Do you ever feel as if you're having a flashback?
I did, when I saw an announcement for a ride. "The Inaugural Tour de" was followed by "Trump." Or so I thought, for a moment.
There was indeed a "Tour de Trump." The first of two editions ran thirty years ago next month. Six more editions ran, from 1991 to 1996, re-branded as the Tour du Pont after financial troubles forced The Orange One to withdraw his support.
(Could it be that the race was doomed by the winner of its last two editions? His initials are LA.)
Turns out, I wasn't having a flashback--at least, not in the strictest sense of the word. The promo I saw announced the "Tour de Troup," named for the county in Georgia where it will be held.
The county, whose seat is LaGrange, is named for George Troup, Georgia's 32nd Governor. He is considered a sort of patron saint for today's nationalists and state's rights advocates: He was a firm believer in Manifest Destiny and supported "Indian Removal" (a.k.a., the slaughter of people who were living here for thousands of years) as well as slavery.
Perhaps it's not a surprise that he was a plantation owner who was born to plantation owners.
Hmm...Maybe I wasn't having a flashback after all!
I did, when I saw an announcement for a ride. "The Inaugural Tour de" was followed by "Trump." Or so I thought, for a moment.
There was indeed a "Tour de Trump." The first of two editions ran thirty years ago next month. Six more editions ran, from 1991 to 1996, re-branded as the Tour du Pont after financial troubles forced The Orange One to withdraw his support.
(Could it be that the race was doomed by the winner of its last two editions? His initials are LA.)
Turns out, I wasn't having a flashback--at least, not in the strictest sense of the word. The promo I saw announced the "Tour de Troup," named for the county in Georgia where it will be held.
The county, whose seat is LaGrange, is named for George Troup, Georgia's 32nd Governor. He is considered a sort of patron saint for today's nationalists and state's rights advocates: He was a firm believer in Manifest Destiny and supported "Indian Removal" (a.k.a., the slaughter of people who were living here for thousands of years) as well as slavery.
Perhaps it's not a surprise that he was a plantation owner who was born to plantation owners.
Hmm...Maybe I wasn't having a flashback after all!
