Andy_Ross
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That's Edward Elizabeth Hitler to you.
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Jack by the hedge
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In my mind he's simultaneously 104 and 20-something.
P.J. Denyer
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The Good Hitlers of Circleville
The other thing Circleville boasts about is the abundance of Hitler references. There are two Hitler roads—numbered 1 and 2—as well as a Huber-Hitler Road, a Hitler Pond, a Hitler Park, and a Hitler-Ludwig Cemetery, among other things. None of them pays tribute to the maniacal, genocidal, Nazi dictator, fortunately. These were the good Hitlers we are talking about, the original ones, the ones who founded Circleville.
The Hitlers were one of the pioneer families who migrated to Ohio’s Pickaway County in 1799 and settled in an area that is now Circleville. As Circleville Herald attests, they were “fine, upstanding citizens”. The Hitler family consisted of George Hitler, his wife Susannah Gay, and their eleven children, seven of which were born after they resettled in Circleville. These children married into other Pickaway families, had their own children and the Hitler family grew. . . .
All was well, until Adolf Hitler ruined it for everyone. Now the many surviving Hitlers of Circleville have to endure the strange looks and questions wherever they went. But after more than seventy years, they are getting used to it. . . .
Many Circleville residents are, in fact, proud of their legacy. They argue that their Hitler came first, and theirs is the only family of true Hitlers in the world, and that Adolf wasn't even an actual Hitler—which is true.
Adolf Hitler’s father, Alois Hitler Sr., was born out of wedlock as Alois Schicklgruber. His mother, Maria Schicklgruber, later married Johann Georg Hiedler, after whose name Alois Hitler changed his surname from “Schicklgruber” to “Hitler”. It is not known why Alois Hitler chose that particular spelling, although Johann Georg Hiedler’s brother, on whose farm young Alois spent three years, was sometimes known by the surname Hüttler.
The Hitlers were one of the pioneer families who migrated to Ohio’s Pickaway County in 1799 and settled in an area that is now Circleville. As Circleville Herald attests, they were “fine, upstanding citizens”. The Hitler family consisted of George Hitler, his wife Susannah Gay, and their eleven children, seven of which were born after they resettled in Circleville. These children married into other Pickaway families, had their own children and the Hitler family grew. . . .
All was well, until Adolf Hitler ruined it for everyone. Now the many surviving Hitlers of Circleville have to endure the strange looks and questions wherever they went. But after more than seventy years, they are getting used to it. . . .
Many Circleville residents are, in fact, proud of their legacy. They argue that their Hitler came first, and theirs is the only family of true Hitlers in the world, and that Adolf wasn't even an actual Hitler—which is true.
Adolf Hitler’s father, Alois Hitler Sr., was born out of wedlock as Alois Schicklgruber. His mother, Maria Schicklgruber, later married Johann Georg Hiedler, after whose name Alois Hitler changed his surname from “Schicklgruber” to “Hitler”. It is not known why Alois Hitler chose that particular spelling, although Johann Georg Hiedler’s brother, on whose farm young Alois spent three years, was sometimes known by the surname Hüttler.
Andy_Ross
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1915 The second battle of Ypres started when German troops released clouds of deadly chlorine gas on British troops. It was the first major gas attack of World War I.
My grandad was in the artillery and was hit by the gas and in a field hospital for two weeks.
My grandad was in the artillery and was hit by the gas and in a field hospital for two weeks.
arthwollipot
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Æthelred was the one, I recall, who cut a deal with the Vikings to give them the North, which is now generally considered to have been a Bad Thing.1016Edmund Ironside succeeded his father Æthelred II (Ethelred the Unready) as king of England.
Unready, meaning 'poorly advised' was a play on his name, which means 'well advised'.
