Alamo Day
MARCH 6th 1836
The Siege of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836)
Remember the Alamo!
The actual message from Travis will be available at the Alamo. this month.
I’m hoping to get over there during the anniversary remembrance. I haven’t driven over that way in a while.
I’m hoping to get over there during the anniversary remembrance. I haven’t driven over that way in a while.
Men, and I use that in the truest sense of the word, who willingly gave their lives for something greater than themselves.
Earlier, the Battle of Medina....which inexorable linked Santa Anna and his disdain for Texicans.
“Arredondo lost only fifty-five men, who were given honorable burial the next day on the way to San Antonio, where he established martial law and severely punished the rebels and their families. One of Arredondo’s more notable subalterns was Lt. Antonio López de Santa Anna, who learned the lessons of war well and returned to Texas with another army twenty-three years later.”
http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qfm01
Thanks for the reminder.
Truth or legend the story of Emily D. West (Emily West Morgan) is an inspiration to any American.
Do blacks remember her? NO! Instead they seem to favor rappers, radicals, robbers, rapists...and community organizers...
It will take me some time to adapt to the Texans in the Alamo being separated by ‘race’.
Not to in any way detract from the courage shown by the defenders. They stood their ground and -- in the noblest tradition of fighting men -- made the enemy pay for every bloody inch of real estate. But the fact is, the Alamo was a mission, not a fortress, and despite Travis' efforts to buttress its defenses, it was doomed from the outset. And being outnumbered 10 to 1 didn't help either.
Plus, they got their comeuppance at San Jacinto, and the mighty Santa Ana went scurrying back to Mexico City like a well-used hooker.
My gr gr uncle, John Harris died at the Alamo.
As my last flight to Texas set-up for final, I glanced out the window at the expansiveness below and beyond, and thought of the sacrifice at The Alamo.
From The Alamo...John Wayne.
Republic.
I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose.
Some words give you a feeling. Republic is one of those words that makes me tight in the throat - the same tightness a man gets when his baby takes his first step or his first baby shaves and makes his first sound as a man.
Some words can give you a feeling that makes your heart warm.
Republic is one of those words.
Alamo Day
MARCH 6th 1836