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Texasgal

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19. I'm not shocked by this.

Reply to IrishBubbaLiberal (Original post)

Sat Mar 22, 2025, 08:49 PM

Mar 2025

I remember learning Texas History in school before American History... Looking back it seems odd. Plus, the stories and the "history" never seemed to match up to anecdotal stories passed down for generations.

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'FORGET THE ALAMO' UNRAVELS A TEXAS HISTORY MADE OF MYTHS, OR RATHER, LIES [View all] IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 OP

Excellent review of a pernicious myth long overlooked al bupp Mar 2025 #1

My spouse's family of New Spain, was in what became Tejas, in 1718 IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 #2

More details..... IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 #3

Muy interesante al bupp Mar 2025 #5

Old story but still fun to read. Grins Mar 2025 #4

Forget the Alamo! Remember the Republic of the Rio Grande! Xipe Totec Mar 2025 #6

One of my favorite movies Mblaze Mar 2025 #7

My favorite closing line of any movie, ever. Paladin Mar 2025 #11

Here a write up on that movie IrishBubbaLiberal Mar 2025 #20

Sayles's movies always have real human beings. Mblaze Mar 2025 #21

Well said. I have a friend who is into the "Moorish American" thing bhikkhu Mar 2025 #8

Folks, this is an easy one. We were stealing their land. ashredux Mar 2025 #9

One other item you forget gay texan Mar 2025 #18

Thank you for the reminder of this very important book. I read it niyad Mar 2025 #10

Excellent book! Abbott hates it... lol Shipwack Mar 2025 #12

Best book ever written about The Alamo is a novel. Paladin Mar 2025 #13

In Ulysses S. Grant's Autobiography Zorro Mar 2025 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author Shipwack Mar 2025 #15

Thanks for posting this. It wasn't until a few years ago that I learned that the "Mexican War" raccoon Mar 2025 #16

I was born in Travis County (Austin) momta Mar 2025 #17

I'm not shocked by this. Texasgal Mar 2025 #19

I saw the 1960 John Wayne "Alamo" movie. Paladin Mar 2025 #22