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unusual facts about Colonials


Colonials

George Washington Colonials, the athletic teams of George Washington University


Cataracts of the Nile

The six primary cataracts of the Nile are described extensively by European colonials, notably by Winston Churchill in The River War (1899), where he recounts the exploits of the British trying to return to Sudan between 1896 and 1898, after they were forced to leave in 1885.

Charles E. Smith Center

The Charles E. Smith Center is a 5,000-seat multipurpose arena in the United States' capital, Washington, D.C. It is home to the George Washington University Colonials men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the university's swimming, water polo, gymnastics, and volleyball teams.

Daniel Bayne

The same year, a royal proclamation put the Labrador coast under the governor of Newfoundland and, in 1765, Hugh Palliser ordered colonials barred from the coast.

Edenton Steamers

Hicks Field was home to minor league baseball and semipro teams up until 1952, including the Edenton Colonials of the original Coastal Plain League, the Albemarle League, and the Virginia League.

Edward Brabant

On 5 November 1899, Brabant raised the Light Horse regiment known as Brabant's Horse. The top strength of the unit was 600, all ranks, including South African colonials, Australians, British, Canadians.

George Washington Colonials men's basketball

President Bill Clinton joined the Colonials at Charles E. Smith Center when John Calipari and the top-ranked Massachusetts Minutemen came to Washington.

Jesuit Martyrs in Micronesia

With the missionaries came a garrison of thirty soldiers, many of them colonials from the Philippines, whose responsibility was to protect the missionaries and to pacify the local people if need should arise.

Joe Walton Stadium

The facility opened in 2005 and is named for Colonials head football coach Joe Walton.

Life As We Know It

Life as We Know It EP, by American Alternative rock band Wild Colonials

Marlon Favorite

He remained with the Colonials through the end of the 2010 UFL season.

Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League

Briar Woods/Thomas Jefferson Falcons/Colonials

Troupes de marine

This expression is believed to have originated with the famous missionary Charles de Foucauld who, when rescued by colonial troops, exclaimed "In the name of God, the great colonials!".

Walton Stadium

Joe Walton Stadium, field of the Robert Morris University Colonials football team

War Department Light Railways

Having built thousands of miles of new frontier track in Western Canada in the previous decades, these "colonials", led by J. Stewart, supplied the Canadian Corps who went on to victory at Vimy.


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