Posted on 06/07/2003 4:09:51 AM PDT by snippy_about_it
Edited on 08/16/2003 5:55:22 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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Noah Wayne Brunson was one of hundreds of family members waiting anxiously for their loved ones to return from their deployment to the Middle East. Noah's father AM2 Brunson, an aviation mechanic, part of VFA-201 "The Hunters" was called to duty in January and just returned home to the Naval Reserve base Ft. Worth after a six-month deployment on the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The VFA-201 "The Hunters" successfully flew 400 missions over Iraq during operation Iraqi Freedom. . U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jennifer Hechinger Senior Airman Raymundo Gardea of the 3rd CMS at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska is greeted by his wife Marsha and his daughter Arryanna as he returned from a deployment in South Korea in support of the 90th Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Adrian Cadiz Cmdr. William Fitzpatrick assigned to the Hunters of Strike Fighter Squadron 201 based at NAS, JRB Fort Worth, TX embraces his family upon returning from deployment aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt. The Hunters are a reserve squadron that was activated in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Hunters were deployed as part of Carrier Air Wing Eight aboard Roosevelt in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 1st Class Bruce M. Morris Sailors aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Milius "man the rails" as they pull into their homeport of San Diego. Family and friends on the pier cheered in celebration and excitement for their heroes who safely returned from Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate 2nd Class Daniel A. Jones.
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John Wesley CROCKETT
BORN: 10 JUL 1807, Franklin Co, TN
DIED: 24 NOV 1854, Memphis, TN
BURIED: ,
MARRIED: Martha HAMILTON, ,
CHILDREN:
Alice CROCKETT
Mary CROCKETT
Robert Hamilton CROCKETT
Charles W. CROCKETT
Peytonia CROCKETT
Susan CROCKETT
John Wesley Crockett (1807-1852), born in Franklin County, Tennessee, the eldest son of David and Mary 'Polly' Finley Crockett. He died in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 47 and is buried in the Old City Cemetery, Paris, Tennessee.
Commemorative Stone provided by the Crockett Family Association
JOHN WESLEY CROCKETT ~ HISTORICAL MARKER
Old City Cemetery ~ Paris, Tennessee
U.S. Representatives of the 8th District of Tennessee:
John Wesley Crockett, Paris and later of Trenton, 1837 - 1841
Davy Crockett's son avenged his father's defeat two year's earlier when he defeated Adam Huntsman in 1837 and went on to serve two terms in the House.
He is gone from among us, and is no more to be seen in the walks of men, but in his death like Sampson, he slew more of his enemies than in all his life. Even his most bitter enemies here, I believe, have buried all animosity, and join the general lamentation over his untimely end.
Words written by Davy's son John Wesley Crockett, 1836
DAVID CROCKETT
Pioneer - Statesman - Hero
Born August 17, 1786 Died March 6, 1836
Served three terms in the Congress of the United States while resident of this county
Emigrated to Texas in 1835 and was killed at the Alamo fighting for the independence of Texas.
"Be sure you're right and then go ahead"
Davy Crockett
Crockett County (Texas) Seat
The Crockett Tavern. Davy Crockett's boyhood home.
Santa Ana and his lackeys tried in vain to defeat the Americans.
When they lost on the field they tried lying.
As news of the massacre swept across Texas, across America, across the oceans, the gallant defenders were compared to a small band of 300 Spartans who died against all odds at Thermopylae.
As "Remember the Alamo" reverberated throughout the world, an echo against oppression arose in the knowledge that mankind could face subversion and accept it as the price of freedom.
"Santa Anna will shortly see that policy would have required that he govern himself by the rules of civilized warfare," wrote the New York Post .
On April 21, 1836, a small band of enraged Texans, led by General Sam Houston, victoriously routed Santa Anna's 1,250 troops at San Jacinto. Santa Anna himself was captured, trembling and disguised as a "common peon," fleeing the bloodbath.
Texas rejoiced in her triumph, but sorrowed in the sacrifices of the Alamo defenders.
Most especially mourned was Davy Crockett.
From Tennessee to Washington City, they lamented his death:
His wife Elizabeth bought a black dress. She would wear no other color until her own death on January 31, 1860, in Hood County,Texas.
His children, grown and small, awaited his return. But, when months passed without the familiar "Hullo th' house, I'm home," they knew their "paw" would never be coming back.
Even President Andrew Jackson, who had no love for Ex-Congressman Crockett, bowed his shaggy head when he read the report. "I cannot fully express," he said in a private conversation, "how much this man's death has affected me. His violent passing saddens me deeply."
On April 21, 1836, a small band of enraged Texans, led by General Sam Houston, victoriously routed Santa Anna's 1,250 troops at San Jacinto. Santa Anna himself was captured, trembling and disguised as a "common peon," fleeing the bloodbath.
And I'm going to believe some lackey of this weasel who claims Davy Crockett copped out.
It's not on.
Spartans won independence for Texas, as they have for America before and since.
She's done this before back in April.
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