Team Marco Polo

Ludicrous Latin: Non curo. Si metrum non habet, non est poema.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 by teammarcopolo

I don’t care. If it doesn’t rhyme, it isn’t a poem.

History Schmistory: April 12. England Adopts The Union Jack Flag.

Wednesday, April 12, 2023 by teammarcopolo

1606. England adopted the Union Jack as its flag, after rejecting the “Union John” and the “Hit the Road, Jack.”

History Schmistory: April 11. Napoleon abdicates.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by teammarcopolo

1814. Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France and was banished to the island of Elba. On the island, Napoleon tried to get everyone to vote for Pedro.

History Schmistory, April 11: Hey, Babe, Wanna Start a College?

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 by teammarcopolo

1689Â –Â William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain. To celebrate, they have dinner, then found a college in the new fangled colony of Virginia. Â Jon Stewart went there!

History Schmistory: April 10. Great Gatsby published.

Monday, April 10, 2023 by teammarcopolo

1925. “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald was published. A popular sequel to the far lesser known and poorly selling “The Pretty Good Gatsby” and “The Not So Bad Gatsby.”

History Schmistory: April 10. Robert the Bruce.

Monday, April 10, 2023 by teammarcopolo

1307: The Battle of Loudoun Hill: Robert the Bruce is victorious over English forces. Robin the Bruce Wayne was nowhere to be found.

History Schmistory: April 9. Lee Surrenders to Grant.

Sunday, April 9, 2023 by teammarcopolo

On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. Grant allows Confederate soldiers to keep their rifles, horses, and Lynyrd Skynyrd albums.