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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 08:34 PM
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You guys forgot what day it is today!
September 16th is Mexican Independence day, and the begining of 'Fiestas Patrias'

Viva Mexico!





http://www.mexonline.com/grito.htm
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 08:44 PM
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1. Way cool! There will be lots of cabrito cooked this weekend! :-)
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 08:54 PM
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2. And you don't have to stop partying till Nov 20
Mexican Revolution Day!

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/jcummings/jcpanchovilla.html
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 09:02 PM
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3. Since you're a Texan, You'll appreciate this:
From Chieftains of Mexican Independence:



Peter Ellis Bean
(Pedro Elías Beán)
1783-1846

Nolan Expedition
10 Years in Spanish Prisons
Tennessee Captain with José Morelos
Morelos Emissary to USA
Battle of New Orleans
Colonel Republic of Mexico
Texian


http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/beanellis.htm
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BikeWriter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-16-05 09:44 PM
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4. That is very interesting, indeed. I served with a Jim Bean in VietNam.
He was from the Rio Grande Valley and resembled that picture.
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