Trump has a plaque at his golf course commemorating Civil War battle that never happened

[bigtree]

Last edited Tue May 2, 2017, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)

...he's a bottomless pit.

...a New York Times report from Tuesday that says Donald Trump's Northern Virginia Trump National Golf Club features a plaque between the 14th and 15th holes honoring a Civil War battle at that precise spot. The inscription, signed by Trump, reads:

“Many great American soldiers, both of the North and South, died at this spot. The casualties were so great that the water would turn red and thus became known as ‘The River of Blood.’ It is my great honor to have preserved this important section of the Potomac River!”

Nice sentiment, small problem: there apparently was no such battle.

The Times checked with various historians in the area who had trouble tying the site of Trump's course to any such event...

read more: http://www.golfdigest.com/story/details-details-donald-trump-has-plaque-at-his-golf-course-commemorating-civil-war-battle-that-never-happened

related thread by niyad:

Trump Fondly Remembers the Fake Civil War Battle That Took Place on His Golf Course
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029006138

[FSogol]

1. The Art of the Con

[world wide wally]

10. "The proverbial battle of Bowling Green would have occurred here"

[madokie]

17. The CON of the art

We can't get rid of his sorry ass soon enough. Yesterday wasn't soon enough, January 20, 2017 wasn't soon enough, november 8 2016 even wasn't

[spanone]

2. HE preserved the Potomac River? bullshit.

[bigtree]

11. right

...says so right there on the bronze plaque w/his signature on it.

[spanone]

12. from that, one may infer that the 'president' lies....

[bigtree]

13. 'alternative' history

...doncha know?

[Achilleaze]

3. the republican Draft-Dodger-in-Chief has a wicked kink for lying to Americans

sad. sick. republican up the freaking wazoo. Only a republican draft dodger could make up such bilious lying crap to foist on honest, decent Americans.

And republicans decided this was the very best person they could find to serve as "commander" and to "lead" our US troops? Really twisted. Really shameful.

[niyad]

4. there are words. . . .

[Vinca]

5. Yeah, but he got to put his name on a nice bronze plaque.

[Eugene]

6. OFFS! Can't anyone in the Trump Organization do a reality check without getting fired?

That's been there since 2015 and nobody has dared to fix it for 18 months?


[font size=1]Never forget the Bowling Green Massacre![/font]

[progressoid]

7. Fake News! Alternative Battles!

[progressoid]

8. Wanna bet that he got some sort of tax abatement for that?

[world wide wally]

9. WTF is wrong with you, America?

[countingbluecars]

14. He put that plaque up

after cutting down almost 500 trees along the banks of the Potomac so that golfers could get a better view of the river.

[demmiblue]

15. Trump creates his own reality, and then expects everyone else to live in it. n/t

[HAB911]

16. He should be charged with "Stolen Valor"