Most people outside of the state probably don't give March 2nd too much thought, but it's a big day here. A buddy of mine had a post on FB about it, so I dug up my old copy of T.R. Fehrenbach's Lone Star, and found a passage I had highlighted. (If you're in the know, then you know that Lone Star is an outstanding go-to for Texas history).
From Fehrenbach: "Tired, dirty, bearded, hungry, angry - terrible - the army leveled its long rifles and went forward across the open plain. A Georgian Huegenot on the right, a Kentucky colonel on the left, at the head a Scotch-Irish agent of destiny from Tennessee, paced by a German fifer and a Negro beating on a drum, the Texans marched across the grass, up the swell, and down upon a dozing Mexican camp."
Happy Independence Day, Texas.
2 years ago
great post Mr. Edwards, but I can never spell Ferrinback?! #hookem
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