I didn’t get the reference so I looked it up. Davy Crockett supposedly died at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6th, 1836. If that’s true, then Santa Anna’s son would have gotten the hat on Christmas day 1836, not 1837. Is Larson hinting at some other conspiracy?
Santa Anna didn’t make it back to his home until 1837.
He was captured by Texan forces not long after the battle of the Alamo and forced to sign a treaty (after a few weeks in captivity). The Mexican government then declared that Santa Anna was no longer president and that the treaty signed under duress was null and void. Santa Anna was then exiled, but that lasted less than a year, making 1837 the first Christmas he was home with his son after the battle of the Alamo.
Ah, thank you!
Cleaning the blood off took a year
Depends on which story you believe. Texans will say he died in a blaze of gunfire, while Mexicans will say he was executed after surrendering. If the latter is true, there wouldn’t be any blood since they would’ve removed the hat first.
I’m a lot of fun at parties…
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I heard a great podcast on the origins of the cultural trope of Davy Crocket as a Disney invention.
I thought comics were supposed to be humorous.
I think it’s funny. There’s an American trope of young boys getting a Davy Crockett hat for Christmas. The joke is that this is the first time it happened, with the actual hat of Davy Crockett.
