[Fiji Hill]

Plenty of patriotism to be discovered in Texas. Try the Alamo. Stay home & save your money.

If your patriotism needs regeneration, check out these sites in Texas:

• Buffalo Bayou, east of Houston, site of the San Jacinto Monument and the battleship USS Texas

• The Texas Civil War museum in Fort Worth, which gives a different perspective on the War than you will find in similar museums north of the Potomac

• The Mission Trails in El Paso and San Antonio, with their seventeenth-and eighteenth-century houses of worship

• The Coleto Creek battlefield in Fannin and the historic city of Goliad nearby

• Washington-on-the Brazos, where Texas declared its independence from Mexico

• Palmito Ranch, site of the last battle of the Civil War

[Dysart]

I'd add this one:

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's 1,200-acre San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site consists of the San Jacinto Battleground, Monument and Battleship Texas. These sites are located within minutes of downtown Houston and a short distance from the beaches of Galveston Island. Millions of visitors come to this area each year to enjoy the mild coastal climate and cultural and sports activities. Visitors experience history first-hand through living history at the San Jacinto Battleground and Battleship Texas. In 1948, the Battleship Texas became the first battleship memorial museum in the United States. That same year, on the anniversary of Texas Independence, the Texas was presented to the State of Texas and commissioned as the flagship of the Texas Navy. In 1983, the Texas was placed under the stewardship of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is permanently anchored on the Buffalo Bayou and the busy Houston Ship Channel.

[elcid1970]

Last time I was in Texas was flight school at Fort Wolters in 1971 (next stop Vietnam). Hope I can see the Alamo & the other patriotic sites in Texas now that I’m retired.

As for New England, fuggedabouddit!