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CTyankee

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14. There needs to be a national understanding of that. As a 3rd generatiion Texan, I used to hear all that shit about the

Reply to thomski64 (Reply #12)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 12:10 PM

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Alamo, but have since been educated as to the real reason for the battle, which was essentially about slavery, just as you say in your post. As recently as a month ago, an acquaintance of mine went there, while on a business trip to San Antonio. He didn't get the real story so as a young guy from CT who knew nothing about the Alamo, he gets the same old shit I did over 70 years ago.

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