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" In 1996 Restaurant Chain Taco Bell Announced That It Had Purchased
( On April Fools' Day ) Which National Treasure In An Effort To Help Reduce
Government Debts " ?
A. The Lincoln Memorial
B. Liberty Bell
C. The White House
D. Yellowstone National Park
E. Mount Rushmore
( On April Fools' Day ) Which National Treasure In An Effort To Help Reduce
Government Debts " ?
A. The Lincoln Memorial
B. Liberty Bell
C. The White House
D. Yellowstone National Park
E. Mount Rushmore
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" Name A Term Used In Football " ?
"... a time when stadiums, highways, and cherished football bowl games were getting corporate sponsors, news that the Liberty Bell had been purchased by Taco Bell—and was being renamed the Taco Liberty Bell—rang true.
April fool!
Taco Bell’s April 1, 1996, prank caught the nation, and the National Park Service, off guard.
It began that morning with full-page ads running in six of the country’s largest newspapers, including the New York Times, Washington Post and Philadelphia Inquirer. The ad claimed Taco Bell was buying the historic icon in “an effort to help the national debt,” and urged other corporations to purchase national treasures.
A news release issued by Taco Bell showed its chief executive officer with an actor portraying Benjamin Franklin in front of a Liberty Bell replica. The release said the bell would continue to be available to the public, but it would spend half of its time in Philadelphia and the other half at company headquarters in Irvine, Calif.
The phones started to ring at the National Park Service and at Taco Bell headquarters. Among the concerned callers were aides to two U.S. senators. In Philadelphia, the Park Service hastily called a news conference to declare that the bell had not been sold. “The Libery Bell is safe. It’s not for sale,” a spokeswoman said.
By noon, Taco Bell issued another news release admitting the prank and pledging $50,000 for the Liberty Bell’s upkeep.
At the White House, spokesman Mike McCurry got into the spirit of the hoax, telling reporters that Ford Motor Co. was purchasing the Lincoln Memorial, which would be renamed the Lincoln Mercury Memorial.
Larry Lipman is a senior editor at AARP Bulletin Today."
I appreciate knowing about that April Fool....very clever!!!!
in France in the middle 1500s.
Before that time, one calendar was used throughout Europe.
Under this calendar, each new year began on April 1st. On that day, people
celebrated by exchanging gifts and visiting each other.
Then in 1564, King Charles IX of France adopted a new calendar and decreed
that each new year was to begin on January 1st. However, while most people
followed their king’s decree, there were some who did not like the idea of the
change and refused to accept the new New Year’s Day.
These people soon became the butt of jokes and tricks by their friends and
neighbors because they continued to observe April 1st as New Year’s Day.
These friends and neighbors sent mock gifts, invited these people to fake parties,
and played tricks on them because they were “April Fools,” people who clung to
their April New Year’s Day.