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What Happened To Texan Embassies? (8x119)

Date de diffusion: Oct 08, 2022

Texas is one of the most prominent and powerful states in the United States of America today, but did you know that it once was an independent nation? Interestingly enough, Texas’s path to American statehood is a journey filled with enriching history that saw the territory switch nationality a grand total of six times over the course of just four decades. The independent Republic of Texas existed from 1836 to 1846 and the influence of this era can still be felt today among the Texan population who have a culture based on self-sufficiency and self-perseverance. One indicator of the state’s autonomous past can be seen in the remnants of several Texan embassies across the world. In order to build more international support and recognition, the new nation constructed three embassies and legations with one in Washington DC, another in Paris and the most prominent being the London embassy. But what happened to the Texan embassies and what remains of them?