Now, I see, Duck on the Rock.
Quote:Located just outsite Almonte on the farm where young Naismith grew up. Your virtual tour begins here at the famous Rock that helped inspire James Naismith to invent basketball.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/naismith/center/tour/tour.htm
Quote:Naismith also tested the first football helmet and played in the first indoor football game.
http://www.athletics.mcgill.ca/varsity_sports_article.ch2?article_id=110
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The Naismith Museum outside of Almonte, Ontario!
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Quote:Q: What kind of games did James like as a child?
A: Games ranged from feats of strength like tossing a sheaf of wheat, to throwing stones, building pyramids, games of tag, tug of war, duck on a rock and more.
Q: What is Duck on a Rock?
A: Duck on a Rock was a childhood game, which used a large base rock, and individual fist sized rocks for the payers. It combined the elements of tag and throwing rocks at a target. It was a typical game of the day previous to the construction of a variety of balls that exist today. They used small rocks and played the game near their rural schoolhouse.
Q: How was duck on a rock played?
A: The guard would be determined by a throw-off (closest to a target), was would result in the guard placing their "duck" on the base rock. Each player from a distance of around 20 feet would take turns trying to dislodge the guards' stone. If they missed they had to retrieve their "duck" but risked being tagged while they raced for it before the guard could reach them. If they were tagged they would change places with the guard, or if they dislodged the guards "duck", that player would remain for another turn.
http://collections.ic.gc.ca/naismith/faq/faq.htm
thanks for finding the rock, spidergal
and thanks for the duck/rock, Ticomaya
I think it should be spidergal if she's around.
Tico, did it ring any bells once you saw it?
Just a quickie until Miss India returns and Tico hears bells.
What and Where?
ehBeth wrote:Tico, did it ring any bells once you saw it?
Are you asking Tico-me or Tico-Ti?
From our side, the guy ended badly...
TicoTO, tico you.
Hey, C.I. Do you mean Columbus, Ohio? Just kidding. No, not in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
The man was a true statesman, Francis. Ironic that George Washington refused to help France during the French Revolution because he did not want foreign entanglements.
Will you complete the picture for us?
That's difficult to read, Francis, but I am certain you know the history:
Yorktown Memorial
Dedicated 1880
Richard Morris Hunt, architect
The Yorktown monument which stands 95 feet high is in memory of the French-American victory of over the British during the American Revolution. Generals Washington, Rochambeau, the Comte de Grasse, and the Marquis de Lafayette laid a successful siege to Lord Cornwallis and his troops who had been held up waited in vain to be rescued by an expected British flotilla. In October 1781 Lord Cornwallis surrendered. The victory would bring the end of the war and seal the Declaration of Independence as the birth document of the United States.
The Continental Congress, in appreciation, gave its ok to erect a monument right after the fact, but it was never built.
It's was fitting that the architect that helped, in some way, design some of the the public buildings in Paris when he was working under Hector Lefuel, would now be the architect for the monument which commemorated the joint effort for America's independence. On the eve of the centennial President Chester B. Arthur laid cornerstone.
Right after this, Hunt was chosen to design the base of the Statue of Liberty (a gift of the French people).
Yorktown is a small historic village right on the York River in eastern Virginia. It is 62 miles southeast of Richmond and is part of the Colonial National Historic Park.
Alas, I heard no bells and my citizenship is about to be revoked because of it. Although, at various times last night "Ottawa valley" (because the house in Beth's photo is so typical there) and "basketball origins" crossed my mind, but I didn't connect them or pursue them.
I believe it's Spidergal's turn, or Ticomaya's.
I was hoping the house would help, Tico. It is sooooooo Eastern Ontario.
