John F. Byrne, founder of the Byrne Brothers, was born on this day in 1859. The Byrne Brothers may the major vaudeville act with origins closest to my own hometown in Southern Rhode Island. The Byrnes were from Norwich, Connecticut, just across the state border. Providence, where the Four Cohans started, is technically closer, but […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:36AM on October 26, 2017