bgross wrote: For our non-US based members, Strom Thurmond is a Senator (and former KKK member) from the State of W. Virginia. and
In a message dated 10/17/2006 1:48:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For a time he held the record for longest term in the senate (43 years), but that was surpassed by Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Senator Byrd, Democrat from West Virginia, is the current member of the senate who was actually member of the Klu Klux Klan so, thus, the confusion from an earlier post. -- So, other than the facts that Strom Thurmond is no longer living, was from South Carolina not West Virginia, and was not a member of the KKK, the original identification of Senator Thurmond was perfectly accurate, right? Dave Weiner Brass Arts Unlimited _______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
