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re: Today in history: The Goliad Massacre
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:23 pm to Zach
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:23 pm to Zach
Texas declared independence in 1836 and operated as a republic until officially annexed by the US in 1946. I think the author just got dates mixed up or made a typo, even though Mexico did not recognize Texas as an independent republic after Texas won the war against them.
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Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:23 pm to Zach
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Weren't they a territory before being a state?
Texas was an independent nation from 1836-1845.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:24 pm to Zach
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Weren't they a territory before being a state?
They were an independent republic from 1836 to1845, when they became a state.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:32 pm to tigerfootball10
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Obama would be quick to remind you of the Crusades
Horrible, evil, yuge Christian campaign... crusades:
Now let's look at the battles fought between Islam and Christianity due to Muslim aggression/expansion:
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 2:36 pm
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:33 pm to WhiskeyPapa
The 2005 Alamo movie was pretty dreadful. The plot had little dramatic drive or focus. Five major characters had significant screen time, Crockett, Houston, Travis, Bowie and Santa Anna. The assault on the Alamo was very realistic but of course with the predictable ending. The movie continued on until the defeat of the Mexicans at San Jacinto. Like the Wayne movie it was a commercial failure.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:36 pm to Gaspergou202
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Warning for today!
Look what happened to the Mexican province of Texas with unvetted, uncontrolled, illegal aliens pouring over their unprotected border!
Just saying.
Well done my man - well done indeed =
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:38 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Billy Bob Thornton as Davy Crockett. 
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:43 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Cool image of the Alamo showing the palisade defended by Crockett, the Tennesseans and others. One thing the Alamo movie did get right was that this Mexican column attacking from the southeast was driven off. The Mexicans swarmed over the north wall.
Defense of the palisade as imagined in the Wayne movie. John Wayne is 3rd from the left.
This post was edited on 3/27/17 at 10:51 pm
Posted on 3/27/17 at 2:49 pm to WhiskeyPapa
The defenders of the Alamo were not a bunch of dirt farmers. Many were well to do and well known back east, including of course Crockett. The massacre at the Alamo was a senstation back in New York City.
Still a great resource on the Alamo fight. By Walter Lord
Still a great resource on the Alamo fight. By Walter Lord
Posted on 3/27/17 at 3:43 pm to dafuqusay
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Grew up round there and went to school in Goliad through 5th grade. Gotta stop at LaBahia also.
Took my Cub Scout Pack there... It was AWESOME!! They loved it!
Posted on 3/27/17 at 4:02 pm to AustinTigr
I was actually talking about the restaurant but yeah the fort is pretty cool. We use to have little league parties there. Posted on 3/27/17 at 7:53 pm to WhiskeyPapa
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John Wayne is 3rd from the left.
Holding that musket like a Winchester.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 8:13 pm to Zach
Does not hold a candle to the Bowling Green Massacre
Posted on 3/27/17 at 8:18 pm to WhiskeyPapa
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The Mexicans swarmed over the north wall.
Need to build a better wall.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 8:27 pm to Zach
One of the more moving things I've seen is when William Travis' "Victory or Death" letter being displayed in the Alamo, the first time it had returned since he sent it before his death in 1836.
This is some very, very stirring stuff. Travis "Victory or Death" letter returns to Alamo in 2013 after he sent it 177 years before
To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world—
Fellow citizens & compatriots—
I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna—I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man—The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken—I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls—I shall never surrender or retreat
Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch—The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days.
If this call is neglected, I am deter mined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country — Victory or Death
William Barret Travis
LINK
This is some very, very stirring stuff. Travis "Victory or Death" letter returns to Alamo in 2013 after he sent it 177 years before
To the People of Texas & all Americans in the world—
Fellow citizens & compatriots—
I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna—I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man—The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken—I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls—I shall never surrender or retreat
Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch—The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days.
If this call is neglected, I am deter mined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country — Victory or Death
William Barret Travis
LINK
Posted on 3/27/17 at 8:27 pm to Champagne
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Texas history and Louisiana history both are very interesting and fun to learn.
Texas and the Southwest? Yes, very interesting.
Louisiana? Nah.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 9:41 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Marty Robbins is integral to any celebration of the Alamo and the fight for Texas independence.
Ballad of the Alamo
Of course - there would be no Texas without Tennesseans.
Ballad of the Alamo
Of course - there would be no Texas without Tennesseans.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 9:47 pm to idlewatcher
Remember the Alamo, and remember Goliad
Posted on 3/27/17 at 9:55 pm to Gaspergou202
Mexico at first encouraged immigration to the thinly populated northern orovince.
Posted on 3/27/17 at 10:01 pm to WhiskeyPapa
Crockett was captured alive and tried to talk his way out of it, claiming he was at the Alamo by happenstance.
Arguably there would be no Texas without Louisiana. Sam Houston's army at San Jacinto was led by officers and NCOs from the US 2nd Infantry Regiment based across the Sabine River at Fort Jesup, who were allowed to temporarily "resign" and fight in Texas.
Arguably there would be no Texas without Louisiana. Sam Houston's army at San Jacinto was led by officers and NCOs from the US 2nd Infantry Regiment based across the Sabine River at Fort Jesup, who were allowed to temporarily "resign" and fight in Texas.
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