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My Stamps

I've been lucky, a few years ago I found a pane of freak Louis Armstrong stamps at my local post office. I bought all I could find. It was the best investment I ever made and it got me interested in stamps again.

I had thought stamp collecting was not very exciting because there were no new discoveries to be made, I was wrong. It seems that almost every other issue of Linn's Stamp News has some new discovery that has been waiting to be found for years. There will always be another old dusty collection in some attic with a gem just waiting to be found.

Today, I collect Texas Centennial FDC's (776). I'm a native Texan from Gonzales so, for me it's a natural thing to collect. My goal is to collect every 776 FDC cachet postmarked in Gonzales on 2 March that is not unique.

My Favorit 776 FDC

YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS

"REMEMBER THE ALAMO" Emily Morgan West, the Texas Yellow Rose
Texas history is full of wonderful stories, especially about the Texas war with Mexico and the birth of the Republic of Texas. One of our greatest heroes of this revolution was Emily Morgan West.
Emily was born a slave and had escaped her plantation owner by the time of the war with Mexico. Being a mulatto, she was called "high yellow". Santa Anna had captured her to be his mistress. There was nothing she could do about this circumstance but she was a true Texan at heart.

On the day of the battle of San Jacinto, Emily had kept Santa Anna busy in his tent (we are free to speculate how she kept him occupied). Once Santa Anna had fallen asleep, Emily, the brave heart escaped. With her, she carried the Mexico Army's battle plans. She delivered them to General Sam Houston who was preparing for battle.

Houston, well prepared, now attacked the Mexico Army as they rested in the afternoon, armed with Anna's battle plans and the battle cry "Remember the Alamo."

That spring day, in April of 1836, with the bravery of Emily West, Sam Houston, with his rag-tag volunteers defeated the Mexico Army, captured Santa Anna and Texas won her independence. Later, an unknown Texas soldier wrote a song in commemoration of this brave lady. It has been sung in battles throughout our history and was most popular during the U.S. civil war. Today we call it the "Yellow Rose of Texas."

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The Original "YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS"

Author: An Unknown Texan

There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I am going to see.
No other darky knows her
No one only me. She cried so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever more find her
We nevermore will part.
Chorus:
She's the sweetest rose of color
This darky ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about dearest May
And sing of Rose Lee
But the yellow rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee.
Where the Rio Grande is flowing
And the starry skies are bright
She walks along the river
In the quiet summer night.
She thinks if I remember
When we parted long ago
I promised to come back again
And not to leave her so.
Oh how I am agoing to find her
For my heart is full of woe
And we will sing the song together
We sung so long ago
We will play the banjo gaily
And will sing the song of yore
And the Yellow Rose of Texas
Shall be mine forever more.

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