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re: So is The Auburn mascot racist too? How about Mizzou? Clemson? Exc.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:11 pm to Jacknola
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:11 pm to Jacknola
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Auburn adopted the "War Eagle" from ... get this ... a damn-yankee regiment, the 8th Wisconsin who burned and pillaged their way through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Never understood why the Aubs did that except maybe to emphasize that Tuscaloosa and the U. of Alabama was burned by the Yankees and Auburn probably welcomed them.
"March 26, 1881), a bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. Later, his image was adopted as the eagle appearing on a globe in Case Corporation's logo and as the screaming eagle on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division."
you believe this? 
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Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:13 pm to NYCAuburn
He's a historian guys. He's got papers and shite.
Posted on 6/5/17 at 2:41 pm to NYCAuburn
insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division."
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LOL - not really, but it makes a good story.
Another thing.. I've never have understood how Georgia adopted a damn-yankee (I was 12 years old before learning those were actually two words) battle hymn as their fight song.
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you believe this?
LOL - not really, but it makes a good story.
Another thing.. I've never have understood how Georgia adopted a damn-yankee (I was 12 years old before learning those were actually two words) battle hymn as their fight song.
This post was edited on 6/5/17 at 3:03 pm
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