I have to be the first to admit that I had no idea that the original (well almost, more on that latter) Screaming Eagle sits proudly overlooking the Hemicyle of Madison's Capitol. You know, the Screaming Eagle held with respect by our 101st Airborne Division.
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Well I am learning that the Original Screaming Eagle was once "Old Abe", the mascot of Wisconsin's 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment. When the 101st Infantry Division was constituted, Old Abe was adopted as its divisional insignia.
Here he is perched by an artillery piece of the period. His Wiki Page is: HERE. After the Civil War, Old Abe was kept around Madison's Capitol as a reminder of Wisconsin's contribution to that great war. And once he died in 1881, he was stuffed and mounted on the chamber of the State's House of Delegates. A fire in 1904 destroyed him (and most of the capitol). Thus what sits there is a reproduction of the old war bird.
And the reason for this entry? Well a leftist ArseHat not surprisingly has made a nuisance of himself by referring to Old Abe as: "Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's budget address was delivered beneath a dead and stuffed eagle". Go ahead visit this poor uninformed leftist loon, and leave him a note or two on your feelings for Old Abe, The 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and our 101st Airmobile Division.
The link to his ignorance is: HERE.
Boq
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Well I am learning that the Original Screaming Eagle was once "Old Abe", the mascot of Wisconsin's 8th Volunteer Infantry Regiment. When the 101st Infantry Division was constituted, Old Abe was adopted as its divisional insignia.
Here he is perched by an artillery piece of the period. His Wiki Page is: HERE. After the Civil War, Old Abe was kept around Madison's Capitol as a reminder of Wisconsin's contribution to that great war. And once he died in 1881, he was stuffed and mounted on the chamber of the State's House of Delegates. A fire in 1904 destroyed him (and most of the capitol). Thus what sits there is a reproduction of the old war bird.
(Above Old Abe gazing at Gov. Walker address to the State Legislature)
And the reason for this entry? Well a leftist ArseHat not surprisingly has made a nuisance of himself by referring to Old Abe as: "Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's budget address was delivered beneath a dead and stuffed eagle". Go ahead visit this poor uninformed leftist loon, and leave him a note or two on your feelings for Old Abe, The 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment, and our 101st Airmobile Division.
The link to his ignorance is: HERE.
Boq
Thank you for posting it. As to the Dork in question, I can't
publicly comment on that. It probably would be illegal.
Anonymously, of course. If Libs had been at the Alamo, Texas would still be part of Mexico.