Royalty
Queen Elizabeth, visiting a U.S. Army hospital in England, stopped at the bedside of Lieut. John P. Maher and asked: "Where are you from?" Said Maher: "The Bronx." The Queen said she knew The Bronx was a borough of New York City, then asked how it got its name. When Maher could not answer, Lieut. General John C. H. Lee, the Queen's escort, offered $20 to anyone who could. An onlooker, Captain Bill Tourney, a 31-year-old Bronxite, spoke up: "It is named for a German or Dutch farmer . . . who settled...
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