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[[Image:Kermit_blvd.jpg|300px|thumb|A street renamed for the town's favorite frog.]] |
[[Image:Kermit_blvd.jpg|300px|thumb|A street renamed for the town's favorite frog.]] |
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| + | '''Kermit, Texas''' is a city, in Winkler County, [[Texas]] that was named after Kermit Roosevelt, the second son of President Theodore Roosevelt. [[Kermit the Frog]] visited the city on October 14, [[2005]] as a launching pad for [[Kermit's World Tour]]. To commemorate the event, the United States Postal Service produced a [[wikipedia:Cancellation (mail)|pictorial cancellation]] for the date of Kermit's visit. <ref>Taylor, James C. "The Pictorial Cancellations of Texas," ''The Texas Philatelist'' 2006, Vol. 54, No. 3, pp 8–12. Web. (Accessed November 28, 2009.)[http://www.texasphilatelic.org/resources/journals/2006/mayjune06.pdf]</ref> |
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| − | Visited by [[Kermit the Frog]] as a launching pad for [[Kermit's World Tour]]. |
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| + | image:Kermit Texas pictorial cancel.jpg|Envelope bearing a Kermit stamp and cancelled with the '''Kermit the Frog Station''' pictorial cancel. |
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| + | Image:KermitPark.JPG|Kermit the Frog Birtceil Park dedication |
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Revision as of 19:39, 20 June 2014
The residents of Kermit, Texas, painted Kermit the Frog on their most prominent water tower when Kermit came to visit in 2005.
A street renamed for the town's favorite frog.
Kermit, Texas is a city, in Winkler County, Texas that was named after Kermit Roosevelt, the second son of President Theodore Roosevelt. Kermit the Frog visited the city on October 14, 2005 as a launching pad for Kermit's World Tour. To commemorate the event, the United States Postal Service produced a pictorial cancellation for the date of Kermit's visit. [1]
Envelope bearing a Kermit stamp and cancelled with the Kermit the Frog Station pictorial cancel.
Kermit the Frog Birtceil Park dedication
Kermit interviewed in Kermit, Texas