Would be oppressors should take note that although this building symbolizes a defeat in battle, but will forever be a symbol of defiance to tryants.
So may it forever be.
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Hallowed ground. God Bless Texas.
Thanks (from us real Texans) for posting this.
I had no idea those brave warriors were Masons.
I am moved every time I see the flags of all the countries and all the states that those brave men represented.
“People that have never been to the Alamo cannot understand how such a small building can command such reverence from the citizens of the state.
Would be oppressors should take note that although this building symbolizes a defeat in battle, but will forever be a symbol of defiance to tryants.
So may it forever be. “
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I second that, as a Texas Born American.
We lost some GOOD men that day. Cong. David Crockett had the fortitude to actually stand up to the wrongs of his very popular president.
Some historians contend Congressman David Crockett’s political career ended because of his support for the Cherokee against President Jackson’s removal plans. Crockett explains his position in 1834:
“.......His famous, or rather I should say infamous, Indian bill was brought forward, and I opposed it from the purest motives in the world.
Several of my colleagues got around me, and told me how well they loved me, and that I was ruining myself. They said this was a favourite measure of the president, and I ought to go for it.
I told them I believed it was a wicked, unjust measure, and that I should go against it, let the cost to myself be what it might; that I was willing to go with General Jackson in everything that I believed was honest and right; but further than this I wouldn’t go for him, or any other man in the whole creation.
I voted against this Indian bill, and my conscience yet tells me that I gave a good honest vote, and that I believe will not make me ashamed in the day of judgment.”
I’m a 7th generation Texan, and every time I visit the Alamo I’m struck by the reverence I feel for what happened there.
Liberty fought and died for by men who came from Texas, other states and other countries.
Thanks go to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas for preserving the site.
Texas forever.
Remember Goliad.
My wife and I went to the Alamo several years ago and I can’t explain the feelings that came over me, it is truly hollowed ground and those that died do live on as they have not been forgotten. We had planned on being there just a short time, well it ended up being hours, and more than worth it.
Doug Sahm lyrics SOONER OR LATER:
“Everybody makes a promise, everybody breaks a promise, say we’re only human after all.
Toe to toe and eye to eye you take a stand you draw the line, pretty soon your back’s against
the wall. Then the bombs will fly, shootin’ stars across the sky by the dawn’s early light you
might be free.
“Sooner or later we’re all gonna’ make it to the Alamo. Ready or not there’s a battle to be won.
Are you coming with me to the Alamo? Sooner or later you’ve got to fight for what you love.
“Lord lead me to the Alamo. That’s where I want to go. Sooner or later I’m comin’ home.”
I am a proud descendant of Andrew Kent who fought and died there. I am always in awe when I think about the fact that they knew they were outnumbered and were really just regular folks doing what they saw as the right thing.
Only days until I am amongst the revelers at
Born not far from the Alamo, at Ft Sam Houston, now isn’t that a coincidence, I consider it an honor and humble privilege to have been born in the free republic of Texas. Bought and paid for by those who stood so long ago in defense of Liberty and the Alamo.
My ancestor Thomas R.Miller:
OLD EIGHTEEN. “Old Eighteen” was a term used to describe the Gonzales men who, late in September 1835, delayed Mexican attempts to reclaim the town’s cannon until militiamen from surrounding settlements could be summoned. Their efforts in large measure provoked the subsequent battle of Gonzales. Members of the Old Eighteen were William W. Arrington, Valentine Bennet, Joseph D. Clements, Jacob C. Darst, George W. Davis, Almaron Dickinson, Benjamin Fuqua, Thomas Jackson, Albert Martin, Charles Mason, Thomas R. Miller, Simeon Bateman, Almon Cottle, Graves Fulchear, James Hinds, John Sowell, Winslow Turner, and Ezekiel Williams.
And a slaut to my GGGG uncle, Deaf Smith, who helped bury the burned remains at the Alamo and also fired the first shot at the Battle of San Jacinto.
To The People of Texas and
All Americans In The World —
February 24, 1836
Fellow citizens & compatriots —
I am beseiged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna — I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man — The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken — I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls — I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism, & every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch — The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country —
VICTORY OR DEATH
William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. Comdt.
The Alamo and Thermopylae have much in common. Overwhelming odds, men of honor and preservation of something greater than themselves:
At the Battle of Thermopylae, Xerxes I of Persia, with 600,000 men, met King Leonidas I of Sparta, with only 300 men. Leonidas had predicted the outcome of the battle, and so he chose only men with sons old enough to take over their family duties. Xerxes promised to spare the lives of the 300 Spartans if they would only lay down their weapons. The Spartans refused, shouting "Molon Labe" ("Come and Get Them"), and held the narrow mountain pass of Thermopylae for days. All the Spartans were eventually killed, but they inflicted such damage to the Persian army (20,000-40,000 dead) that Xerxes was unable to utterly conquer the Greek Peninsula. This act of heroism did nothing less than save Western civilization. The world that you know is due in no small part to those brave men who gave their lives 2,500 years ago. Today there lies a plaque at the site of the battle. It reads: "Go tell the Spartans, passerby, that here, by Spartan law, we lie." John Ruskin called this epitaph the noblest words ever uttered by man. The story of Thermopylae is very similar to the Alamo. Travis, Crockett, and Bowie considered their lives less important than the freedom of their people. As Otto Scott said, "Ours are the same tests and crises that our fathers and forefathers encountered." Our people face the threat of extinction today, and unless we count our lives as less important than the lives of our children, our people will perish. Sic Semper Tyrannis.
Our brave ancestors would be heart broken and outraged to know of the current invasion overtaking our nation. May we draw inspiration from the actions of these valiant men.
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