The Kissing Tree

As time goes by, legend grows

As anyone who’s seen the classic film “Casa Blanca” should remember, a kiss is just a kiss, a sigh just a sigh…unless the osculation involves Sam Houston, the self-styled hero of San Jacinto. In that case, as time goes by, legend grows.

Houston had a way with warfare, words and women. One of numerous instances in which the first president of the Republic…