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On the last day of Black History month I have one final share. Emily D. West (c.1815–1891), also known as Emily Morgan, is a folk heroine whose legendary activities during the Texas Revolution have come to be identified with the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas". Without Ms. West, a woman of color, there just may not be a Texas as we know it. Texas just might still be part of Mexico. Oh, legend has it, she may be responsible to the saying "caught with your pants down." @Lt Col Charlie Lt Col Charlie Brown had post earlier today about the Alamo, which eventually led to Santa Anna's defeat in 18 minutes at the Battle of San Jacinto. Well, a lot of the credit belongs to Ms. West, who kept Santa Anna otherwise occupied long enough for General Sam Huston and the boys to wipe out the Mexican Army due in part to their lack of a leader. Don't Mess With Texas, especially our beautiful women.
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Wonderful share and new to me.
SSG Robert Mark Odom SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski CMSgt Bill Campbell Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish CW5 Jack Cardwell PO3 Phyllis Maynard MSgt David Hoffman 1SG Steven Imerman MSgt Stephen Council
SSG Robert Mark Odom SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SGT (Join to see) SP5 Mark Kuzinski CMSgt Bill Campbell Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen CPT Jack Durish CW5 Jack Cardwell PO3 Phyllis Maynard MSgt David Hoffman 1SG Steven Imerman MSgt Stephen Council
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SGT Robert Pryor
Lt Col Charlie Brown This is required learning in Middle School here. Ms. West is a big heroine to my teenage daughter who, like Ms West, is biracial (and also like Ms. West, is damned beautiful, at least in her daddy's eyes). When my daughter studied that part of Texas history, we took her to all the places associated with Ms. West. There's so much more to Ms. West's story than what is shown on that Wikipedia page. I'm only going from memory here, but while at Morgan's Point, she and another person of color, a man named Turner, I believe, at the behest of Mr. Morgan, were channeling supplies to Sam Houston and the boys until Santa Anna captured her. I think Turner escaped amd tipped off Houston as to Santa Anna's location at San Jacinto. Sadly, there are not good records of all this, but the legends behind the woman do match other historical records. Part of the problem is that many people of color were dismissed as unimportant to historical records a couple of centuries ago. But here in Texas, we believe!
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