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Also, it might be more impressive to visit John Wayne's set in Brackettville, where you can see a full-scale version of the fort.
Thanks, I'll do that on my next trip down to SA.

For those of you who wanted to go to Brackettville to see the old Alamo set, that property is now closed to the public. I saw an article in our local paper a couple of weeks ago that the family had decided to close the set.

I am a native born Texan and visit The Alamo on a regular basis. It is not the superficial trinkets in the cases that are important. It is what occured there. 187 men, more or less, gave up their lives so that the greatest state in the nation could gain it's Independence from a lying tyrannical government. I go there because it is spiritually uplifting and I feel some sort of kinship to the place. I read the names on the wall and prayerfully thank each and every one of them. If someone must explain the importance of The Alamo to a person, then no matter how hard they try, the person hearing the explanation will never understand. Two places that should also be visited are San Jacinto and Goliad Texas. God Bless the Daughters, for their work has preserved a very important historical site.