The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #89396   Message #1688014
Posted By: Paul Burke
08-Mar-06 - 03:09 AM
Thread Name: happy? - Mar 6 (the Alamo, remember?)
Subject: RE: happy? - Mar 6 (the Alamo, remember?)
I can't guess, Pete, American institutions were often so special. For a British example, the same period too, look up "opium wars".