It's the 200th anniversary of a little-known "country" that gained its independence from Spain in 1810 (it's actually an area in Louisiana).
You know, I learn something new every day. Which, at my age, is fortunate. At the rate I'm forgetting things, I figure I'm breaking even.
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Wow, I never heard of West Florida, and I grew up right next door in Texas (which may have been part of the problem, since Texas was always full of its own history). Thanks, Paco.
ReplyDeleteWe know about it and fly the bonnie blue flag.
ReplyDeleteI kinda figured you'd know about it, Swampie. That's sorta your neck of the woods, isn't it?
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