29 days ago
The Arcane Texas Fact of the Day:
Many Texans know that Harlon Block, a Texan, is the man planting the flag on the far right in the famous photo of the marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Sadly, Block was killed in action just a week later, on March 1, 1945. When that photo was released it was an instant sensation back home. Everybody wanted to know the identities of the Marines in the photo, but Harlon Block's back was to the camera and he was misidentified as another Marine who had also lost his life on the island. For two years, the Marine holding the pole was thought to be Henry Hanson.
But in May, 1946 the man shown in this photo, Ira Hayes, appeared at the home of Ed Block, Harlon Block's father, in Weslaco, Texas. Having hitchhiked 1300 miles in three days from his home on the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, Ira Hayes ---- who had fought on Iwo Jima and survived the war ---- walked out into the cotton field where Ed Block was working. There the native Pima Indian told him that the man planting the flag in the picture was actually his son, Harlon.
After only a few minutes of conversation, Hayes turned around and hitchhiked back home to Arizona, his last service to a fellow Marine completed. After an inquiry, Harlon Block was correctly identified and took his honored place in history.
Ira Hayes died in 1955 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
- Via Traces of Texas
Many Texans know that Harlon Block, a Texan, is the man planting the flag on the far right in the famous photo of the marines raising the flag on Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945. Sadly, Block was killed in action just a week later, on March 1, 1945. When that photo was released it was an instant sensation back home. Everybody wanted to know the identities of the Marines in the photo, but Harlon Block's back was to the camera and he was misidentified as another Marine who had also lost his life on the island. For two years, the Marine holding the pole was thought to be Henry Hanson.
But in May, 1946 the man shown in this photo, Ira Hayes, appeared at the home of Ed Block, Harlon Block's father, in Weslaco, Texas. Having hitchhiked 1300 miles in three days from his home on the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona, Ira Hayes ---- who had fought on Iwo Jima and survived the war ---- walked out into the cotton field where Ed Block was working. There the native Pima Indian told him that the man planting the flag in the picture was actually his son, Harlon.
After only a few minutes of conversation, Hayes turned around and hitchhiked back home to Arizona, his last service to a fellow Marine completed. After an inquiry, Harlon Block was correctly identified and took his honored place in history.
Ira Hayes died in 1955 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
- Via Traces of Texas
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4 months ago
Undefeated (4-0) Welterweight, Isaac “Primetime” Moreno fighting out of Brownsville, TX takes on 4-0 Kenan Jackson today at Fury FC 74 today.
Prelims kick off at 130pm CT live on the Fury FC Facebook page and the main card kicks off at 430pm CT live only on ufcfightpass
21 fights total! 12 prelim and 9 on the main card.
Prelims kick off at 130pm CT live on the Fury FC Facebook page and the main card kicks off at 430pm CT live only on ufcfightpass
21 fights total! 12 prelim and 9 on the main card.
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1 yr. ago
We have compiled a list of local coffee shops ranked in order by their Google Reviews. Let us know if we missed any!
Labyrinth BCA - (4.8 ⭐)
1009 W Maple Ave, McAllen, TX 78501
7th and Park - (4.7 ⭐)
1554 E 7th St, Brownsville, TX 78520
GRIND Coffee co. - (4.7 ⭐)
315 W University Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539
Semilla Coffee lab - (4.7 ⭐)
4715 N 10th St suite 5, McAllen, TX 78504
Weslacos Daily Grind - (4.7 ⭐️)
409 S Missouri Ave, Weslaco, TX 78596
Jitterz - (4.7 ⭐)
1625 N Conway Ave, Mission, TX 78572
801 Bryan Rd, Mission, TX 78572
Coffee Artista - (4.6 ⭐)
1506 E Griffin Pkwy C, Mission, TX 78572
Coffee Zone - (4.6 ⭐)
1108 S McColl Rd, Edinburg, TX 78539
2500 S Bicentennial Blvd, McAllen, TX 78503
Cultura Coffee House - (4.5 ⭐)
5 S 11th St, McAllen, TX 78501
One Way Coffee - (4.5 ⭐)
1605 W Schunior St, Edinburg, TX 78541 Edinburg, TX
Reserva Coffee Roasters - (4.5 ⭐)
3400 W Expy 83 Unit 130, McAllen, TX 78501
Coffee Time - (4.4 ⭐)
501 East Business Highway 83, Alamo, TX 78516
MoonBeans Coffee - (4.3 ⭐)
5524 N 10th St, McAllen, TX 78504
Labyrinth BCA - (4.8 ⭐)
1009 W Maple Ave, McAllen, TX 78501
7th and Park - (4.7 ⭐)
1554 E 7th St, Brownsville, TX 78520
GRIND Coffee co. - (4.7 ⭐)
315 W University Dr, Edinburg, TX 78539
Semilla Coffee lab - (4.7 ⭐)
4715 N 10th St suite 5, McAllen, TX 78504
Weslacos Daily Grind - (4.7 ⭐️)
409 S Missouri Ave, Weslaco, TX 78596
Jitterz - (4.7 ⭐)
1625 N Conway Ave, Mission, TX 78572
801 Bryan Rd, Mission, TX 78572
Coffee Artista - (4.6 ⭐)
1506 E Griffin Pkwy C, Mission, TX 78572
Coffee Zone - (4.6 ⭐)
1108 S McColl Rd, Edinburg, TX 78539
2500 S Bicentennial Blvd, McAllen, TX 78503
Cultura Coffee House - (4.5 ⭐)
5 S 11th St, McAllen, TX 78501
One Way Coffee - (4.5 ⭐)
1605 W Schunior St, Edinburg, TX 78541 Edinburg, TX
Reserva Coffee Roasters - (4.5 ⭐)
3400 W Expy 83 Unit 130, McAllen, TX 78501
Coffee Time - (4.4 ⭐)
501 East Business Highway 83, Alamo, TX 78516
MoonBeans Coffee - (4.3 ⭐)
5524 N 10th St, McAllen, TX 78504
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