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To: BirdDog who wrote (8940)	11/5/2001 2:21:27 AM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi BirdDog; Re: "I've stood under the tree they hung Santa Ana from." Actually, Santa Anna lived 40 years after he was captured by the Texians. Official state rumor is that he was allowed to live by Houston because he showed his captors the secret Masonic sign. Then he and Houston (also a freemason) shared a whiskey, and divided up the Southwest. See, for example: tamu.edu Antonio López de Santa Anna Collection University of TEXAS* Benson Latin American Collection* ... Chronology ... 26 Feb 1836 entered Texas, attacked Alamo ... 20 June 1876 died in poverty in Mexico City ... lib.utexas.edu Texas is clearly the best state of the United States, and what a history it has. My favorite part are the naval battles of the Texas revolution (but nobody talks much about them, it seems). I wonder what tree you did stand under. Maybe it was whre they hanged the general that Santa Anna blamed for the war crimes at the Alamo. (Was that general hanged???) -- Carl