re: Statues that LSU should erect before doing a head football coach

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yeah, statues are a fricken great idea.


Sincerely,
Penn St.

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It's why you wait a hundreds years after they die to build them and then attack anyone who goes back to impugn them. Have we learned nothing from The Simpsons?

Mayor Quimby: You are tampering with forces you cannot understand. We have major corporations sponsoring this event.

Lisa: I hope you know you're sponsoring a celebration of a murderous pirate.

Man: A pirate? Well, that's hardly the image we want for Long John Silver's!

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In our time he is a war criminal...

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At that time, he was a war hero and a winner whom the American public begged to run for president. Food for thought.

Commandants of the Marine Corps

John A. Lejeune

John A. Lejeune
Class of 1888

Commandant of the Marine Corps, 1920-1929



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John Archer Lejeune was born at Pointe Coupee, Louisiana on 10 January 1867. He was educated at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, from which he was graduated with a B.A. degree. Subsequently he secured an appointment as a midshipman at the U.S. Naval Academy, from which he was graduated in 1888.

Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune, often referred to as "the greatest of all Leathernecks," during his more than 40 years service with the Marine Corps, led the famed Second Division (Army) in World War I, and was Major General Commandant of the Marine Corps from June 1920 to March 1929.

During World War I he was recognized by the French Government as a strategist and leader, as evidenced by the Legion of Honor, and the Croix de Guerre bestowed upon him by that people. From General John J. Pershing he received the Distinguished Service Medal. The Navy Distinguished Service Medal was conferred upon him when he returned to the United States following the occupation of Germany.

IF THE USMC CAN NAME A TRAINING BASE AFTER THIS GUY, HE DESERVES A STATUE AT LSU.

Demetrius Hookfin

Nick Saban

It is kind of funny that Louisianians get bent out of shape by Sherman. New Orleans was subdued long before his march to the sea, and consequently, it and much of Louisiana avoided much of the physical devastation that the other CSA states got.

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What really is appropriate for a guy that ran an institution with about 20 students, who got the job due to his political connections and held it for about full year year?

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wts left westpoint, the indian wars and the army to be a lawyer. yes, geo. mason graham(father of lsu) rcvd wts application/letter and his military family knew the guy. wts was the best applicant.
lsu was situated in pineville to be a secular school (not s.la catholic or n.la protestant.) it was to be a military school (like v.m.i.) for the farmers' sons who could not go to school in europe.
it was a big gamble for wts, and his wife and family never moved down to la.

there are books written that describe how much wts wanted louisiana and lsu to avoid the conflict. he knew the power of the us military. he pleaded w/ louisiana not to secede.

this is the most famous of sherman's letters to david f. boyd.


With the secession of South Carolina, in correspondence with David F. Boyd, of Virginia – a strong supporter of secession - Sherman declared,
“You people of the South don’t know what you are doing. This country will be drenched in blood, and God only knows how it will end…” Going on Sherman would presciently state. “…You are rushing into a war with one of the most powerful, ingeniously mechanical, and determined people on Earth – right at your doors. You are bound to fail. Only in your spirit and determination are you prepared for war. In all else you are totally unprepared, with a bad cause to start with. At first you will make headway, but as your limited resources begin to fail, shut out from the markets of Europe as you will be, your cause will begin to wane. If your people will stop and think, they must see in the end you will surely fail.” It is amazing, how correct Sherman was – in all accounts. It was as if he had
hindsight as a barometer of the future.

when la joined the csa, he resigned and was fondly given a farewell.

after the war, wts was secy of war.
lsu seminary in pinville burned to the groun in 1870. lsu moved to b.r. and the school for the deaf.
wts offered to help lsu get back on it's feet and DONATED the pentagon barracks/building (near the state capitol) to help rebuild. wts donated huge amounts of military equipment to help lsu. this went on for many years.

he was probably more proud of his lsu than most of the negative ranturds on td.

p.s. read some history. if you can thank a teacher. if you have a right to, thank a soldier.

cpl, usa

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It is kind of funny that Louisianians get bent out of shape by Sherman. New Orleans was subdued long before his march to the sea, and consequently, it and much of Louisiana avoided much of the physical devastation that the other CSA states got.

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"Funny"? New Orleans was only spared because it gave up without a fight. Baton Rouge and Alexandria held out and were completely leveled. The folks associated with the Pineville and (later) Baton Rouge campuses of LSU had good reason not to like the types who burn down cities (as Sherman himself did elsewhere).