

1,800 men, straight across the open meadow.

[Peteyvee]

Sir Isaac Newton
Um, he died in 1727. Try the British history thread...

[i8guitar]

Benjamin McCulloch, the overall Southern commander at Wilson's Creek, did not wear a uniform. He preferred to wear a suit of black velvet instead.

[cajone5]

The decision Washington had to make when crossing the Delaware.

[RocksOff]

"Jefferson still lives."

[Tele Wacker]

Monica Leuinsky

[Stu Cats]

"I'm not a crook".

[FLYING V 83]

"That's one small step for man..."

[Cottage]

"I have looked John Bull in the eye, and he looked away".

[84Bravo]

"Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees."

[msr13]

Rutherford B. Hayes

[imonabuss]

September 17, 1787, June 21, 1788, June 25, 1788

This.

Bite me, Ruth.

[A-Bone]

"Let us cross over the river and sit in the shade of the trees."

Damn. Stonewall Jackson, right?

Here is another Civil War one: "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."

[Peteyvee]

Monica Leuinsky
If you're going to drag politics into a historical thread, you should at least learn to spell her name correctly. :facepalm It's spelled "Lewinsky".

[ceyuh]

What was the matter with Thaddeus Lowe? Fascinating guy...

You're right. Related to my wife.http://img.thegearpage.net/board/images/icons/icon14.gif

[Peteyvee]

You're right. Related to my wife.http://img.thegearpage.net/board/images/icons/icon14.gif
Pancho Barnes, too?

[stvnscott]

Four scores and seven beers ago...

[hick!]

[Sidney Vicious]

December 7, 1941

[A-Bone]

Appomattox Court House

[ray r]

Whiskey Rebellion!

[ceyuh]

Pancho Barnes, too?
Yep. She was quite a character...

[Frankee]

Crispus Attucks

[2leod]

August 24, 1814.

:)

[Smgbad]

Otis Redding

[84Bravo]

Damn. Stonewall Jackson, right?

Here is another Civil War one: "I'm ashamed of you, dodging that way. They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance."

Yup. And you would be referring to the Union general at Petersburg who proved to be mistaken?

[A-Bone]

Yup. And you would be referring to the Union general at Petersburg who proved to be mistaken?

General John Sedgwick, the highest ranking Union general killed during the Civil War. Shot by a Confederate sniper very early in the Battle of Spotsylvania.

[wilblee]

I will not accept if nominated and will not serve if elected.

[A-Bone]

"You won't have Nixon to kick around anymore because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." 1962

[Jahn]

This is actually an answer I gave my son when talking about some American History:

"And that's why it looks so melted."

[Pyrrhic Victory]

Total area and sole inhabitant of the last "No Drill Zone" in America in 2049.

(Didn't read whole thread... hope this isn't a repeat answer.)

[Whiskeyrebel]

Whiskey Rebellion!
I don't remember sending you a CD, but I hope you enjoyed it.

[A-Bone]

August 24, 1814.

:)

You must be Canadian or something. ;)

[2leod]

I was feeling excluded then I thought "Hey, wait a minute..."

[michael30]

John Brown.

[BuckeyeBrown]

The decision Washington had to make when crossing the Delaware.

Nice... :rimshot
This one intrigued me so I Googler it - good one! Row vs Wade :rotflmao

[Peteyvee]

August 24, 1814.

:)

April 27, 1813... :D

[Loni Specter]

"Don't fire 'till you see the whites of their eyes"

[Loni Specter]

Shemp Howard

[wundergussy]

Gimme that, it's MINE!

[Britishampfan]

Don`t tread on me.

[2leod]

April 27, 1813... :D

Why do you hate Toronto?

:)

[Peteyvee]

I don't. Fun town... :D

[2leod]

I don't. Fun town... :D

Thus the 1814 response - think you can get away with sacking our fun little town eh? Not on my watch, sir!

[Peteyvee]

Thus the 1814 response - think you can get away with sacking our fun little town eh? Not on my watch, sir!
I knew what happened on that date when you posted it...had to look up the B of Y... :D

[Smgbad]

Jimmy Hoffa

[A-Bone]

Eugene V. Debs

[Mojoblue]

November 27, 1942

[Wombat]

The Trail of Tears

[Bucksears]

Over 2 Billion Served

[The Ratchet]

The Trail of Tears

Pocahontas

[A-Bone]

November 27, 1942

How about November 28, 1942 also?

[stevieboy]

How about November 28, 1942 also?

I'm sorry. You're response has to be in the form of an answer.

[stevieboy]

Over 2 Billion Served

Over a million served.

(That's what the sign said my first visit.)

[Da5Id]

Pat Robertson, Courtney Love, a male prostitute and an unspecified amount of pharmaceutical grade cocaine.

[wilblee]

http://i834.photobucket.com/albums/zz262/Omanarama/Misc/800px-Texas_Flag_Come_and_Take_Itsvg_.png

[LostInMs]

How about Sept 11th (9/11)

[The Ratchet]

How about Sept 11th (9/11)

Go sit in the corner!!
:tapedshut

[mcknigs]

Nice... :rimshot
This one intrigued me so I Googler it - good one! Row vs Wade :rotflmao

I thought he might have been talking about Popeye vs Donald Duck*.

-Scott
*obscure reference

[A-Bone]

I'm sorry. You're response has to be in the form of an answer.

I just did not want the other poster to think I was correcting him, but there are interesting occurrences from both November 27 and November 28, 1942. The former is the birth date of Jimi Hendrix, I think, whereas the latter was the Cocoanut Grove night club fire.

[michael30]

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory.

[Peteyvee]

I just did not want the other poster to think I was correcting him, but there are interesting occurrences from both November 27 and November 28, 1942. The former is the birth date of Jimi Hendrix, I think, whereas the latter was the Cocoanut Grove night club fire.
You sir, are correct.

August 19, 1960