Show u I Remember the Alamo I With war T ar with Mexico 1 I In prospect we e remember the tha Alamo and som someone one has suggested ed that that phrase probably will win gain again become the battle battlo en cry Do Db you OU remember r the Alamo 7 Probably you Ou dont don't The Alamo Is ia a building or group gOu of or buildings within the limits of San an An- An ton onlo to Tex Te historically Important because because be be- beI I cause aulSe of or the stubborn but unsuccessful ful fuld d defense b by Texan against a a. v vastly tl superior su- su force of Mexicans under Santa Anna In 1836 during the war of lade inde- p In Texas Originally Mission Del Alamo The buildings were nere re originally those of the he Mission Del Alamo o. were built bunt about 1722 1722 and wore were probably so named amed be because ule they hey were Vera originally erected In tn or near neara a iro e grove of ot alamo or or cottonwood trees rh They f constitute a low how t thick lck walled wailed adobe structure and at present are carefully care care- Cull fully preserved cd as an historical memorial The garrIson carrlson consisted of about men ln Including a reinforcement ment of about thirty the tho siege and men which arrived during was as commanded by Lieutenant Colonel William B. B Travis with Colonel James Bowie Bowle a as his se second ond In command David ld Crockett was one of ot the most moot notable atthe of at the d fenders defenders Bayoneted in Cold Blood B The siege lasted d from irom February 23 3 to March tarch 6 6 1836 1831 when the stronghold was as taken b by alS assault no quarter being given and nd five lve sun survivors Ivors being bayoneted In cold blood bloo It Is ts probable ble that the M Mexicans numbered num num- red about 2600 2500 a and d of these probably as as' as asman many man as 01 w were re killed or r fatally tally wounded the figures however are Hot trot accurately known In one sense the d defense rense of ot the Alamo Involved a sacrifice of lives hives for forIt forit forit It was a a. strat strategic Klc mistake and the garrison gar gar- rison n could almost certain certainly during tho the siege have havo escaped escape but the m mens men's ns heroism and braver bravery Inspired the Texana Texans Tex Tex- ana ans who adopted the battle cry cry- Remember ber tho the Alamo and no doubt contributed contrib to their ultimate victory at San Jacinto Ja- Ja cinto The Alamo has hils come to be known as the American Thermopylae |