They further believe that when American soldiers arrived in Belgium during World War I and tasted the Belgian fries, they labeled them French simply because at that time it was the official language of the Belgian Army.
Bernie Sanders draws biggest crowd of any 2016 candidate yet. MADISON, Wisconsin â âIn case you havenât noticed, there are a lot of people here,â Bernie Sanders said a bit awed as he took the stage in front of nearly 10,000 in a coliseum here. Sanders has been attracting outsize crowds wherever he takes his unlikely presidential campaign.
Richmond, with a population of over 100,000 people, is the largest city in the country with a Green mayor. Fairfax, California, Arcata, California, Sebastopol, California, and New Paltz, New York are the only towns in the United States to ever hold a Green Party majority in their town councils.he Association of State Green Parties (ASGP) encouraged and backed Nader's presidential runs in 1996 and 2000. By 2001, the push to separate electoral activity from the G/GPUA issue-based organizing led to the Boston Proposal and subsequent rise of the Green Party of the United States.