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Hazcat

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Trivia
« on: April 13, 2009, 04:05:44 PM »
What does the S in Ulysses S Grant stand for?

NO Cheatin' using google! ;D
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Green Mountain Gringo

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Re: Trivia
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2009, 04:12:16 PM »
I believe it is like Harry S Truman....the S is just an S and doesn't stand for anything.


So I'm going with S is just an S.....


Drum Roll please....
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2009, 04:17:06 PM »
Nothing...

His name is Hiram Ulysses Grant or some such thing.....it's been a while since I took US history though, ask Tom, he'll read anything... ;D
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2009, 04:17:23 PM »
Quote from: Green Mountain Gringo on April 13, 2009, 04:12:16 PM
I believe it is like Harry S Truman....the S is just an S and doesn't stand for anything.


So I'm going with S is just an S.....


Drum Roll please....

Both of you are Correct!....

Now do you know why it is just an 'S'? (how it came about)
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2009, 04:20:11 PM »
Quote from: Hazcat on April 13, 2009, 04:17:23 PM
Both of you are Correct!....

Now do you know why it is just an 'S'? (how it came about)
If I recall correctly it was part the presiditial campaign as in US Grant. I'm probably wrong, but at least not cheating.
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Re: Trivia
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2009, 04:21:51 PM »
He used the S from Simpson...his mother's maiden name.
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Green Mountain Gringo

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Re: Trivia
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2009, 04:24:55 PM »
Yes, I do love hearing exactly why I'm right.

It happens so infrequently in my life.
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2009, 04:27:10 PM »
FQ, CDR,

Nope.
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2009, 04:36:17 PM »
I believe that there was a clerical error on his West Point application. While at West Point he was reffered to as "Sam"  and the name U.S. Grant stuck.But then again my memory isn't all that great any more.
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Re: Trivia
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2009, 04:44:16 PM »
I remember a story about a guy who was named R B Jones.....that's it.....R B Jones.  All through his life he was constantly asked what R and B meant.

When he was enrolling in the military he filled his paperwork out to help clarify his name. 

He wrote his name as " R(only) B (only) Jones.

Throughout his military life he was known as..........


Yup, You got it....



Ronly Bonly Jones




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