Texas Reader - Curious Drams of Texas History and Culture
Posted at 20:13 • 16 Sept • Michelle M. Haas A Dumb Solution to a Dumber Problem I wrote last week about the proposed efforts to remove the word "heroic" from Texas history curriculum to describe the Alamo defenders. Many...
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In Defense of Alamo Heroism Posted at 4:38 • 10 Sept • Michelle M. Haas Given the chance, would you have defended the Alamo? Hemmed in within its decrepit walls for two weeks, with the enemy flying a flag of...
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You've probably heard the story of the Gonzales cannon and the Come and Take It flag, but many versions are second or third-hand and have been mythologized to some extent. But Noah Smithwick, blacksmith, Indian trader, Texas Ranger, was actually...
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