This Saturday, March 2nd, is Texas Independence Day. That's the day that we won our independence from Mexico and became our own sovereign nation, The Republic Of Texas, in 1836.
(This is why people think that we're allowed to secede. In fact, it was only recently that I found out that this was wrong. We aren't, though. Sorry, secessionists).
Less than ten years later, US President John Tyler signed the bill to annex the small country to become a huge state.
Since then, there have been a lot of movies made in and about Texas. Some great, some terrible, but all showing a different facet of an interesting state.
Here are my five favorites. (Notice that none of them are called The Alamo.)
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