13 Days of Glory

Bill -- thanks for the reminder of this great inspirational story in  our history.

I sure am thankful that my visual impression of the Alamo was formed by Hollywood and not by driving into downtown San Antonio and seeing it in a "city park" surrounded by office buildings.

(I hate to admit I have any impressions formed by Hollywood...)

Still a great part of U.S. and Texas history, and a testament to those who stood/stand up for what they believe!

Bill some event in history just stand out, and the Alamo is one of them.  The Alamo gave us a lot to learn from.

Several movies have been made, but the real story fades away if we don't share it often

Well Pilgrim your story has rung some bells. We need to keep this in mind as we move through these next four years.

remember the Alamo.

Bill Roberts

Bill, I have rethought my first comment.

I have been shaped by Hollywood, but rarely in the past 40 years!

What happened to the moral of the story and the story having morals? 

Bill - a good lesson for me. I went and read more about it and I am glad I did. Loved watching the videos, thanks.

Well, if we're going to get the history right....

"Many of these guys when they arrived were sort of rotten and nasty," says H. W. Brands, author of Lone Star Nation: How a Ragged Army of Volunteers Won the Battle for Texas Independence--and Changed America. Jim Bowie was a slave trader and land speculator before he came to Texas. Davy Crockett was a backwoods politician who had just been humiliated in an election. Sam Houston, the general of the Texas army who later avenged the deaths of the Alamo garrison and won Texas independence, had a notorious weakness for the bottle. William Travis, who was in command of the Alamo when it fell, had deserted his pregnant wife, young child, and a mountain of debt. He brought his personal slave, Joe, with him to the battle, one of a handful of black men who would be trapped inside the fort...."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/040412/12alamo.htm

I find it amusing that when someone takes a critical view of American History, everyone is up in arms, when they glorify it, all's good...veracity be damned.  BTW, I lived in San Antonio (and Dallas, Houston, Austin) and my youngest son goes to UT so I'm pretty familiar with the mythology of the Alamo and Texas in general.

So yes, I know Texans don't like their history any other way then how John Wayne portrays it...sorry if I offended:)

Bill- I'm from Texas and on March2 I did remember Texas Independence Day.  Texans love their stories of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto.  Those who fight for their countries aren't always perfect, but then again neither are our politicians or us.  Whatever their reasons for going into battle are not mine to question since I've never had to go into battle.  Thank you for the Texas reminder.