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Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Easter Week

News Staff

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

This Sunday, March 22, is Palm Sunday which marks the beginning of Easter Week.Palm Sunday is the Christian moveable feast that falls on the Sunday before Easter. The feast commemorates Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, an event mentioned in each of the four canonical Gospels.

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Spring has sprung

Jimmy Appelt

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

For many the Spring season is their favorite time of the year and who can deny it as we pull out of the cold of winter and move into a more pleasant climate.The first day of Spring actually started last night Tuesday, March 19 at 11:06 p.m.

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Garden plants giving you problems?

Murray Montgomery

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

By Murray Montgomery Staff WriterPeople really should not have to put up with uncooperative tomato plants and cucumbers that absolutely refuse to grow the way they should. After all your hard work, the rowdy plants actually believe that they can do whatever they please.

Goliad commander James W. Fannin while a cadet at the US Military Academy during the 1820s. Courtesy of the Dallas Historical Society

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Santa Anna gives the order to massacre prisoners at Goliad

Murray Montgomery

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterThe largest single loss of life in the cause for Texas Independence occurred on March 27, 1836.It was on that Palm Sunday when Mexican troops, acting on orders from Gen. Santa Anna, executed 341 men under the command of Col. James Walker Fannin.

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PTO experiences continued growth and success

News Staff

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Special to The Moulton Eagle"In its second year, the Moulton ISD PTO has experienced both growth and a continuation of success and participation in its events and goals. As a result of community donations, the PTO has been able to perform a multitude of acts in support of our entire school district.

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Gardening: A fun hobby that’s good for your health

News Staff

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

Gardening may be a fun and relaxing way to get in touch with nature, but did you know it also has plenty of health benefits? Gardening is an activity that’s good for both the mind and body, and can be enjoyed by people of all ages.

Comanche Chief: Quanah Parker. Photo circa 1890, Indian Territory. Courtesy of The Portal to Texas History

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Hostile Comanches were the terrorists of frontier Texas

Murray Montgomery

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterIt seems that most of us these days have the word "terror" firmly entrenched in our vocabulary - we are all aware that there are people, in other countries, who hate us and wish us harm. They are jealous of our way of life and most of all, our freedom.

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Moulton Katz and Kittens Award of Excellence

News Staff

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Victoria Ortiz announced that our deserving counselor, Laura Kusak, was to receive the Katz and Kittens Award of Excellence from the elementary campus. Many words of praise were shared, including that Mrs. Ortiz longed to have Mrs.

Gleason’s Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1854 (DRT Library at the Alamo, San Antonio, TX)

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Famous men; ordinary soldiers shed their blood at the Alamo

Murray Montgomery

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterWhen Mexican troops stormed over the walls of the Alamo on the morning of March 6, 1836,they put to death a small band of heroes who were willing to make the ultimate sacrifice forfreedom on that mesquite prairie near old San Antonio.

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‘The Day the Music Died’

Murray Montgomery

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

By Murray MontgomeryStaff WriterIt was an innocent time, those 1950s – a great time to be a teenager.

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