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    Who or what famously dropped an "a" from a nameplate in the year Louis Philippe formed a formidable force?

    Question #95898. Asked by SanGermain. (May 20 08 6:19 PM)


    Trooper2196

    		In direct opposition to the absolutist tendencies of his Bourbon predecessors, Louis-Philippe took the style of King of the French not France dropping the A
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Philippe_of_France

    May 22 08, 4:08 PM
    SanGermain

    		Wow! I like. But no.

    Hint: the force was the Foreign Legion.

    May 22 08, 6:02 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Cleaveland -- In 1831, the Cleveland Advertiser dropped the first "a" in the city's name to reduce the length of the newspaper's masthead. From then on, the community was known as Cleveland.

    http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jul22.html

    The French Foreign Legion was created by Louis Philippe, then King of the French, on March 10, 1831.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion


    May 22 08, 6:43 PM
    SanGermain

    		the Legionnaires salute you, ZB!

    May 22 08, 6:51 PM

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