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RJNorton · 07-06-2015, 04:54 AM

Thank you, Eva. We Americans are extremely proud of our team. I could not believe it - it was 4-0 so fast! I knew we had it early on.

Eva Elisabeth · 07-06-2015, 09:38 PM

BTW, on the 4th of July, 1954, in Bern, Switzerland, the underdogs West Germany beat the largely favoured Hungary 3–2 in the soccer world cup final and won the cup for the first time.

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 07-10-2015 01:47 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)

Who is this gentleman?

(Please try to find out at latest by 5AM tomorrow!)

RJNorton · 07-10-2015, 02:53 PM

Nelson Appleton Miles?

Eva Elisabeth · (This post was last modified: 07-10-2015 06:01 PM by Eva Elisabeth.)

That is an excellent guess, Roger, but, sorry, not correct.

Hint #1: The gentleman is known for something that dates back prior to the CW, but gained more significance during the war, and was (not only) appreciated by Abraham Lincoln.

Jim Page · 07-10-2015, 07:49 PM

Dan Emmett, the minstrel troupe leader?

As a little boy, I used to love watching my great uncle, who had been in minstrel shows, get ready to perform at the annual Jaycees show in Fernandina Beach, Florida. Let me just say that his makeup darkened him considerably.

I've often wondered what became of his fine Sultana Silver Bell banjo.

--Jim

Eva Elisabeth · 07-10-2015, 08:59 PM

Kudos, Jim, it's indeed Dan Emmett (from Ohio), who, in 1859, allegedly wrote the song "Dixie" for his troupe. This is he in blackface:

Jim Page · (This post was last modified: 07-10-2015 09:22 PM by Jim Page.)

When I was a kid in the late 1950s/early 1960s, I was a fiend for any kind of live music. On Amelia Island, where we owned a beach house, there was quite a bit of live music, but it was strictly segregated. The yearly minstrel show was a strange holdover from long before, and all I can remember of those is the music.

Amelia Island was also home to the American Beach resort and community, which was run by and for blacks, and I would occasionally get brave enough to sneak down the beach after dark to hear the great music sometimes going on there:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Beach,_Florida

Our house on Amelia Island was washed away by Hurricane Dora in September, 1964, so that was that. Luckily, we went to our family farm on the mainland to ride out the storm, or we would have been killed when the beach house collapsed.

In addition to us losing our beach house, the storm caused the Beatles to cancel their concert at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, to which my uncle was going to take me. They played the engagement a couple of days after the hurricane, but I was too bummed out to go.

Still have the orange ticket somewhere, and the price for the Beatles concert, which was sponsored by the WAPE am radio station, was $4.50.

--Jim

RJNorton · 07-11-2015, 05:44 AM

Kudos, Jim!! I would not have gotten Eva's question given 500 guesses!

Eva Elisabeth · 07-12-2015, 09:50 AM

Yes, Jim absolutely stumped me - and I can't even think of an appropriate prize for this one. However, my best wishes for a good weekend you win anyway.

Jim Page · 07-12-2015, 10:37 AM

(07-12-2015 09:50 AM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote: Yes, Jim absolutely stumped me - and I can't even think of an appropriate prize for this one. However, my best wishes for a good weekend you win anyway.

Thanks, Eva! The only reason I guessed that answer is that I had recently been reading about old-time American entertainment.

--Jim

Eva Elisabeth · 07-16-2015, 07:30 PM

How is this linked to Mr. Lincoln?

RJNorton · 07-17-2015, 04:49 AM

Eva, my guess is here:

http://legendsrevealed.com/entertainment...ng-career/

Eva Elisabeth · 07-17-2015, 07:51 AM

Kudos, Roger - you are incredible!!! I came across this when I was going to post here:
http://rogerjnorton.com/LincolnDiscussio...l#pid49640
...that the image would make a perfect bord for a game of life game and looked for the English name of the game (turned out to be the literal translation).

In 1860, when Mr. Lincoln grew his trademark beard, Bradley's clean-shaven portrait was no longer popular. Out of desperation, Mr. Bradley printed up several copies of a game he'd invented called, "The Checkered Game of Life." He sold 45,000 copies of the game by the end of the year. The Game of Life was America's first popular parlor game.
During the Victorian era in Great Britain and in the United States, parlor games became extremely popular among the upper and middle classes.

Roger, you win a parlor game of your choice.

RJNorton · 07-17-2015, 08:01 AM

Let me think, Eva. Thanks!!

In truth I must admit that I learned this answer from Laurie in a post she made about 3 years ago.