May 14, 2026
Tag: George Pickett
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Fort Pickett
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An uncertain spokesman once said to George Pickett that the “Old Man” (Robert E. Lee) gave him immortality. That rather dubious “gift” came by way of having his name associated with a battlefield calamity at Gettysburg that came to be known as Pickett’s Charge.
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November 27, 2025 3 Comments
If the Warner Brothers’ Cartoon Division wanted to create a character who was named after a “bonehead” decision, it is hard to say what it may have been. Perhaps the animators would ask Jack Warner how to make one. He made several.