HAPPY SAN JACINTO DAY, EVERYBODY!!!!!!
Texas has some really lame state holidays. Confederate Heroes Day, which coincidentally falls on the same week as MLK day, is a bit of a headscratcher. Apparently Texas used to celebrate both Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis's birthdays, but they consolidated the two in 1973 to make room for LBJ Day.
Oh, yes, I remember the LBJ Days of my youth. Papa would come home loaded down with LBJ presents for all us kids, and Mama would smile and kiss his cheek. When we'd light the LBJ candles at dinner her eyes would glow softly and the care would fall from her face, so you could see how she pretty she used to be before the world rested so heavily on her shoulders. It was always a magic day.
I always thought Juneteenth was pretty cool, too.