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Forum: Should we continue to celebrate Texas Independence Day?
Jerry Patterson
By joint resolution, in 1871 the 14th Texas Legislature established March 2 as an official Texas holiday to commemorate the adoption at Washington-on-the-Brazos of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Since then, many millions of Texas schoolchildren have been taught that March 2, 1836 is no less significant than July 4, 1776. The day is often celebrated with parades, ceremonies, and children’s choirs singing “Texas, Our Texas, All Hail the Mighty State”.
Remembering the words of Bob Wills and Tommy Duncan’s western swing classic song, “Time Changes Everything,” it now appears there’s an ever-growing list of “woke” Texans who claim it is time to change how Texans view the events of 1836. In their mind, it was all about slavery and oppression.
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I used to think Patagonia was the best place for adventure travel in Argentina. Then I made it to the NW provinces of Salta and Jujuy, where some of my favorite locations on Earth seemed conveniently smashed together into one trippy, Torrontes wine-fueled playground. Think “Grand Canyon meets Uyuni salt flats meets those cool rainbow mountains of Peru meets Quechua culture from Bolivia meets wine country,” and then top it all off with some badass gauchos singing their hearts out about lost love while you gorge on hearty llama stew.
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