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May 1994

We Will Never Surrender Or Retreat

These days everybody wants a piece of the Alamo. Can the Daughters of the Republic of Texas hang on their sacred shrine?

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Jan Jarboe Russell
Date
Apr 30, 1994
Issue
May 1994
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Daughters in Arms: Members of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas strike a defiant pose. On the front line (from left): Madge Houston Roberts, the great-great-granddaughter of Sam Houston; Gail Loving Barnes, the great-great-granddaughter of pioneer tr

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