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At about 4AM in the morning, the Mexicans launched an attack on the Alamo. Three times they attacked before they could breach the walls. It is speculated that 5 or 6 surrendered but were killed and last to die were 3 men in the chapel. Legend has it that when the American Army cleaned out the roof of the chapel in about 1846, they discovered several skeletons. I can't verify this, just read about it.

This battle, for reason, is near and dear to Texan hearts. That some 181 men, brave enough to die, giving Sam Houston to get enough men together to form an army for Texas independence lives on.

Remember the Alamo.
 
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I also mark this day, proudly working at Fort Sam Houston. I close my eyes in prayer to the many who fought and died. Santa Anna made his worst mistake insisting the Alamo be conquered, his battlefield losses tipped the odds in the young Texan Army favor 46 days later at the battle of San Jacinto.
 
Every Texas school student knows the story of the Alamo and I'm no different, but I wasn't able to visit what the DTR calls "The Shrine" until summer of 2000 with the wife. When we entered (Hats off), I was so emotionally overcome that I had to step outside to recover. I thought that I was being silly. I'm pretty much a cynic. I stepped back inside and there was the feeling again (Cue the Twilight Zone music). As we walked through, I kept thinking "This is so silly. It's just an old building".
When we left and walked about a half block, my wife finally said "You know, when we first walked through the doors, I felt like I was going to burst into tears. Isn't that silly?"
Interpret that experience any way you like, but there's something there, man.
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Been there twice. Well worth the trip. It's in downtown San Antonio so it take imagination to visualize what it was like then. In an adjacent building is a souveneir shop with the best diorama I've ever seen, it depicts the final assault.
 
italiansport said:
Well we did get some vengance from this slaughter. We have Santa Anna's leg on display in a museum in Illinois and they have repeatedly refused to return it to the Mexicans.
Jim
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By cracky, that both REEKS of political insensitivity AND makes me smile at the same time! (actually, two thing that tend to normally coincide, now that I think of it) :D
 
I lived in San Antonio de Bexar from 1965-1967, my junior and senior years in high school, when my father was stationed at Fort Sam Houston. Tex1001, I know what you're talking about. Even a rebellious know-it-all teenager like me felt it the times I was there.

CW
 
My wife and I have vacationed in San Antonio twice, and both times we made a pilgrimage to the Alamo. On the second visit, I also came at night when the place was not milling with tourists, and the Alamo was lit up with night lights. Using a 35mm film camera set on a parking pillar as a stabilizer, I made a beautiful time exposure of its face, devoid of people and with the darkness in the background eliminating the view of the modern-day city in back of it. I had it framed and it hangs in our home's entryway today. I also had the feeling of reverence and awe when entering its doors. It's a hallowed place in our country's history.

John

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Tex1001 said:
Every Texas school student knows the story of the Alamo and I'm no different, but I wasn't able to visit what the DTR calls "The Shrine" until summer of 2000 with the wife. When we entered (Hats off), I was so emotionally overcome that I had to step outside to recover. I thought that I was being silly. I'm pretty much a cynic. I stepped back inside and there was the feeling again (Cue the Twilight Zone music). As we walked through, I kept thinking "This is so silly. It's just an old building".
When we left and walked about a half block, my wife finally said "You know, when we first walked through the doors, I felt like I was going to burst into tears. Isn't that silly?"
Interpret that experience any way you like, but there's something there, man.
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I don't have Alzheimers. My wife had me tested.
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No,it aint silly. I get the chills everytime I walk past the long barracks.
 
Also,Mexican Colonel--de la Pena--did write down what he witnessed on when they discovered Davy Crocketts body.What he saw--which many idiots try to claim did not happen--was that there were no less than fiveteen dead Mexican soldiers lying near Davy's body. This was written about in the de la Pena papers.
 
italiansport said:
Well we did get some vengance from this slaughter. We have Santa Anna's leg on display in a museum in Illinois and they have repeatedly refused to return it to the Mexicans.
Jim
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The Mexicans captured a flag from the battle, have it on display in the national museum in Mexico City.

Maybe we can work a deal. A rotten, stinky leg for the glorious flag. Can you imagine the crowd of Texans who would line up to see that Flag?

I claim first in line.

Phil Collins donated some things that belonged to Davy Crockett for display at the Alamo. Very interesting.
 
In 2009 I was fortunate enough to visit the Alamo Village near Bracketsville, Texas. Built in 1959 specifically for John Wayne's movie "The Alamo". The set includes a full-scale re-creation of the Alamo compound as it would have appeared in 1836 and also includes a representation of the village of San Antonio de Béxar of the same time period. I realize the movie set is not the real deal, but the visit was still quite inspiring.

The Alamo Village movie set used to be a regular tourist attraction. By 2009 it was closed and we were only able to get on site because of some contacts my buddy from San Antonio has. A group of us were touring south Texas on Harley's and the tour of the village was the highlight of our trip.

I parked just outside the main gate of the Alamo compound. These are the same gates that John Wayne and Richard Widmark rode through in the movie.

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It has begun---179 years ago, at 4 AM, the Battle of The Alamo started. In a mere 90 minutes of combat, the defenders were dead----
"...Now all the bugles are silent and there's rust on every sword,
And the small band of soldiers lie asleep in the arms of the Lord."
Rest In Peace, Boys------
 
Tex1001 said:
Every Texas school student knows the story of the Alamo and I'm no different, but I wasn't able to visit what the DTR calls "The Shrine" until summer of 2000 with the wife. When we entered (Hats off), I was so emotionally overcome that I had to step outside to recover. I thought that I was being silly. I'm pretty much a cynic. I stepped back inside and there was the feeling again (Cue the Twilight Zone music). As we walked through, I kept thinking "This is so silly. It's just an old building".
When we left and walked about a half block, my wife finally said "You know, when we first walked through the doors, I felt like I was going to burst into tears. Isn't that silly?"
Interpret that experience any way you like, but there's something there, man.
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I don't have Alzheimers. My wife had me tested.
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^^^What he said. the Presidio La Bahia at Goliad has the same effect on me. Even if you didn't know what happened at those two shrines, the second you walked into them, you knew something did.
 
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