This weekend, we all went down to Washington on the Brazos, Texas, to celebrate the 175th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico. My dad has, well,
we have an ancestor named
George Washington Smythe who signed and they were inviting ancestors of the signers to come to the event. Some of it was a little corny with people dressed in period garb, but a lot of it was actually really cool. The best was on Sunday when they did a roll call of all the signers and family members stood up and were recognized. We had good representation with 14 people from our side and another 10 or so that we met there, but some families seemed to have dozens. It was really very moving to see as well as hear the individual stories. The favorite part for the kids? Playing in the pool at the hotel with my sister. Figures.
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| All of us getting ready for the roll call (thanks to Frances for taking the group photo and providing the blanket that we stole). |
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| Mom helping Meg play on stilts. This was part of the kids section that focused on toys and entertainment kids of that era would have had. |
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| My favorite photo -- dad with a bouquet of meat as we got ready for lunch. |
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