25 Texans in the Land of Lincoln -
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Join the quest of 25 history students, mostly Mexican American, who drive 2,000 miles from the Alamo in Texas to a Springfield, Illinois museum asking to repatriate General Santa Anna's prosthetic leg and honoring Abe Lincoln's support of Mexico with a Day of the Dead altar. With humor, humility, and animated history lessons, these students from San Antonio's St. Mary's University raise questions of identity, borders, museum ethics, and collective memory.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 40 seconds

Episode Number: 319

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