FW: [MR] Coronation Curia - New Orders?

[Thorgrimm at aol.com]

In a message dated 09/18/2001 7:07:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dukelogan at directvinternet.com writes:


> interesting as i tried to use it in place of the nonpareil (for the same
> reason) and was told that we could not as the manatee is a new world animal
> and it would be heraldically inaccurate.  however, if there really is a need
> for yet another level of awards (although i always thought we did what we
> did because its what we wanted to do and that awards were not the issue)
> then i guess a manatee is better than a conch.
> 
> 

   The manatee was one of the first critters that folks mentioned when 
talking about the discovery of the New World. Since there was a western 
European presence here from 1492 onward, I'd saw that's pretty darned 
documentable.

Hrothgar
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