People forget that Gen. Ignacio Zaragoza, the hero of Cinco de Mayo, was born in Texas.
Zaragoza’s birthplace still stands in Goliad. He was born in 1829 and was 6 when the Texas Revolution erupted. His father, a sergeant in the Mexican Army, was loyal to the government. His mother was a Seguín, one of the families that led the revolution.
People who love and respect each other can end up on different sides of arguments. That seems to happen often along borders.
Texas, for all its silly politics, is a borderland. I can’t imagine having lived my life without knowing and loving people on both sides. I think governments that seek to sever those natural human ties will fail — and deserve to.
• Note: For more on the Battle of Puebla, see “Celebrating Cinco de Mayo,” May 5, 2023. It’s here:
https://hebertaylor.blogspot.com/2023/05/celebrating-cinco-de-mayo.html
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