1835 - Leaving Tennessee for the final time, David Crockett proclaimed in a Memphis hotel bar:
"Since you have chosen to elect a man with a timber toe to succeed me, you may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." #TX184@OfficialAlamo
July 4, 1845
After receiving a Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the U.S., members of the Texas Constitutional Convention drafted and signed the Texas Ordinance of Annexation. This Ordinance was later approved by the voters of Texas.
Read it here: https://t.co/XMUtmfCDDf
1944 - With cover fire provided by the USS @TEXAS_BB35, @USArmy Rangers led by Eden native James Earl Rudder charged Pointe du Hoc, securing it during the #DDay invasion. Thousands of Texans were among those involved in the historic battle. #DDay75
Today in 1836, General Santa Anna gets to return to Mexico with his life after signing the Treaties of Velasco, ending the Texas Revolution, but boundaries would still be disputed.
1836 - Interim President Burnet & Santa Anna signed the Treaties of Velasco. Mexico ultimately refused to recognize the treaties or Texas Independence. #TX183
📷: @TSLAC
Salvadoran gang member wanted for homicide deported by ICE.
Immigration officials say he entered the country illegally through Texas.
Thanks @ICEgov for keeping criminals like this out of Texas.
#txlege
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