Yessir he was for sure!!
A true Texas fact
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I vaguely remember my Granddad talking about him - they were both stationed at Fort Sam Houston at the same time.
Who is this Saban dude that I hear talk about - just say'n!
One pissed off dude this morning!
Caught the 4th quarter…..wow!!! How about them Aggies.
like the good ole days, if we beat tu, it was a winning season.
like the good ole days, if we beat tu, it was a winning season.
Gig'em!
Funny thing all these years. This is a fact I have never committed to memory…….whereas April 21, 1836 is always there…….
I got a fun fact for ya'll.
If Alaska was split in 2.....each piece would still be bigger than Texas!!!
If Alaska was split in 2.....each piece would still be bigger than Texas!!!
Y'all just THOUGHT that I'd forget to mention that the famed Lone Star flag ----- the coolest flag in the history of forever ---- is 183 years old today. Yup, it was on Jan. 25, 1839 that the Republic of Texas adopted the Lone Star flag as its official flag. They said "[T]he national flag of Texas shall consist of a blue perpendicular stripe of the width of one third of the whole length of the flag, with a white star of five points in the centre thereof, and two horizontal stripes of equal breadth, the upper stripe white, the lower red, of the length of two thirds of the whole length of the flag."
Senator William H. Wharton introduced a bill on December 28, 1838, containing the flag's design, and the bill was referred to a committee consisting of Senator Oliver Jones and two unnamed senators. This committee reported a substitute bill embodying the flag design introduced by Wharton, and the substitute bill was passed by the Congress on January 21, 1839 and approved by President Mirabeau B. Lamar on January 25, 1839.
The official art for the Lone Star Flag, shown here, was drawn by Peter Krag and approved by President Lamar. The actual designer of the Lone Star Flag is unknown, but it could have been William Wharton. Note the Republic of Texas seal. This was signed on the top by Mirabeau Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas; John M. Hansford, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives; and David Burnet, President of the Texas Senate.
Long may it wave!
Senator William H. Wharton introduced a bill on December 28, 1838, containing the flag's design, and the bill was referred to a committee consisting of Senator Oliver Jones and two unnamed senators. This committee reported a substitute bill embodying the flag design introduced by Wharton, and the substitute bill was passed by the Congress on January 21, 1839 and approved by President Mirabeau B. Lamar on January 25, 1839.
The official art for the Lone Star Flag, shown here, was drawn by Peter Krag and approved by President Lamar. The actual designer of the Lone Star Flag is unknown, but it could have been William Wharton. Note the Republic of Texas seal. This was signed on the top by Mirabeau Lamar, President of the Republic of Texas; John M. Hansford, Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives; and David Burnet, President of the Texas Senate.
Long may it wave!
oh, wow - I've never seen that document before!
Since you brought up the lone star....here's what I think of.
The Texas Quote of the Day, written in 1845, shows that both Texas braggadocio and the way outsiders view that braggadocio are not new phenomena:
"They [the Texans] are citizens of the free and enlightened Republic of Texas, which boasts itself the smartest nation in all creation, and like most Yankees transplanted from their native localities to the rank soil of Texas, are lazy, reckless and rude beyond the conception of anything European."
----- Littell's Living Age magazine, January-March, 1845
"They [the Texans] are citizens of the free and enlightened Republic of Texas, which boasts itself the smartest nation in all creation, and like most Yankees transplanted from their native localities to the rank soil of Texas, are lazy, reckless and rude beyond the conception of anything European."
----- Littell's Living Age magazine, January-March, 1845
Just so Y'alls know!
Likely more intelligent employees working in those branches than in any branch of Washington District of Criminals.
I love the other 2 but hate HEB. Too many years as a vendor for them....
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Love HEB … hate Buc - ees
had the pleasure of stopping at a couple of buc-ees while in texas recently. What A Place!!!
Love Whataburger
Love HEB
Love Buc-ee's
What can I say...true Texan
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Been a Texan for 66 years … still hate Buc-ees