We aren't the only Volunteers

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John A Logan College in Illinois is also known as the Volunteers.

I didn't know there was another. I was driving thru Illinois yesterday and happened to hear "Lady Vols" on the radio during a sports score segment.
 
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And their women are called the "Lady Vols" That's some B.S.

"John A. Logan, the man after whom John A. Logan College is named, was born February 9, 1826, in what is now Murphysboro, Illinois (Even stealing our city names, lol) Raised in a home that was a center of political activity, he came to love politics at an early age.

In 1840 his father, Dr. John Logan, sent him to Shiloh Academy at Shiloh Hill, Illinois, to complete his education. Here Logan excelled in oratory.

Logan volunteered for the Mexican War in 1846. He saw no combat, but did travel to Santa Fe, where he served as post quartermaster and learned Spanish." Wow, traveled to Santa Fe, and learned Spanish??? He's a damn hero. Somebody get this man a medal!! smdh
 
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Yankee_Vol said:
John A Logan College in Illinois is also known as the Volunteers.

I didn't know there was another. I was driving thru Illinois yesterday and happened to hear "Lady Vols" on the radio during a sports score segment.
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Yes! I worked in Southern Illinois for a time, and would drive by the school often. It's weird to see "Go Vols" in blue and black.

I took in a baseball game once during my lunch break and rooted them on. It felt good to holler "Go Vols" that far from home.
 
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VolsnRavens said:
And their women are called the "Lady Vols" That's some B.S.

"John A. Logan, the man after whom John A. Logan College is named, was born February 9, 1826, in what is now Murphysboro, Illinois (Even stealing our city names, lol) Raised in a home that was a center of political activity, he came to love politics at an early age.

In 1840 his father, Dr. John Logan, sent him to Shiloh Academy at Shiloh Hill, Illinois, to complete his education. Here Logan excelled in oratory.

Logan volunteered for the Mexican War in 1846. He saw no combat, but did travel to Santa Fe, where he served as post quartermaster and learned Spanish." Wow, traveled to Santa Fe, and learned Spanish??? He's a damn hero. Somebody get this man a medal!! smdh
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Are you seriously crap talking a guy from 170 years ago who volunteered for the Mexican War just because he never saw combat?
 
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Andrew Jackson High School in Kershaw, SC is the Volunteers also. Lady Vol Karla Horton (Douglas) Davids wife & Aarons mother graduated from there.
 
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VolsnRavens said:
And their women are called the "Lady Vols" That's some B.S.

"John A. Logan, the man after whom John A. Logan College is named, was born February 9, 1826, in what is now Murphysboro, Illinois (Even stealing our city names, lol) Raised in a home that was a center of political activity, he came to love politics at an early age.

In 1840 his father, Dr. John Logan, sent him to Shiloh Academy at Shiloh Hill, Illinois, to complete his education. Here Logan excelled in oratory.

Logan volunteered for the Mexican War in 1846. He saw no combat, but did travel to Santa Fe, where he served as post quartermaster and learned Spanish." Wow, traveled to Santa Fe, and learned Spanish??? He's a damn hero. Somebody get this man a medal!! smdh
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Guys that get captured are losers too, right?
 
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John A.Logans men's basketbal team won the junior college national championship a couple of years ago. Another championship for the Vols!
 
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Smokeyman said:
Which song? I like most of Tom's stuff.
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It's called Pony, from the Mule Variations album.
One of my favorite Waits tunes.
My dad, a wounded WWII combat vet loved it, too.
Said it reminded him of his youth in rural East Tennessee.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYYtiX99GBM

"Eyes full of wonder, I left Murfreesboro...

"... but .44 will get you 99"
 
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