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THE ALAMO
More than 2.5 million people a year visit the 4.2 acre complex known worldwide as "The Alamo." Most come to see the old mission where a small band of Texans held out for thirteen days against the centralist army of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. Although the Alamo fell in the early morning hours of March 6, 1836, the death of the Alamo Defenders has come to symbolize courage and sacrifice for the cause of Liberty. The memories of James Bowie, David Crockett, and William B. Travis (see Travis's Alamo letter), are as powerful today as when the Texan Army under Sam Houston shouted "Remember the Alamo!" as it routed Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.
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Alamo History Websites
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The
Alamo -
Official
Web Site
of the
Alamo -The
Alamo,
300 Alamo
Plaza,
P.O. Box
2599, San
Antonio,
Texas,
78299
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The
Alamo -
Lamont
Wood
writes
this
original
history
of
the
Alamo
and
it
is
presented
at
the
award-winning
Heart
of
San
Antonio
web
site
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Alamo
de Parras - The history of the Alamo begins long before 1836. Great web
site.
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Alamo History Links
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Brief
Alamo Chronology
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1835,
Antonio López de Santa
Anna had established himself
as a dictator in Mexico.
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October
1835, Texans laid siege to
the town of Bexar (San Antonio),
taking control with the surrender
of General Martín
Perfecto de Cos at the Alamo on Dec.
9. (Mexican units had been
garrisoned there since 1803).
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February
23, 1836 - The Siege of the
Alamo begins. Travis
sends his call for reinforcements, "Victory
or Death" messege on the
24th.
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A
free and independent Republic of Texas was officially declared March
2, 1836.
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March
6,The Alamo falls, the bodies
of 182 Texans are burned in
a huge funeral pyre by the
Mexican soldiers.
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Fanin
is among 342 Texans executed
at Goliad on March
27.
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April
16, Sam Houston's army of Texans
swoops down and defeats a dismayed
Mexican army at the Battle
of San Jacinto.
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On May
14, 1836, the public and private treaties of Velasco, were signed by
Presidents David G. Burnet and Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.
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After
the fall of the Alamo in 1836,
the church and buildings were
largely abandoned. The government
of the Republic returned the
chapel to the Catholic Church,
but after annexation, the U.S.
Government claimed it again
for military use.
Complete Chronology of 300 Years of
Alamo History
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The
Alamo has been managed by the Daughters
of the Republic of Texas since 1905. Located on
Alamo Plaza in downtown San
Antonio, Texas, the Alamo represents nearly 300 years
of history. Three buildings - the Shrine, Long Barrack
Museum, and Gift Museum - house exhibits on the Texas
Revolution and Texas History. Visitors are welcome to
stroll through the beautiful Alamo Gardens. Just a short
walk from the River Walk, the Alamo is a "must see" for
all who come to San Antonio.
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Chronology
Cont.
In
the ensuing years, both U.S. and
Confederate forces used the building
to house quartermaster stores and
munitions. The U.S. Army continued
to lease the property until 1876.
Bishop
John Claud Neraz's offer to sell
the Alamo in 1882 was made to Frank
W. Johnson, first president of the
Texas Veterans' Association. He,
in turn, passed the information
on to the governor with a recommendation
that the State purchase the building.
On
April 23, 1883, the Texas legislature passed an act authorizing the purchase
of the Alamo
Complete
Chronology of
300 Years of
Alamo
History
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