Step back into 1836 and witness one of the most legendary battles in American history. The Siege of the Alamo pitted 170 Texan defenders — including folk heroes like Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, and ...
The fight for liberty and independence is why the Alamo is one of the most recognized historic sites in the world. Almost 200 ...
Thursday marks the 189th anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo, where the Mexican army's rout of Texas revolutionaries would later inspire the fateful defeat of Mexican forces under the battle cry ...
In July 1951, when I took basic training at Lackland Air Force Base, a fellow recruit from California told me he had visited the Alamo; but, he said, “It’s kind of small, and there’s not much to it.” ...