Here’s what really inspired my last ZZ Top post. The plaque marking the sight of the Texan embassy*, which was active between 1842 and 1845 on, the very plush, St James Street in London. England was all for Texas staying independent, even going so far as to offer to guarantee their borders between the US and Mexico, purely for tactical reasons of course rather than anything more moral.
How history could have been different.
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*okay, okay, Texan legation – if you want to go and get all accurate on me!
If Texans had there way, they’d secede tomorrow. I back that plan(though we get to keep Austin.)
Ever see that brilliant documentary that Rich Hall made about Texas? Amazing. If not, try and track it down. It really does seem like another country.
I haven’t, but I’ll definitely seek it out.
Let me know if you cant find it and I won’t send you an illegal copy. Honest.
Most definitely!
It’s on Youtube. Woo hoo! I had no idea it was the comedian Rich Hall. Loved him on SNL back in the 80s. Great observational humor, almost absurdist at times.
Next time I’m in London, I’m going to have to visit this
Definitely! It is such a cool thing to see and behind it is the courtyard where the last duel fought in England was held.
Disappointingly double-entendre free plaque there. Should have put a statue up instead then they could have fit the word “erected” in somewhere.
Oh they did!!! Haha fnarr fnarr. Gotta love those Texans.
Everything’s bigger there apparently.
History major, huh?
Yup! Can’t beat London for wall-to-wall historical sights