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Twenty-five history students from St. Mary’s University take a 2,000 mile bus trip from the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas to Springfield, Illinois to build a Day of the Dead altar honoring Abraham Lincoln’s support of Mexico, and then to ask the Illinois State Military Museum to return General Antonio López de Santa Anna’s prosthetic leg to Mexico. With humor, humility, and a few animated history lessons, these students, mostly Mexican American,...
3) Chicogrande
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Butch Fenton, major of the American army, comes for Pancho Villa's head and he's gonna get it. The 'Punitive Expedition' proved to be the last major campaign of the U.S. Cavalry. The U.S. government responded by sending its General Pershing to try to capture or kill Villa, and that 'Punitive Expedition' lasted from March 14, 1916 until February 7, 1917. Chicogrande is the military 'right-hand man' to Villa.
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In 1845, President John Tyler signed a Congressional resolution to annex Texas, and by 1846, 4,000 troops were on the Rio Grande. Shortly thereafter, President James Polk proposed that Mexico sell its northern half to the U.S. Hostilities commenced and the U.S. crossed the border to occupy Matamoras, U.S. warships landed troops at Veracruz, who fought their way overland to Mexico City. Santa Anna led a defending army, but the Mexicans were overwhelmed....
5) War
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English
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Immersive set of documentaries that digs deep into the twists and turns of America's most significant and deadly conflicts.
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