Comments on: A Hell of a Good Story: Thomas Hart Benton http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 22:13:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Therese http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305/comment-page-1#comment-101967 Therese Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:26:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305#comment-101967 I just looked through more of his Naval art. I work for the Navy, and my workplace has some Benton prints hanging on the walls. I particularly appreciate his commemmoration of the "Silent Service." I just looked through more of his Naval art. I work for the Navy, and my workplace has some Benton prints hanging on the walls. I particularly appreciate his commemmoration of the “Silent Service.”

]]> By: Therese http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305/comment-page-1#comment-101965 Therese Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:20:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305#comment-101965 Great post! Benton is an artist most of us have heard of, but I wouldn't have been able to tell you much about him. You gave us some interesting facts, and his art is pretty cool, too. :-) Great post! Benton is an artist most of us have heard of, but I wouldn’t have been able to tell you much about him. You gave us some interesting facts, and his art is pretty cool, too. :-)

]]> By: Marty http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305/comment-page-1#comment-101877 Marty Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:06:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305#comment-101877 Sorry, I think this too mental flossy not to add to my last entry. Bloody Island was eventually "pushed" by the river into the Illinois riverbanks by directing the flow of the Mississippi to the Saint Louis side. The man who was in charge of this engineered redirection was...Robert E Lee. Sorry, I think this too mental flossy not to add to my last entry. Bloody Island was eventually “pushed” by the river into the Illinois riverbanks by directing the flow of the Mississippi to the Saint Louis side. The man who was in charge of this engineered redirection was…Robert E Lee.

]]> By: Marty http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305/comment-page-1#comment-101835 Marty Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:33:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19305#comment-101835 Neat facts about his gun slinging papa: His father and uncle put a cap in Andrew Jackson. Andrew had the bullet in him the rest of his life. His father had a gun drawn on him during a congressional meeting. His father killed a young political enemy during a duel on Bloody Island. I have a motto about avoiding any island called Bloody or Devil Island. Neat facts about his gun slinging papa:

His father and uncle put a cap in Andrew Jackson. Andrew had the bullet in him the rest of his life.

His father had a gun drawn on him during a congressional meeting.

His father killed a young political enemy during a duel on Bloody Island. I have a motto about avoiding any island called Bloody or Devil Island.

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