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re: Would one of you mind telling me where the Tiger mascot came from?
Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:50 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:50 pm to Mayhaw Jelly
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Anybody know the history on that one? tia
Washington Artillery.
Formed in New Orleans in 1838.
Their insignia:
Both the Louisiana Tigers of Wheat’s Battalion and the Washington Artillery first gained fame at the Battle of First Manassas on July 21, 1861. Major David French Boyd, first president of LSU after the war, had fought with the Louisiana troops in Virginia and knew the reputation of both the Tiger Rifles and the Washington Artillery.
Thus when LSU football teams entered the gridiron battlefields in their fourth year of intercollegiate competition, they tagged themselves as the “Tigers.” In 1955 LSU’s Fourth-Quarter Ball Club expanded the name “Tigers” into the current nickname, “Fighting Tigers.”
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Posted on 12/7/10 at 3:55 pm to WildTchoupitoulas
Here you geaux. Really cool story. Also dont forget taht the flying tigers of WW11, and the great John Wayne movie, are from LSU.
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