Photos from Brownsville

Monday, April 7

We are back in Pocahontas after an eventful 1,000 mile drive from Brownsville. View the pictures of our trip.

U.S.-Mexican War re-enactors touch off a cannon at Palo Alto National Battlefield in South Texas.

A re-enactor of a Mexican soldado shows spectators his weapon.



Many of our heroes of the War for Southern Independence had their start in the U.S.-Mexican War and were likely influenced by their tour. For example, why did Stonewall eat lemons and call his wife, "esposita"?


Hands were extended across the border at the International Charro Days Parade in Brownsville, the only international parade in the U.S. Charro is a Mexican word for cowboy.


Spectators watch a vaquero performing rope tricks.


A young Mexican cowboy waves to the crowd during the Charro Days Parade.





A building sports the "Running W" brand at the King Ranch, an over 800,000 acre ranch based in Kingsville, Texas.





Our next-door neighbor in Brownsville was Jian Golder, a Chinese journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Green Light Press. She asked to do an article about our homeschooling and my book. She holds a copy-in-progress of The Orphan and the Beaten Drum.