I was initially going to wait until I got back from a convention in Dallas to start posting, but then I figure getting a head start might not be a terrible idea so I get in the habit of posting.
Martin Devon points out an
article in FoxNews about efforts in my own home town of Houston to kill the phrase "Remember the Alamo"
I left this in his comments tray, reprinted for your pleasure:
This is beyond depressing. I guess even my state of Texas is not beyond this nonsense. The entire "Remember the Alamo" phrase was not even a dig at Mexico or a comment on Mexican barbarianism. It was a tribute to the brave Texan soldiers who faught there.
Yes, there was a battle. Yes, the Mexicans won. Yes, all but a handful of Texans chose to die rather than be captured. Yes, that was used as a battle cry later on for a war Texas eventually won.
That's the way things occured. Is the fact that our smaller army whooped their bigger one offensive, too? Should we rewrite the ending or ignore it altogether?
Alex
PS. There is another battle cry that the Texas soldiers used... "Remember Goliad" which was an incident where Mexican soldiers slaughtered soldiers who had surrendered. That phrase was certainly a dig at Mexicans. That doesn't make it any less true, though.
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