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The Fall Of The Alamo
Magazine of American History, ^
| January, 1878
| Captain R. M. Potter
Posted on 08/30/2002 10:28:58 AM PDT by robowombat
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To: robowombat
A BIG Thank you bump.
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posted on
08/30/2002 10:35:07 AM PDT
by
CIBvet
To: robowombat
The Alamo story causes me to have a feeling that I cannot describe adequately. Pride, heartbreak, admiration, bewilderment all rolled into one feeling.
Whey
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posted on
08/30/2002 10:39:47 AM PDT
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Whey
To: robowombat
A visit to the Alamo should be on the list of things to do for all Texans. Once you get past the commercialism surrounding it, it is truly a humbling experience to stand in that place.
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posted on
08/30/2002 10:44:35 AM PDT
by
ladtx
To: robowombat
Bump
To: robowombat
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posted on
08/30/2002 10:49:44 AM PDT
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texson66
To: robowombat
When horror is intensified by mystery, the sure product is romance. dontcha just luv a well turned phrase...
To: humblegunner; HoustonCurmudgeon
*PING!*
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posted on
08/30/2002 10:55:42 AM PDT
by
Flyer
To: ladtx
My feelings exactly. It gave me goose bumps to go there.
To: robowombat
From the time I was little after I had seen the Fess Parker Buddy Epson version the Alamo story captured me..I was stationed at Ft Sam back in 68 and spent a lot of time there.. it is a moving place when thinking about America and freedom and the price paid for both...
To: robowombat
... not a single combatant of the last struggle from within the fort survived to tell the tale...I'm under the impression that a number of women and children survived.
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posted on
08/30/2002 11:11:45 AM PDT
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js1138
To: Sunshine Sister
What's that sign at the entrance? "Be silent, friend. Brave men died here."
If you find a quiet place, and get away from the crowds, you can feel the weight of the place.
To: texson66
Whether Crockett was killed in the fight or was executed later doesn't change the fact he volunteered to be there. The whims of fate on the battlefield are mysterious, he may have been wounded and captured or simply ran out of lead and powder, was overwhelmed and taken. No one really knows what the truth is.
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posted on
08/30/2002 11:23:13 AM PDT
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ladtx
To: okchemyst
I felt it the most when we went into the chaple. We were instructed to be quiet. You can feel the presence of greatness in that building. In fact, I have goose bumps just reflecting back on that day!
To: Sunshine Sister; MeeknMing
There is a ghostly feeling to visit there. You can almost feel the presence of those brave men.
Meek: No fiercer or more heroic fight was ever seen in America or in the world.
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posted on
08/30/2002 11:45:42 AM PDT
by
xJones
To: xJones
My brother said he felt the same thing when he went to the Little Big Horn. Given the difference in circumstances, I'm not so sure I would feel the same way.
To: js1138
"... not a single combatant of the last struggle from within the fort survived to tell the tale... I'm under the impression that a number of women and children survived"The two statements are not mutually exclusive.
In fact, Captain Potter's account specifically says that Mrs. Dickenson survived.
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posted on
08/30/2002 12:00:26 PM PDT
by
Redbob
To: robowombat
Doesn't Ron Howard have a plan to make a movie about the Alamo?
Is there any small chance he'll get it right? Or will it be revisionist story about how we "wronged" the native inhabitants, a peace-loving people who valued Mother Earth, and who always recycled?
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posted on
08/30/2002 12:02:42 PM PDT
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Redbob
To: robowombat
Great article!!
To: Redbob
How are they mutually exclusive? Women and children weren't combatants. I believe more than one survived. My point is there were survivors left to tell the story.
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08/30/2002 12:05:49 PM PDT
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js1138
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