The Dreadful Song From The Alamo

[Smoke]

What surprises a lot of our out-of-state friends and family that we take to visit the Alamo is when they learn that the Mexican army of 1836 was considered the 4th largest army in the world. Sure, they had conscripted peasants as cannon fodder, but they also had professionally trained and equipped officers and troops as well.

Regards,

Dave

What surprised me was that it was right across the street from a Burger King. I was stationed at Ft. Sam for a while and whenever I didn't have anything better to do I went and walked around the Alamo

 

[Smoke]

Brief overview of the battle.


[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vd1L2fvHciA[/ame]

 

[the ringo kid]

What surprised me was that it was right across the street from a Burger King. I was stationed at Ft. Sam for a while and whenever I didn't have anything better to do I went and walked around the Alamo

Things come and go near the Alamo all the time. The last time I visited was a few years ago. Where booger king is was a saloon that had Western style shoot-outs there.

 

[Neely52]

Not to mention what Ozzie Osborn did.

I remember what that scumbag Ozzie did, they should have showed him the business end of a Bowie knife.

 

[UncleEd]

It might be well to remember that the battle for the Alamo, meaning to preserve it, lasted nearly a century or more.

No strong interest existed in it during the 19th Century.

The fight for money and support to save at least a portion of it went on and on.

It wasn't as if Texans were all huffing and puffing to save it starting in 1836 or through the next 100 years.

I'm glad part of it was preserved..

 

[jimmyj]

Dreadful Alamo Song

Not to mention what Ozzie Osborn did.

?????? What happened

 

[jtcarm]

Having visited the Alamo several times, I was always amazed at how small it is, especially when the overwhelming odds are considered.

My first thought was, "they defended this little place for almost two weeks?"

I recommend visiting near sundown. You can palpably feel the historical awe.

What a thing it must have been to hear the trumpets so near, so certain, and so final.

Len

Go on a March 6th for the reenactment.

There never has been a decent movie about the Alamo, IMO. And that's coming from a native Texan and history buff.

 

[Smoke]

?????? What happened

Ozzy is supposed to have pissed on a building on the Alamo grounds. Not the chapel. the last few years he has denied it ever happened.

ETA I did some research he apparently peed on the cenotaph outside the mission

 

[Old TexMex]

Ozzy is supposed to have pissed on a building on the Alamo grounds. Not the chapel. the last few years he has denied it ever happened.

ETA I did some research he apparently peed on the cenotaph outside the mission

Interestingly enough, I heard the same story in the late '60s from a fellow from New York. Said (in around 1960) he was driving through San Antonio,from down in Mexico going back to NYC, was lost, and needed desperately to relieve himself and was confronted by "a big Sheriff looking guy".
It was 3am. He was given directions to the highway, and told in no uncertain terms to only stop for gas until he reached the next state.
This tale was related to me in San Miguel de Allende by the nephew of Ramon Mercaders' lover. (Mercader was the guy that put an ice axe into Leon Trotskys skull)
The way Matty described it, I believe it was the wall facing the street acrossfrom the Gunter. (Edit: The Menger)