Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836 On March 2, 1836, Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico. The Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos, now commonly referred to as the “birthplace of Texas.” Similar to the United States Declaration of Independence, this document focused on the rights of citizens to “life” and “liberty”…
Category: Texas History
On This Day in History: February 23, 1836
Battle of the Alamo In 1835, Texas, which was then under the control of the Mexican Republic, rebelled against its overlords. Though there was a fierce debate among Texians as to whether they wanted to declare independence or simply force a return to the freer Mexican constitution of 1824, eventually the rebels did declare…
Reference Library: CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual
CIA’s Simple Sabotage Field Manual (Via: HSDL) This historical document was originally published by the United States Office of Strategic Services (OSS; now the Central Intelligence Agency) in 1944, for use by OSS agents in motivating or recruiting potential foreign saboteurs. Agents were granted permission to print and disseminate portions of the document as…
What Would Josey Wales Do?
H/T: The Burning Platform What Would Josey Wales Do? As our political, economic, civic, and social structures continue to degrade, dissolve, and disintegrate before our very eyes, it is easy to become apathetic and surrender to hopelessness. There are relentless powerful forces actively trying to destroy the fabric of our society and force the…
Know Your Texas History: Secession is Not Treason!
Secession is Not Treason! Following the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in 1860, the Southern secessionist movement began in earnest. South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union when it passed an Ordinance of Secession on December 20, 1860. During January 1861, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia,…
Know Your Southern History: Can John C. Calhoun Save America?
Can John C. Calhoun Save America? Calhoun’s Roadmap for a New America? America is already experiencing a soft secession movement with more conservative citizens leading the way in moving away from the socialist disasters of New York, California, Illinois, and almost all of the big cities run by the hard-Left Democrat party political machines. …
Gun Rights Revisited
Gun Rights Revisited “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” It goes without saying that any visitor to this website is familiar with the text of the Second Amendment; I would also expect that…
Texas News: Happy Belated San Jacinto Day!
Happy San Jacinto Day, 2024: Texas Celebrates 188 Years Of Not Being Ruled By Mexico Being a Sunday I missed one of Texas’ Red Letter Dates, so I humbly apologize to my Texas ancestors (namely Sam Houston and Stephen F. Austin!) Please join me in Celebrating the Sovereign Republic of Texas! Our History is…
Damn I Hate Being Right!
That Feeling you Get when the Lame-Stream Cuckservatives finally see the Light regarding Secession from FUSA: I have been talking about and promoting Secession since 2020. Texas News: Texas Stands Up To Biden’s Open Borders Let the Secession Begin: States Must Reclaim Immigration Laws A Great Day in Texas, But We…
Know Your White Texas History: William Barret Travis
Two years before the fateful Battle of the Alamo, the storm clouds—and leaders—of a revolution gathered across Texas. Things looked up for William Barret Travis in the early months of 1834. The 24-year-old attorney had just set up his law practice in the town of San Felipe in the Mexican state of Coahuila…