Battle of Gonzales (wikipedia FWIW)
“The Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army soldiers.
In 1831, Mexican authorities lent the settlers of Gonzales a small cannon to help protect them from frequent Comanche raids. Over the next four years, the political situation in Mexico deteriorated, and in 1835 several states revolted. As the unrest spread, Colonel Domingo de Ugartechea, the commander of all Mexican troops in Texas, felt it unwise to leave the residents of Gonzales with a weapon and requested the return of the cannon.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gonzales
I had never heard of “Juneteenth” until two days ago. I doubt anyone will remember it in two years. What a joke. Just call it “Juneteemph an sheeeeit” and make it real. What a joke.
It’s a pretty sad state of affairs when that fact that something was peaceful makes the news.
To those here who were NOT BLESSED to be TEXICAN, The Battle Of Gonzalez was UNIQUE for one thing: NOBODY got wounded or killed in the skirmish & only ONE person was injured = A Texican militiaman, who was injured by his own horse.= He got a broken nose.
Just the FACTS. - It wasn’t much of a battle but otoh, the Texas Revolution was a war that had only 2 major battles & one HORRID WAR CRIME, the MASSACRE of POWs at Goliad.
The Battle of San Jacinto, where GEN Sam Houston defeated The Dictator, GEN Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, lasted only 18 MINUTES.
Yours, TMN78247
From the article:
“We all come from different creeds, different religions, different political view but today we are human.”
“Celebrate all you want, protest all you want that’s the American way,” said Joe White who helped organize this year’s Gonzales Juneteenth celebration.
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“It’s all about community. Look around right now there’s no negativity. There’s not one confrontation that we had. All these different groups we ended up all walking together. Here’s the sheriff.”
^^ That ^^ is what it’s all about !
Clean up after all the city wants...