BobKamman
Level 15
03-06-2022
09:54 PM
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Do you know the story of Santa Anna's leg? I learned it when I was a teen-ager, taking summer classes at the Autonomous National University of Mexico. A couple years after that battle at the Alamo, Santa Anna was wounded by the French in the Pastry War (you can look it up) and his left leg had to be amputated. He arranged to give it a state funeral. Eventually his artificial leg ended up in a museum in Illinois. Back in 2016, Texas wanted it but Illinois refused. Mexico is also asking for it. You can read about it in a story by, of all people , the official Arizona state historian.
https://truewestmagazine.com/el-jefe-santa-annas-leg/