OT-CHAT: Tennessee Gentlemen in buckskins
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- Subject: OT-CHAT: Tennessee Gentlemen in buckskins
- From: l* M*
- Date: Sat, 10 Jun 2000 13:54:47 -0400
James Brooks in historic Jonesboro Tennessee said:
> I'm sure that Sterling Innerst meant it as a joke when he got flowers with
> buckskin-colored standards - no Tennessean he..
Well, now jest a minnit. Way back when I was a chile (or a little
before, to tell the truth), we got nicknamed the Volunteer state because
the gentlemen got all dressed up in their buckskin jackets and walnut
dyed buckskin colored wool britches and out-volunteered all the other
states to go fight in the Mexican wars. And they'd also get all dressed
up in buckskins now and then to go to Warshington and politic a bit. So
this fits well as a historic reference rather than an orange & white
University of Tennessee Vol reference.
Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
not too many DEAD irises out there this year but a lot of sorry looking
ones.
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