Schools these days are less and less likely to be named for historical figures, but on May 23 the school board of Ogden, Utah approved naming a new elementary school: James A. Madison Elementary School. Trouble is, James Madison didn't have an "A" for his middle initial. He didn't even have a middle name to be initialized. A history teacher pointed out the error before the school's sign was completed.
The full story is here.
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I think the folks in Utah were thinking of James A. Garfield, the only James A. that springs to mind. Or maybe they just decided that everyone ought to have a middle initial. That's what the Air Force did to my brother-in-law, Michael (no middle name) Cudse and made his official ID say Michael A. Cudse. Then there's the case of Harry Truman who became Harry S Truman; his official moniker doesn't even have a period after the S; go figure.
Then there's the Southern custom of giving boys just initials instead of names. Reader's Digest once had a story about the fellow who filled out the Name section of an application form with R. (only) B. (only) Jones, only to be known ever after as Ronly Bonly Jones.
You can't win.
...rhymeswithplague
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