The Duke realized that it was time....and he had the guts to do what he had to do: make peace the THE Peacemaker.
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Not many people realize he converted to Catholicism.
He was married three times....all three times to women of Hispanic and Catholic heritage. Certainly a factor in him being familiar with Catholicism and visa versa.
Great link. I tweeted it.
The Duke as Davy Crockett. Great movie. I remember the speech well without even watching the clip. I own the movie and have witched it many a time. To bad that speech never happened, but Crockett was a real hero just the same.
Ahh, Davey, Davey crockett, King of the wild frontier!
In some aspects, Crockett was the original Tea party congressman who wanted to go to Washington to change things.
Then he ran up against President Andrew Jackson’s political machine. He crossed Jackson, and Jackson spread out his money to get him defeated in the next congressional elections.
Crockett lost his re-election bid, and moved farther west.
He eventually ended up in Texas, with the hopes of helping some Texans find the freedom he felt was lost back East.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
We know how Crockett’s story ended, any guesses on how ours will?
John Wayne was known for his colorful and profane rants as director. Once, though, during the filming of the Alamo, we went off unaware that behind him were a group of nuns visiting the set. The Duke got red faced and didn’t swear on the set again. (from the book (John Wayne, American)
Batt for later read