Texicans

Submitted by Bill St. Clair on Fri, 2008-04-25 08:16.

Mike Vanderboegh at Mindful Musings - the story of Texas winning independence from Mexico. The Texicans were defeated at the Alamo, but they won big at San Jacinto.

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So remember on this San Jacinto Day in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Eight, those indomitable Texicans. Remember the eighteen Gonzales militiamen at the river, taunting five times their number with "Come and take it!" Remember, too , Erastus "Deaf" Smith and his six brave bridge burners, who -- with their commander's assent -- committed their outnumbered little army to victory or death. And remember the 800, who took their lives and their freedom in their own hands and won the improbable lopsided victory against a superior force. As long as Texas produces such men, she and the larger Republic she later joined will stay free. Texicans may still be a bit conceited today, but heck, they earned it. As they say, "It ain't braggin' if you can do it." And they did it. Remember San Jacinto.

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