March 6, 1836. The fall of the Alamo. A day in Texas History that no Texan should ever forget and a day that should make us all proud to be Texans.
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Being from northeast Texas I only got to visit 1-2 times growing up. My wife is from the San Antonio area so now every time we visit her family I want to go visit. I've found the Alamo to be very moving. The state has done a great job with the area. Even my kids like it and appreciate it.
I mention the past 13 days to people and they look at me like who gives a crap. Remember the Alamo !!
Absolutely!!! I live in MO now but lots of Texans around us. Today I'm flying a Texas flag and Come and Take it Flag at my gate. Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!
Lest we ever forget.
Lest we ever forget.
"While the facts surrounding the siege of the Alamo continue to be debated, there is no doubt about what the battle has come to symbolize. People worldwide continue to remember the Alamo as a heroic struggle against impossible odds a place where men made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom. For this reason, the Alamo remains hallowed ground and the Shrine of Texas Liberty. "
Remember the Alamo.
Remember the Alamo.
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Last year, I was in SA with a group from work. Most of them were from NY. Took them to the Riverwalk and the Alamo. They loved it.
I remember going for the first time when I was a kid. I think I knew a little about the story. But at the time just couldn't understand what kind of battle would have happened there in the middle of town when I thought it was out in he country.
I remember going for the first time when I was a kid. I think I knew a little about the story. But at the time just couldn't understand what kind of battle would have happened there in the middle of town when I thought it was out in he country.
Gunny, I thought you were in Arkansas.Gunny456 said:
Absolutely!!! I live in MO now but lots of Texans around us. Today I'm flying a Texas flag and Come and Take it Flag at my gate. Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!
Lest we ever forget.
I went to the Mexican National History Museum in Mexico City today and really wanted to see their take on the Texas Revolution.
Santa Anna's wooden leg is real and not just made up for King of the Hill. Surprised me to see it in real life and I instantly recognized it.
This pennant was taken from the Alamo. The seven laws mentioned below centralized power and completely changed the previous Mexican government established after their revolution.
Only two exhibits of the Texas Revolution at the museum, here's what they said:
"Using the Seven Laws as a reference, we can understand the independence of Texas as a secession from the country and not as a conflict of foreign intervention. The change of government towards a centralist system was received with optimism; however, it lost its popularity when it came into effect. During the five years that the Seven Laws were in force, General Anastasio Bustamante governed, being one of the most unstable periods of the 19th century; federalists and centralists, liberals and conservatives fought for political control. During the period between 1835 and 1845, the secessionists established the republics of Yucatn, Ro Grande and Texas, the latter consolidating its independence and annexing itself to the United States of America.
In this space are placed the portraits of Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, Andrs Quintana Roo, Lucas Alamn and Stephen Austin, protagonists of said episode, as well as the flag of the First Company of Texan Volunteers of New Orleans.
Banner of the First Company of Texan Volunteers of New Orleans
In the defense of the Alamo fort, there were several regiments made up of volunteers from the states that made up the American Union. During the battle, a young Mexican officer took this banner as a trophy, which probably belonged to the New Orleans Grays, a group originating from the city of New Orleans. The pennant was sent by Santa Anna to Mexico and today is an important piece of the flag collection of this Museum.
Perhaps the most regrettable event in the early years of independent Mexico was the loss of Texas. Several actors participated in this drama: Mexicans born in Texas; settlers, who had received a legal concession in Texas and partially accepted Mexican laws; Texan rebels, many of them newcomers to the region, eager to separate Texas from Coahuila and the Mexican Republic; and foreign volunteers, mercenaries from 22 states of the American Union, recruited by agents of the rebels in saloons and establishments in New York, Tennessee, Kentucky or New Orleans. Examples of this were the "Gray Volunteers", whose flag was taken at the Alamo.
By 1853, some 80 claims by the United States against Mexico had accumulated, the payment of which amounted to millions of dollars. Under pressure from the northern country, Mexico had to cede 76,845 km' in La Mesilla so that the Americans could build the planned railroad to link the east with the west of their country. La Mesilla was the only territory sold to the United States, the others having been ceded in 1848 as war spoils."
Santa Anna's wooden leg is real and not just made up for King of the Hill. Surprised me to see it in real life and I instantly recognized it.
This pennant was taken from the Alamo. The seven laws mentioned below centralized power and completely changed the previous Mexican government established after their revolution.
Only two exhibits of the Texas Revolution at the museum, here's what they said:
"Using the Seven Laws as a reference, we can understand the independence of Texas as a secession from the country and not as a conflict of foreign intervention. The change of government towards a centralist system was received with optimism; however, it lost its popularity when it came into effect. During the five years that the Seven Laws were in force, General Anastasio Bustamante governed, being one of the most unstable periods of the 19th century; federalists and centralists, liberals and conservatives fought for political control. During the period between 1835 and 1845, the secessionists established the republics of Yucatn, Ro Grande and Texas, the latter consolidating its independence and annexing itself to the United States of America.
In this space are placed the portraits of Antonio Lpez de Santa Anna, Andrs Quintana Roo, Lucas Alamn and Stephen Austin, protagonists of said episode, as well as the flag of the First Company of Texan Volunteers of New Orleans.
Banner of the First Company of Texan Volunteers of New Orleans
In the defense of the Alamo fort, there were several regiments made up of volunteers from the states that made up the American Union. During the battle, a young Mexican officer took this banner as a trophy, which probably belonged to the New Orleans Grays, a group originating from the city of New Orleans. The pennant was sent by Santa Anna to Mexico and today is an important piece of the flag collection of this Museum.
Perhaps the most regrettable event in the early years of independent Mexico was the loss of Texas. Several actors participated in this drama: Mexicans born in Texas; settlers, who had received a legal concession in Texas and partially accepted Mexican laws; Texan rebels, many of them newcomers to the region, eager to separate Texas from Coahuila and the Mexican Republic; and foreign volunteers, mercenaries from 22 states of the American Union, recruited by agents of the rebels in saloons and establishments in New York, Tennessee, Kentucky or New Orleans. Examples of this were the "Gray Volunteers", whose flag was taken at the Alamo.
By 1853, some 80 claims by the United States against Mexico had accumulated, the payment of which amounted to millions of dollars. Under pressure from the northern country, Mexico had to cede 76,845 km' in La Mesilla so that the Americans could build the planned railroad to link the east with the west of their country. La Mesilla was the only territory sold to the United States, the others having been ceded in 1848 as war spoils."
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