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Posted on 7/20/20 at 9:27 am to kkv75
quote:Sorry. The LSU Tigers are NOT named after a Confederate fighting group.
This person is trying to convince you through shoddy history "alternatives" to abandon your heritage. Don't take the bait from this snowflake.
LSU chose the Panthera tigris tigris because it was the custom at the time to choose a name based upon a vicious animal. Dr. Charles Coates, who was the Tigers' first coach and the man who came up with the idea of the Tiger as the mascot, detailed the history of the LSU Tigers in the following letter to the LSU Alumni News in October of 1937:
quote:How The Tigers Got Their Name - Dr. Charles Coates
It was the custom at that time, for some occult reason, to call football teams by the names of vicious animals; the Yale Bulldogs and the Princeton Tigers, for example. This is still the vogue. It struck me that purple and gold looked Tigerish enough and I suggested that we choose "Louisiana Tigers," all in conference with the boys. The Louisiana Tigers had represented the state in Civil War and had been known for their hard fighting.
This name was applied collectively to the New Orleans Zouaves, the Donaldsonville Cannoniers, and to a number of other Louisiana companies sent to Virginia, who seemed to have the faculty of getting into the hardest part of the fighting and staying there, most of them permanently. One company I knew of went in 200 strong; only 28 returned and many of these were wounded.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 10:29 am to schwabbie28
Anyone else think this thread was gonna be about Ellis Hugh?
Posted on 7/20/20 at 11:57 am to Salviati
LINK
Sorry - lies and myths. The proud Louisiana Tigers fought so bravely for the Confederacy, Lee used to send them out front to strike fear in the hearts of the North.
DON'T BELIEVE REVISIONIST HISTORY!! We are the LSU Tigers of the Confederacy. You can't erase our heritage.
Sorry - lies and myths. The proud Louisiana Tigers fought so bravely for the Confederacy, Lee used to send them out front to strike fear in the hearts of the North.
DON'T BELIEVE REVISIONIST HISTORY!! We are the LSU Tigers of the Confederacy. You can't erase our heritage.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 12:15 pm to kkv75
quote:You link might be useful for providing information about the Confederate unit, but it says nothing about LSU.
Sorry - lies and myths. The proud Louisiana Tigers fought so bravely for the Confederacy, Lee used to send them out front to strike fear in the hearts of the North.
DON'T BELIEVE REVISIONIST HISTORY!! We are the LSU Tigers of the Confederacy. You can't erase our heritage.
My link provides information straight from the man who conceived the idea of the LSU Tigers:
quote:While it's true that several military units were also named Tigers, that is merely a coincidence. The LSU Tigers were named because of the animal, not the military units, and certainly not because of Confederate military units.
It was the custom at that time, for some occult reason, to call football teams by the names of vicious animals; the Yale Bulldogs and the Princeton Tigers, for example. This is still the vogue. It struck me that purple and gold looked Tigerish enough and I suggested that we choose "Louisiana Tigers," all in conference with the boys.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 1:26 pm to Salviati
Do NOT believe the LEFT who are trying to strip you of your heritage. Don't believe it. We are the TIGERS of LSU, the legendary soldiers of the Confederate Civil War. Read the facts, not the leftist propaganda trying to influence you. Be PROUD!! Those boys in 1865 gave all and they live on every time we take the field!!
Don't be swayed by the snowflakes, democrats and leftists. They will take away your history and tell you are an animal. We are not. We are Tiger Soldiers.
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Don't be swayed by the snowflakes, democrats and leftists. They will take away your history and tell you are an animal. We are not. We are Tiger Soldiers.
LINK
Posted on 7/20/20 at 2:28 pm to kkv75
You refer to someone who heard it from someone who heard it from Dr. Coates.
I quote Dr. Coates himself.
I'll take the source himself over multiple layers of hearsay.
I quote Dr. Coates himself.
I'll take the source himself over multiple layers of hearsay.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:06 pm to Salviati
The tiger head symbol came from the Washington Artillery of New Orleans. A militia unit that traces its history back to the 1830s, the Washington Artillery had a logo that featured a snarling tiger's head that was the model for the original image that adorned LSU's football helmet.
and the other half of the Washington Artillery, the 935th...if one does a little digging, the history becomes even more complex, the lineage can be traced back into the French administration of Louisiana and from there into the Spanish period...
there are media references to the Washington Artillery in New Orleans as early as 1819 and a case can be made that this unit fought with General Jackson in 1815!!!! All kinds of fun can be had with the woke when all the facts come out!!!
and the other half of the Washington Artillery, the 935th...if one does a little digging, the history becomes even more complex, the lineage can be traced back into the French administration of Louisiana and from there into the Spanish period...
there are media references to the Washington Artillery in New Orleans as early as 1819 and a case can be made that this unit fought with General Jackson in 1815!!!! All kinds of fun can be had with the woke when all the facts come out!!!
This post was edited on 7/20/20 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 7/20/20 at 3:41 pm to vl100butch
When it comes to military issues, I trust vl100butch completely.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 5:10 pm to kkv75
Your "layers of hearsay" are typical of a leftist. Take your liberal views to one of the socialist/communist states and leave us to OUR history.
Do not believe the lies of the left. They want to destroy your history.
For the record, where do you stand on the removal of the statues of our great Confederate leaders?? Snowflake.
Do not believe the lies of the left. They want to destroy your history.
For the record, where do you stand on the removal of the statues of our great Confederate leaders?? Snowflake.
Posted on 7/20/20 at 5:11 pm to Salviati
You have found your fellow revisionist historian. You two should leave the South and leave us to our Southern Traditions.
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