My pleasure! :^D
Posted on 03/06/2005 4:44:27 AM PST by Rightly Biased
I'm having a senior moment and can't get beyond the first two lines:
Texas, our Texas!
All Hail the mighty state!
(and then I'm lost)
Texas, Our Texas! all hail the mighty State!
Texas, Our Texas! so wonderful so great!
Boldest and grandest, withstanding ev'ry test
O Empire wide and glorious, you stand supremely blest.
(chorus)
Texas, O Texas! your freeborn single star,
Sends out its radiance to nations near and far,
Emblem of Freedom! it set our hearts aglow,
With thoughts of San Jacinto and glorious Alamo.
(chorus)
Texas, dear Texas! from tyrant grip now free,
Shines forth in splendor, your star of destiny!
Mother of heroes, we come your children true,
Proclaiming our allegiance, our faith, our love for you.
Chorus
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
God bless you Texas! And keep you brave and strong,
That you may grow in power and worth, throughout the ages long.
Well, I just pinged the thread for others.Here is an article I posted 3 years ago:
166 years later, Texas recalls the Goliad massacre
"Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!"
Thank you. I am proud to be a Texan.
Tis a great day to be a Texan! :^D
My pleasure! :^D
Amen! :^D
Not long ago, I did hear a grade school choir sing this at a function at the Capitol--which made my heart glad to know that some kids were getting it!
Thanks! I'd forgotten the significance of today.
Picked up a newspaper this AM, but stopped when I saw the Chronicle's front page headline "Rather's roots anchor him in trying times," so I don't know if they remembered this day in history or not.
Your Welcome!!!
Well I'm off to Church See yall tonight!!
God Bless Texas!
Remember the Alamo!!
Remember Goliad!!
You're very welcomed. My pleasure. :^)Picked up a newspaper this AM, but stopped when I saw the Chronicle's front page headline "Rather's roots anchor him in trying times," so I don't know if they remembered this day in history or not.
Here is the story that The Dallas Morning News carried in the Southwest section:
Flag's battle never ends
Relic of the Alamo, long sought by Texas, turns up in Mexican museum
12:19 AM CST on Sunday, March 6, 2005
Remember the Alamo flag?
More than a decade ago, just as Texas officials stepped up efforts for Mexico to return the only remaining banner known to have flown at the Battle of the Alamo, the Mexicans said they'd lost it.
But recently, a reporter found the flag once more on display in Mexico's National History Museum, a faded scrap of silk hung in a glass case amid 19th-century rifles and portraits. The once-blue fabric is faded to dirty white. Its fringe is intact, an eagle still spread across the middle over the words "God & Liberty."
"It's well taken care of," said Nina Serratos, a museum official in Mexico City. "The museum restored it."
The banner of volunteer Alamo defenders from New Orleans, a cherished bit of sacred cloth in the secular religion of Texana, is no closer to coming home than when the Mexican army took it away 169 years ago.
But spokesmen for Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Mexican President Vicente Fox, in answer to questions from The Dallas Morning News, indicated the door might be open to a deal that would return the Alamo flag to Texas.
"The governor has discussions with Mexican officials all the time," said Perry spokesman Robert Black. "I'm sure that at the appropriate time the governor will broach this.
"It's certainly something that Governor Perry would like to see back in the Texas archives."
Said Agustín Gutiérrez Canet, a spokesman for Mr. Fox: "If the United States has some Mexican flags, perhaps there could be an exchange. But that's a hypothetical idea."
As it happens, reciprocity is not so hypothetical a notion. Texas' archives has the battle flags from Mexico's Toluca, Guerrero and Matamoros battalions, captured in the decisive Battle of San Jacinto.
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Not a problem. Folks do need to be reminded. :^)
and Remember Agua Dulce Creek!
AGUA DULCE CREEK, BATTLE OF. The battle of Agua Dulce Creek, an engagement of the Texas Revolutionqv and an aftermath of the controversial Matamoros expedition of 1835-36,qv occurred twenty-six miles below San Patricio on March 2, 1836. Dr. James Grantqv and his party of twenty-three Americans and three Mexicans were surprised and defeated by a Mexican force under José de Urrea.qv Six of the volunteers escaped, five of whom joined James W. Fannin, Jr.,qv at Goliad and were killed in the Goliad Massacreqv on March 27; six were captured and taken to Matamoros as prisoners; all others were killed in the engagement.
From the Handbook of Texas Online,
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/AA/qfa1.html
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