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Jocko the job of keeping watch over the troops’ horses while they were away at battle and keeping a lantern lit by the edge of the Delaware River so the soldiers could find their way back.
That 12-year old boy did his job valiantly, but when the troops returned they found him frozen in place, lantern in hand and horses tied to him. Legend has it that Washington was so moved by Jocko’s steadfastness that he commissioned a statue of Jocko to stand guard at Mount Vernon. He called the statue “Faithful Groomsman,” and the lawn jockey was bom.
It remains a mystery, though, why we call him a jockey when he was really a groomsman. It’s possible that over time his name was misinterpreted. It is also possible that, being the colorful people that we are here in the South, he took on the appearance associated with horse jockeys when we created our own loyal guardsmen and donned them in vivid ensembles.
At the other end of the spectrum, we have the pink flamingo, and there is no tearjerking story here. It seems
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