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commissioner jerry patterson, the person ultimately responsible for making this program happen. it's always a pleasure to be among people who understand the importance and the need to save texas history. a year ago before this meeting, my wife, tara, and i were eating dinner the night before. someone asked us what we were doing in town. we said, we're here for the save texas history symposium. they said, why does texas history need saving? and so many things flooded through my head at that point that i didn't really know how to answer. all i could think about was how all of us work t...

mentioned, that americans would move into a territory. they would profess loyalty to that government, and then when the opportunity presented it self, they would rise up, throw off the shackles of foreign control and ask to be annexed into the union. well, what happens is this single star of the west florida flag will be incorporated into the constellation of stars and stripes. now, at the same time this event is going on, there's also -- you probably -- you may remember this guy here, father miguel hidalgo. you know, in 1810 he leads -- begins a revolution in mexico. it's going to l...

exhibition and writes a report. remember what he calls that great area of the west? he calls it the great american desert. with that powerless neighbor there, when it's time to remove them from the east -- area east of the mississippi river, move them to the west, where do we put them? in the great american desert. and ultimately the indians got the last laugh because they found oil in the early 20th century, and they found casinos in the early 21st century. but jefferson understands that his vision of america, that it's going to have to have land. now, shortly after the war of 1812,...