An important anniversary in Texas history is looming, so I though it would be a good idea to lead up to the event with a good ol’ countdown. I need some way of distinguishing myself from the rest of the blogosphere, no? Since my focus is primarily on military history, I will be giving my…
May 11, 1846 – The last day of the Texas Republic
I made a funny discovery in the Texas archives a couple of years ago: the Texas history textbooks are wrong. In all fairness, yes, they have to leave out certain details for the sake of brevity. But I discovered an omission that really stings because the books leave off the tail ending of the most…