I wore faux coonskin on my head, and once told an adult that everyone called meplain old David, but that my real name was Davy Crockett.
The boys were very taken with all the re-enactors and even volunteered to be getup at 5:30 for the commemoration of the battle’s bloody pre-dawn conclusion.
I distinctly remember the panels in which Texian sharpshooters killed Mexicansoldiers and celebrated.
You feel them whether the gray on your head comes from your own hair or fromyour coonskin cap.
Yes, the epic battle was to some extent fought in defense of slavery. Jim Bowiehimself was a big-time slave trader.
Portrait by George P.A. Healy, c. 1820
Stephen L. Hardin made a name for himself with his military history of the TexasRevolution, "Texian Iliad."

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