You’ve almost definitely heard the phrase “remember the Alamo.” But what you might not remember is why we need to remember the Alamo or the specifics around the former mission… What it was ...
Nearly 200 years after the historic battle, Texans are still fighting over how exactly to remember ... in the Texas war for independence against Mexico? For many in the state, the Alamo is a ...
Usually we remember the sites of victories -- not defeats. What makes the fall of the Alamo so memorable ... Travis was fighting for Texas independence. "Under the flag of independence, we ...
All throughout the battle they shouted their rallying cry, still heard in Texas today: “Remember the Alamo!” In the years following Texas’ annexation into the United States, the events of the Alamo ...
Texas' borders enclose over 170 million ... advancing in double quick time, sung the war cry 'Remember the Alamo'..." — Sam Houston, reporting on the Battle of San Jacinto Soon after becoming ...