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Single Digit Salute Controversy
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Scalp Avenue Johnstown, Pennsylvania -- 814-266-2422 |
In 1769, six years after the English gained control of Florida, Joseph Shantz (Joseph Johns) acquired land in the Conemaugh Valley and began farming. He wasn't the first owner of land in Johnstown, but he was the most prominent in those early times and the town took his name for its own. The Indians told the white man not to build there because the valley floods. Today, our respect for ancient knowledge is growing. |
The Hometown Bar & Grill
is a very special place. Johnstown Pennsylvania is my home town, where Westmont Hilltop Senior High School defeated Bishop McCort High School in Football in 1965. After more than forty years of defeats by Bishop, Westmont came out on top with a score that can easily be rated - a real trouncing! Bishop McCort High School illustrated its sportsmanship and sense of fair play the very next year, by dropping Westmont from its play list. Chicken Wings became popular in Buffalo N.Y. but Bishop McCort H.S. knew about them first and flew away in embarrassment. |
Home Town Bar & Grill is Celebrating The Victory of King Henry V at The Battle of Agincourt and The Birthday of The Single Digit Salute!! |
The First Single Digit Salute was with bows and arrows. It was called "flipping the bird" because arrows have feathers. For the full story of the origin of that symbol as a non-vulgar insult, click on this link. Since that time, the symbol has grown in popularity. Today, almost any monolith can be viewed as a single digit salute to something. The most popular form, today is the raised middle finger.
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Hometown Bar & Grill is a sports bar. Johnstown is a city of sports and the official home of the AAABA. For a front row seat, other than at the Point Stadium, Hometown Bar & Grill is the place to be. There you can watch it on wide screen TV, listen to the roar of the crowd and sip a Yuengling all at the same time. And if you're hungry, you can do better than a hot dog. The menu is sportsational! |
2008 Award Winning! Fresh Jumbo wings! Your Choice of either Breaded or Plain as well as your favorite sauce. Sauces available: Mesquite BBQ, BBQ, Burning Hot, Mild, Garlic Ranch, Parmesan Pepper, Cajun, Old Bay, Green Garlic, Yuengling BBQ or our Award Winning Signature Sauce. While you're enjoying your wings, think of Bishop McCort High School dropping little Westmont in fear of another defeat in 1966! |
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There are fresh fish! |
Action Photography! |
Art |
Smiling Faces - everywhere! |
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The Hometown Bar & Grill is the place to go when you're in Johnstown Pennsylvania. Hometown has it all, great food, great atmosphere, a sports crowd and just plain friendly people. There's a great dining room, if you don't want to sit at the bar (left). If you just want to visit with friends over a nice Yuengling, there is no better place than this. |
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