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re: The most famous historical event in the state of Texas was a defeat

Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:34 pm to
Posted by Diamondawg
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:34 pm to
Technicality but few people that lost were actually from Texas. Plus Texas was not a state at the time of the Battle of the Alamo
Posted by Mootsman
Charlotte, NC
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:36 pm to
US govt was asking for it.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:37 pm to
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Unlike South Carolina, Texas was actually able to drive out an invading force from an outside country despite being outnumbered.





Umm, you're welcome
Posted by Mootsman
Charlotte, NC
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:38 pm to
Francis Marion single handedly defeated the British. Read a book some time.
Posted by Vols&Shaft83
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:40 pm to
What did Davy Crockett say when he got to the Alamo?



"Where the frick did all these landscapers come from?"
Posted by Diamondawg
Mississippi
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:40 pm to
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Francis Marion single handedly defeated the British. Read a book some time.
Swamp Fox? One of my favorite Disney segments back in the day.
Posted by Central Pork
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:46 pm to
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Francis Marion single handedly defeated the British. Read a book some time.


Francis Marion is one my ancestors. Our family is very proud if it.
Posted by Farmer1906
The Woodlands, TX
Member since Apr 2009
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:53 pm to
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Technicality but few people that lost were actually from Texas. Plus Texas was not a state at the time of the Battle of the Alamo



That's right. We weren't a state. We were our own country.
Posted by jcolding41
Member since Sep 2015
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:53 pm to
Thats pretty damn cool. I need to do some digging on ancestry sometime.
Posted by thatthang
Member since Jan 2012
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:55 pm to
Awful thread. There weren't many Texans at the Alamo at all, they left the heavy fighting to others. It seems Texans have never played defense.
Posted by Old Sarge
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 1:57 pm to
Wrong, that happened in the country Of Texas NOT the state of Texas
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 2:43 pm to
I'm a direct descendant of the 1st cousin of William B. Travis. My family can't get through a holiday gathering without mentioning it. Lot's of members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in our family. That would also mean that James Bonham's family are my ancestors as well. Trophy club!
This post was edited on 9/29/17 at 2:45 pm
Posted by The muffintime
Tampa Bay Metro
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 2:45 pm to
Thanks for the reminder
Posted by Pettifogger
Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:11 pm to
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Unlike South Carolina, Texas was actually able to drive out an invading force from an outside country despite being outnumbered.



Notice he didn't actually attribute that to Texans
Posted by Central Pork
Member since Jul 2014
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:52 pm to
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I'm a direct descendant of the 1st cousin of William B. Travis. My family can't get through a holiday gathering without mentioning it. Lot's of members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in our family. That would also mean that James Bonham's family are my ancestors as well. Trophy club!


That is awesome. Francis Marion was on my Mom's side of the family. On my Dad's side, my great, great (?) grandfather married a Cherokee lady. One of their daughters ended up married to Sam Houston. He caught a lot of shite for being marred to a "half-breed". But, he didn't care.

Posted by The muffintime
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:53 pm to
I'm so unappreciated.
Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
30600 posts
Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:55 pm to
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Thats pretty damn cool. I need to do some digging on ancestry sometime.

You may want to rethink that. Mark Twain said that he once paid a man $500 to do his genealogy, then had to pay him $500 more to destroy the information .
Posted by JustGetItRight
Member since Jan 2012
15715 posts
Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:58 pm to
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where the Texans caught the Mexicans literally with their pants down


And thus begins an Aggie tradition



Just shut it down. CNB has won the thread.

Posted by coachcrisp
pensacola, fl
Member since Jun 2012
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 3:59 pm to
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grandfather married a Cherokee lady.
A Cherokee lady?..WTF?
Posted by AggieDub14
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Posted on 9/29/17 at 4:06 pm to
Oh wow so you're like 7% victim

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