Hail to the Chief!

**Spc. Scott** · 20th January 09, 12:58 PM

Very cool. I have never heard it sung before. I think that would be interesting.

A good find, thank you for sharing it.

**macwilkin** · 20th January 09, 01:17 PM

Here's another bit of Presidential & Scottish trivia:

The "founding fahter" of Springfield, Missouri, was one John Polk Campbell, a cousin of US President James Knox Polk. The Springfield Campbells were invited to Washington when Polk was inaugurated in 1846, and reportedly were serenaded with "The Campbells are Coming" as they entered the Executive Mansion.

I found this bit of trivia whilst working as local history librarian.

Regards,

Todd

**ccga3359** · 20th January 09, 03:23 PM

We burned down the Whitehouse

. See you've rebuilt it, looks nice.

...Sorry back on topic now.

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 20th January 09, 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by ccga3359

We burned down the Whitehouse

. See you've rebuilt it, looks nice.

...Sorry back on topic now.

No need to apologize. WE won the war.

Now back to our regularly scheduled (off) topic....

**macwilkin** · 20th January 09, 05:57 PM

Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown

No need to apologize. WE won the war.

Now back to our regularly scheduled (off) topic....

Well...not really. Two failed invasions of Canada, the capital destroyed, a battle two weeks after the Treaty of Ghent, the only real victories against Tecumseh and his forces in the West -- pretty much status quo ante bellum.

Madison was wrong in bowing to the Warhawks; I would have been a New England Federalist at Hartford.

Todd