The Gonzales 32 the only ones that answered Travis's call.
I guess they figured they started it they better send some men to help out.
Posted on 01/26/2005 4:53:02 PM PST by SwinneySwitch
Am I wrong.
..however, mine returned to Tennessee.
I really do need to get the paperwork out and apply. I am a direct descendant of Andrew Kent who died at the Alamo on my Mom's side and a little less direct (more cousin kind of relationship I think) of Col. Fannin on my Dad's.
I know it's just luck of birth, but I'm very proud of my Texas heritage. So, what am I doing in Florida???
susie
You forgot the PS:
"P. S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves."
I am surprised at your experience. There is supposed to be silence or very quiet discussion when one is in the Alamo. I hope this was an isolated experience and not what I can expect the next time I visit.
All the times I've been there, people have been very respectful. Give it another chance, you'll be glad you did.
Mine too,
but I've since come to revere all of the men who died there.
You cannot visit that place without coming away changed.
Counting my grandchildren, ther have been nine generations of my family in Texas. The Alamo is dear to us all.
When visiting temples in China in 1996, my guide/translator asked me if there were any temples in Texas. I said "Yes, a small one...called the Alamo." She was thrilled to hear about what happened there.
When my friends got married last year I gave them the Texas flag that flew over the Alamo on their wedding day. They cherish it.
Wasn't Clara Drsicoll honored by being named a "Hero of the Alamo" for her efforts to preserve this historic site?
Oh I haven't wrote off the ole' girl I was just frustrated because My girls are young and I was trying to make an impression on them of the magnitude of the place. I really want my children to carry the same respect for Texas and all that she holds dear the same as I.
You ARE wild!
My other favorite San Antonio historical site.......
http://www.historicmenger.com/
Great place to sit down for a cold drink and think of TR recruiting the rough riders.
The Menger Hotel was constructed in 1859 under the direction of owner William A. Menger and architect John Fries. The original two-story building (pictured) occupies a prominent location in downtown San Antonio, only 100 yards from the site of the Alamo. It is the Menger that has housed personalities such as Theodore Roosevelt (pictured), Sidney Lanier, Babe Ruth, Mae West, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Sarah Bernhardt, and Gutzon Borglum, just to name a few.
More than 130 years of refinements have created a masterpiece of traditional elegance and atmosphere at the Menger. The hotel now boasts five stories, 316 rooms, and unparalleled amenities. Guests not only get to experience the history and charm of a national landmark, but also to enjoy the comfort of a high-class hotel. Although much of the architecture, history, appointments, and artifacts found at the Menger Hotel certainly qualify as museum-quality, it remains a public hotel - as it has been since 23 years after the fall of the Alamo.
"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism...The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin...would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities."
Teddy Roosevelt, Republican President (Speech, New York, 1915)
There's a yellow rose in Texas
That I am going to see,
Nobody else could miss her,
Just half as much as me.
She cried so when I left her,
It like to broke my heart,
And if I ever find her
We never more will part.
Chorus:
She's the sweetest rose of color
That Texas ever knew,
Her eyes are bright as diamonds,
They sparkle like the dew.
You can talk about your Clementine
And sing of Rosa Lee,
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Is the only gal for me.
According to legend "The Yellow Rose of Texas" was "high yellow" Emily Morgan West, who was born a slave and captured by general Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution in 1836. The General tried to win her charms and failed, but Emily managed to smuggle Santa Anna's battle plans to Sam Houston who then defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto.
I think it's a mistake to paint love of Texas as simply an Anglo thing. About a quarter of the Texas Cowboys were black. I don't see Texas turning into Mexico. The Mexicans who have come here are here for the freedom. They're not in Mexico and they don't want to turn Texas into Mexico.
I remember my sons asking me why did it feel like their shirts were shrinking when they entered the Alamo. Easiest answer I ever gave to them, "Pride".
You too? I made my first trip to the Alamo last October. Also went to the LBJ library in stinking leftist Austin and the great George Bush library in College Station.
bookmark
Love history!
Ping us if you can find it.
Thanks
:)
Well, I'm a native(and also descendant of one o' them "First Families" I mentioned in another post. I still don't understand the Texas thing but I know it's there. It's something internalized that's difficult to identify.....but it's there.
FGS
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