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An almost interesting collection of fantastic and unusual Bard facts and oddities.
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DID YOU KNOW...
There is a computer game entitled, "Bard's Tale."
There is a pocketbook entitled, "Bard's Tale."
There is a "Bard's Hill Road" in Greenville, Kentucky.
There is a "Bard Road" in a town in California named, "Bard."
There is a town in California named, "Bardsdale."
There is a "Bard Street" in El Campo, Texas.
There is a poet called "The Great Bard" (William Shakespeare).
It is estimated that there are over 6,500 Bards in the United States! (And over 14,000 Bards in the whole world! - as of 1996.)
Thomas Robert Bard commissioned (General) George Patton's appointment to West Point.
There is a "Bard College" located in Annandale-on-Hudson New York (near Rhinebeck), about 90 miles north of New York City, founded by Bards (History of Bard College).
There is a "Richard Bard Elementary School" in California (622 E. Pleasant Valley Rd, Port Hueneme, CA 93041 Ph: 805-488-3583). This school has a Web site at: http://www.huensd.k12.ca.us/bard/html/index.html - {Courtesy of Richard Albert Bard (richbard@aol.com) of Miami, FL.}
The "Bard-How House" in Burlington, New Jersey (457 High St., Burlington, NJ 08016 Ph: 609-386-4828) is the home of the Burlington County Historical Society. The building was probably constructed about 1743 by the "notorious" Bennett Bard. - {Courtesy of Richard Albert Bard (richbard@aol.com) of Miami, FL., and Joan Lanphear (jlanphere@aol.com) BCHS Librarian}
There is a "Madame Del Bard" rose. {Courtesy of Lacey Anne Bard (thebards@localnet.com) of Buffalo, NY.}
There is a "Dr. Bard" rose. It was developed (circa early 1900s) by Sen. Thomas Robert Bard, and presumably named after his brother, "Dr. Cephas Little Bard." [BB pg. 255]
There is a "Historical Bardstown, Kentucky" site on the World Wide Web. This is a tourism site with a brief history which mentions the fact that William Bard surveyed the early town area. http://www.win.net/bardstown - {Courtesy of Richard Albert Bard (richbard@aol.com) of Miami, FL.}
There is new (April, 1997) book titled; "The Free Bards" by Mercedes Lackey. Subjects: Bards and Bardism.
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