To the people of Texas and All Americans in the World...

William B Travis ^ | 2/24/1836

[Altura Ct.]

To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World-

Fellow Citizens & compatriots-

I am besieged, 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 & everything 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.

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 and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.

Travis

[Paine in the Neck]

[rfreedom4u]

Thirteen Days to Glory is an awesome book.

[Perseverando]

Victory or Death!

[going hot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBup2JAY0EM

[Arm_Bears]

Boner and McTurtle would have thrown open the gates of the Alamo and served drinks and hors d’oeuvres to the Mexicans before giving them each $35,000 and free health care—Much like they did earlier this week.

[Fiddlstix]

Remember The Alamo!

[armydawg505]

When being an American and a Texan meant something. I long for those days to return.

[SaxxonWoods]

I salute my ancestor Thomas Miller, Gonzales, Texas, Alamo Defender, and my uncle 4 times removed, Erastus “Deaf” Smith, who buried the remains of those who defended the Alamo.

[oldplayer]

Boehner and McTurttle: “Can’t we all just get along? After all, we need to show the folks back home that we can govern.”

Oldplayer
UT Law 1990

[Lurkinanloomin]

And on Tuesday our illustrious Congress surrendered the entire country.

[patriot08]

I have a lengthy piece about the Alamo and Gonzales (Tx) on my bio page if anyone is interested. :)

[Tenacious 1]

Boner and McTurtle would have surrendered and sent a letter glorifying their success at negotiating a peacefull resolution to the conflict. “We ended the war!”

They would have never been heard from again as the bodies would likely have never been found.

[Altura Ct.]

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.

[Carthego delenda est]

The modern version:

“Peoples of Mexico, Central America, and Islamists pretending to be such-

HELP!!! We have not been able to find any U.S. Citizens willing to mow our lawns, clean our pools, do our laundry, build our houses, or take care of our children for $20 a week for many months now. The bourbon bottles and dirty diapers have been piling up around the pool. We have attempted to flee, but the lawn has overtaken us and made escape impossible. No one has resupplied us and we are down to our last dozen lobster tails and our last 2 cases of Southern Comfort. Please help us!

We will give you $35,000 in an Earned Income Credit, Free HUD housing, A rechargeable EBT card with thousands of dollars on it, Free healthcare, and free phones so that you may call your relatives to come to our rescue too!

Please! We are desperate! I think I’m going to cry!

Barack Obama, John Boehner, and Mitch McConnell

[servantboy777]

It is as relevant today as was back at the siege of the Alamo.

As a native Texan....I say, “Remember the Alamo!”

[servantboy777]

>>And on Tuesday our illustrious Congress surrendered the entire country.<<

They’z bout to put icing on the cake. Debt limit set to expire March 16, 2015. 21 Trillion....here we come.

[rfreedom4u]

As a native Texan....I say, “Remember the Alamo!”

Ditto!

[Himyar]

God bless Texas! I, alas, am not a Texan but my parents rest in Texas soil. I am an Alabamian. We think along the same lines.

[odawg]

I visited the Alamo in 1997. About half the people inside were in tears. The place is awesome.