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By Vince Leibowitz on Dec 27, 2007 in Texas Courts, Texas History, The Race For Speaker | 0 Comments
This is our first attempt at blogging from a mobile device.
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Category: Texas History
Remember The Alamo »
By Vince Leibowitz on Mar 6, 2007 in Texas History | 0 Comments
“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 their demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls — I shall never surrender or retreat.”
William B. Travis, in a final dispatch [...]
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Celebrating Texas Independence »
By Vince Leibowitz on Mar 2, 2007 in Texas History | 0 Comments
Today, we celebrate Texas Independence Day.
It is a day unique to Texas:
On the frozen morning of March 1, 1836, forty-four men shivered in an unfinished house in the tiny hamlet of Washington, Texas. They and fifteen other men who later joined them, representing all the municipalities, declared the Mexican province of Texas to be a [...]
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Does The New Dealy Plaza Film Prove There Was No Conspiracy To Assassinate Kennedy? »
By Vince Leibowitz on Feb 26, 2007 in Texas History | 0 Comments
As an “assassination buff” who has read nearly every book (not to mention seen nearly every documentary, including this one) ever written about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (and who owns a copy of the infamous Zapruder Film) back in 1963 and the various assassination theories, I’m a little skeptical about claims that [...]
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GLO Working To Preserve 1836 Goliad Letter »
By Vince Leibowitz on Feb 24, 2007 in Texas History | 1 Comment
Later this week, we’ll celebrate Texas Independence Day. And, today happens to be the same day that William B. Travis wrote his famous letter from the Alamo that begins, “To The People of Texas & All Americans in the world.”
But, there is another, though less famous, letter penned that day the General Land Office is [...]
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Q&A With Jerry Patterson »
By Vince Leibowitz on Feb 14, 2007 in Texas History | 0 Comments
The San Antonio Express News has up a Q&A with Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson. Sadly, it’s not over something like alternative energy. It is rehashing the “Confederate flag debate” that has been in the news recently.
On the bright side, Patterson had some very reasonable things to say and handled it nicely even if you [...]
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Land Commissioner Has No Need To Be On Defensive About Contribution From Descendants Of Confederate Veterans »
By Vince Leibowitz on Jan 18, 2007 in Texas History | 1 Comment
This afternoon at 2 p.m., Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson will accept a $250 donation from the Descendants of Confederate Veterans for Save Texas History, which will be used to help preserve many of the maps in the General Land Office archives.
I noticed a story about this in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and then found Patterson’s [...]
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