Texas group: Santa Anna's leg in Illinois should be sent to Mexico
A history professor from Texas believes there’s an appropriate place for Mexican general and president Santa Anna’s artificial leg and it isn’t the Illinois State Military Museum in Springfield.
Teresa Van Hoy thinks it should be returned to Mexico, where he headed the Mexican government 11 times.
The state says it is staying right here.
“To us it’s non-negotiable,” said Lt. Col. Brad Leighton, public affairs director for the Illinois Department of Military Affairs. “They say they want to start a conversation. That conversation has been made before. We’re not interested in a conversation. The answer is no. The leg is where it belongs and it’s staying here.”
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