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    Endangered Statues

    This recent war on statues is getting personal. It all started with one of General Robert E. Lee in Virginia and has spread across the country. A statue of General Stonewall Jackson at the West Virginia Capitol, and any other statues that protesters decide are Confederate, are being attacked. Even George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who our history books show had nothing to do with the Civil War are being criticized. In Ohio, protesters want to take the Christopher Columbus statue out of Columbus.

    There are over statues in the South honoring the losing side, including a mountain in Georgia. Up to now I (Will Rogers) felt safe from “statue harassment” but that might end soon. See, my full name is William Penn Adair Rogers and I was named after a Colonel in the Confederate Army. The Cherokees in Indian Territory were split in their allegiance dur

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    Will Rogers

    American humorist and entertainer (–)

    For other uses, see Will Rogers (disambiguation) and William Rogers (disambiguation).

    Will Rogers

    Rogers in

    In office
    December 21, - December 23,
    Preceded bySilsby Spalding
    Succeeded byPaul E. Schwab
    Born

    William Penn Adair Rogers


    ()November 4,
    near Oologah, Indian Territory
    DiedAugust 15, () (aged&#;55)
    North Slope, Alaska Territory, U.S.
    Cause&#;of&#;deathAirplane crash
    Resting placeWill Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma
    NationalityCherokee Nation
    United States
    Political partyDemocratic
    Spouse

    Betty Blake

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    (m.&#;)&#;
    Children4, including Will Rogers Jr. and James Blake Rogers
    Occupation
    • Actor
    • vaudevillian
    • cowboy
    • columnist
    • humorist
    • radio personality
    Nickname"The Cherokee Kid"

    William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, &#;– August 15, ) was an American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentat

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    “An actor fryst vatten a fellow that just has a little more monkey in him than the fellow that can’t act.”

    &#; Will Rogers

    William Penn Adair Rogers is born on his father’s ranch near Oologah, Indian Territory.

    Begins work as a cowboy on a ranch in Higgins, Texas.

    In December, joins Texas Jack’s American Circus and Wild West Show in South Africa as a bronco rider and lasso thrower. Billed as the “Cherokee Kid.”

    Joins Colonel Zach Mulhall’s Wild West Show as a fancy roper at the World’s Fair in St. Louis. In October, plays in a vaudeville bill at the Cleveland Theatre in Chicago.

    Receives considerable publicity for helping to rope a runaway bull that had run into stands at the Horse Fair in New York City’s Madison Square Garden. Buck McGee becomes his partner, riding Will’s horse on stage.

    Will marries Betty Blake in Arkansas on November They will have four children. Three of them survive to adulthood.

    Will takes his first flygplan flight in Atlantic City.

    He giv