March 6: Alamo Day in Texas

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On Mar. 6, 1836, the Alamo in San Antonio fell, after withstanding a 13- day siege by Mexican dictator Santa Anna's troops.

Remember the Alamo. Never forget their sacrifice that bought Gen. Sam Houston time to raise the army that defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto.
 
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I grew up in East Texas, and back in the day (1960s) many of the teachers spoke about Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William B. Travis like they were in the next room. I remember one of our teachers teaching about the Alamo and relating the story of Moses Rose - the man who allegedly escaped from the Alamo after Travis drew the "line in the sand". Our assignment was to write a short story about the Alamo. I wrote a fictional story about Moses Rose saying he was actually on a secret mission on behalf of Colonel Travis, and was ordered to escape in order to execute his mission. A few days later, the teacher asked me to stay after class ended. She told me that while I had satisfied the assignment, she was very unhappy that I chose to "clear Rose's name". I think I got a "B-" on the paper, so that was fine with me, but I always thought it was funny about the teacher's impression of my paper.

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Dave
 
I heard a really good joke, but a long one, where the punch line is "and the Texan stood up, yelled "Remember the Alamo!" and threw out the Mexican". Will post it if anyone's really interested.
 
A Texan is on his first visit up north, and he is absolutely fascinated by the sights and sounds of the big city. He sees a suspension bridge in the distance, and never having seen one in his life, he decides to go in for a closer look. Upon reaching the bridge, he is horrified to see a man holding on to the rail and mere inches from falling to a watery death.

Thinking quickly, the Texan says: "Hey partner - whatever you do, don't let go of that rail". The man slowly turns his face to the Texan and says: "Life isn't worth living. No one loves me, no one cares about me, no one will ever remember me." The Texan says: "Whoa, buddy - remember your wife?". "She left me", said the man. "Well, remember your kids?" said the Texan. "They left me to go with my wife", was the response. "Well, remember your best friend?", said the Texan. "He run off with my wife", said the man. By this time the Texan was running out of ideas, when suddenly, he had an inspiration..."Well, Remember the Alamo!", the Texan said proudly. "The what?" said the man. "Jump and die you no good yankee!"


Regards,

Dave
 
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"El Deguello", authentic version. Played to signal that no prisoners would be taken in the final assault on the Alamo.

The song meant "Cut Throats".

Imagine how the defenders felt when they heard that played by Santa Anna's massed bands...
 
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Music from the Alamo movie made by John Wayne, 1960. Includes Dimitri Timompkin's version of, "El Deguello", also used in several Western movies.
 
Deguello - YouTube

"El Deguello", authentic version. Played to signal that no prisoners would be taken in the final assault on the Alamo.

The song meant "Cut Throats".

Imagine how the defenders felt when they heard that played by Santa Anna's massed bands...

Don't expect me to wet my pants. If I was there, I would have climbed to the top of a wall, mooned Santa Ana, and yelled, "We ain't taking any prisoners either, you hijo de una perra." If I'm going to go, I ain't going easy.

Actually, I would have said something a little different in Spanish, but any one here who speaks Spanish gets the idea.
 
Don't expect me to wet my pants. If I was there, I would have climbed to the top of a wall, mooned Santa Ana, and yelled, "We ain't taking any prisoners either, you hijo de una perra." If I'm going to go, I ain't going easy.

Actually, I would have said something a little different in Spanish, but any one here who speaks Spanish gets the idea.

I think the word you want is the male form, "perro." ?? (Dog)
 
We, Texans, would be remiss if we did not acknowledge and express our gratitude to the many Tennesseans who gave their lives at the Alamo. Should the roles ever be reversed, I truly believe Texas would come to the defense of Tennessee in its time of need.
 
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