From: howl@dontemailme.com   
      
   In article <4028dd4c@news.zianet.com>, howl@dontemailme.com says...   
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   >In article <78idnXy1vfSW6rXdRVn-vw@idworld.net>, laro@idworld.net says...   
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   >Thanks Gerald. Always enjoy being set   
   >right by you.   
      
   I've acknowledged my error in a private   
   email exchange with GTT. I had just finished   
   typing a reply to Gerald and for some reason   
   my aging brain said "GTT = Gerald Tit of Tat"   
   or some such equation.   
      
   In any event, to set the record straight   
   here - Thanks DAVID for all the input on   
   colonial Texas under Spain. Of course I   
   was forgetting that Spain still claimed   
   Texas after 9/16/1810, and the eleven years   
   before final independence was a significant   
   and VERY complex one, to the casual reader.   
      
   It's something that has always confused   
   me - that date now celebrated as Diez y Séis (dieciséis).   
   It is NOT the date of the Declaration of   
   Independence from Spain, as one might think.   
   And I have to do the same "stop and think"   
   when it comes to remembering why Mexicans   
   celebrate Cinco de Mayo.   
      
   9/16/1810 - Father Hidalgo reads his "Grito" in public.   
   5/5/1862  - The Battle Of Puebla puts end to French claims.   
      
   I have to remember NEITHER date has anything to do with   
   the actual date that independence became reality.   
   Our Mexican neighbors have their own unique system(s).   
      
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