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The History Of The Francheezie, Chicago's Other Hot Dog https://share.google/1KaSrnQAWyhqqzMsl

I remember those. Never did have one.

I remember those. Never did have one.

There was a restaurant in Glen Ellyn that we went to as a family quite frequently when I was young, and that was my order most of the time. Up until seeing that today, I had NOT known that was actually a wider Chicago specialty. That restaurant closed many years ago, and I haven't seen a Francheezie on a menu since. 

Slobbering like a St Bernard while telling myself "It's no good for you - It's no good for you - It's no good for you." So what pairs well with that, Wheat Ale,Pilsner,Kolsch maybe a Vienna Lager????

The last time I had one, it was probably a Cherry Coke... Back before they produced such a thing, so it was a coke with some grenadine in it and a cherry on top. 

Of course, I was probably 10. I had not found my way to barley soda yet. 

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 

Crusaders Take the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem (1099)
Built in the 4th century by Constantine, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem is the supposed location of Jesus' tomb. The holy site was captured and partially destroyed numerous times, and, in 1096, the First Crusade was launched in part to recapture it. In 1099, Crusaders poured into Jerusalem, killed its non-Christian population, and took the church. It was rebuilt, and has since been carefully divided among quarreling Christian factions.

We visited that Church of the HS in Jerusalem as part of a tour.  We had a very good guide, and that place was packed with people.  My wife got separated and the tour guide said we needed to continue, and I said my wife was still inside, somewhere.  I planned to wait for her if he left us, but he plowed his way inside to find her.  She had gone up some stairs and couldn't see a way to get back down with the mass of people going up and around about.

My wife is quite religious and it meant a lot to her.

Anyway, all worked out fine for us.  The Olde City was ... interesting, we visited before all this mess happened.  We visited a lot of places where messes happened a few months later.  Istanbul had riots, we went through the Strait of Hormuz twice, we cruised around the Horn of Africa once, we visited Thailand a day before the earthquake hit them, we also stopped in South Korea and Taiwan, so I'm obviously hoping our bad luck didn't land in either.

My wife has been talking about going back to Seoul, which is a bit unexpected, she didn't like it much on our first visit.

1815 Napoleon surrenders to Captain Frederick Maitland of HMS Bellerophon at Rochefort after his earlier defeat at the Battle of Waterloo

1864 Troop train loaded with Confederate prisoners collided with a coal train killing 65 and injuring 109 of 955 aboard

1869 Margarine is patented by Hippolyte Mège-Mouriès for use by the French Navy

1870 The last confederate state, Georgia is readmitted to the United States(Cinci Dawg you Rebel)

1871 Tad Lincoln, youngest son of US President Abraham Lincoln, dies at 18

1876 Baseball's first official no-hitter: George Bradley of the St Louis Brown Stockings no-hits the Hartford Dark Blues, 2-0

1912 American athlete Jim Thorpe is placed in top 4 in all 10 events, for an Olympic record 8,413 points to win the Decathlon gold medal at the Stockholm Olympics, medal stripped 1913 (played pro baseball), reinstated 1982

1915 Frankie Yankovic, American accordionist known as 'America's Polka King' and winner of 1st Grammy Award for Best Polka Recording, born in Davis, West Virginia (d. 1998)

1916 Boeing Company (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle, Washington

1932 US President Herbert Hoover cuts own salary 15%

1933 Wiley Post begins the first solo flight around the world, completing the journey in 7 days and 19 hours

1935 Alex Karras, NFLer (Detroit Lions)/actor (George-Webster), born in Gary, Indiana (d. 2012)

1946 American rock/country/pop/Latin/opera singer ("Different Drum"; "It's So Easy"; "What's New?") and actress (Pirates of Penzance), born in Tucson, Arizona

1948 John J.Pershing American World War I commander known as "Black Jack", dies of coronary artery disease at 87

1951 Jesse Ventura [James Janos], American professional wrestler, actor and politician (Governor of Minnesota 1999-2003), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota

1954 110°F (43°C) at Balcony Falls, Virginia (state record)

1960 Chubby Checker releases his version of "The Twist" in the US

1980 Johnny Bench hits his 314th HR as a catcher which breaks Yogi Berra's record

1988 "Die Hard" directed by John McTiernan and starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is released in the US(not a Christmas movie)

2003 Tex Schramm, American football president and general manager of the Dallas Cowboys (1960-88), dies at 83

2007 MLB Philadelphia Phillies lose to visiting St. Louis Cardinals 10-2, becoming the first franchise in major American sports with 10,000 all-time losses( hard to believe they beat the Indians there)

2021 Dennis Murphy, American sports entrepreneur (co-founder American Basketball Ass'n, World Hockey Ass'n), dies at 94

The Gettysburg battlefield is something to see.  Things are not like I envisioned from maps and studies.  I've been to every major CW battle except Shiloh.  I live pretty close to the middle of one.

My aforementioned two-great grandfather was wounded near where you live.  When I went to the Final Four in ATL I went and visited the site.