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In Texas, a Modern-Day Fight for the Alamo

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 20, 2009 1:54 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Alamo is once again at the center of a pitched battle, the Wall Street Journal reports—only this time the combatants aren’t soldiers but the gentle ladies of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. The 7,000-member group has run the historical... Read full story »

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