“Hundreds of ‘Rough Riders’ descended on San Antonio on May 5, 1898 itching to lend Teddy Roosevelt a hand in kicking the Spaniards out of Cuba.”

That’s how the “This Week in Texas History” column for Wednesday, April 30 through Tuesday, May 6 begins.  Hope you get a chance to read it in your local newspaper.  It doesn’t carry my column?  Then you need to sign up for a private email subscription on this web site.