| Show 5 s ca t o Nearby arc trod and Yonder 0 f. f ny Cy EyT T. T T T. MAXEY y yi i o 0 s u m mw w u n The Alamo TilE THE Alamo p n n T the most t noted In nil Terns was Wl originally In to the Rio Grande valley Mille and moved moed to u a point now ln the limits of the city of ofSan Sao San Antonio nh ut 1720 because of f annoying nOM disturbances The church and Its yard covering cohering some rome two und and one half acres surrounded surrounded sur rounded by u II protecting wall vall eight f feet t high and ond almost t three feet thick was repeatedly the subject of disturbing disturb log ing outrages by the Mexicans who finally d It In to ts ISM J during the for the Independence In In- dependence nce of ot a n of some soine some ISO determined Texans and Am Americans held an nn overwhelming number number num num- ber Der of ll Mexicans n nt at hay boy during n a n. n h bombardment born bom nI bard l nt which lasted almost for far twelve bloody Mundy days 1118 Although Although Al AI though driven en hack hark repeatedly and with ai losses the Mexicans finally su cl In In making n bre breech ch chIn In the wall all re l o over o er th the par parapet par apet spec and by desperate to hand fighting gained PO only after otter all but Pp Pe of fit the T Texans nn were killed Th These VIII r vi r ic taken prisoners rs' rs n and later executed Later on on the nonie name Alamo was was adopted Remember the Alamo be be- became came Caine a w war ar cry cry- 1 The determined Tex rex ans captured the Mexican general and won Toda Today this scarred hattle-scarred mission mission mis mis- sion slon which stands much its as It appeared d It at t the close cloie of the n final al struggle I le III bs used d' d as n a museum to to house early early-doy relics and ond records of Texas T Texas and has tk been lieen red to us as the tal of and nud stands out as DS one of tb the monuments of American hl history torY 6 n If II lilt 1 Western r total |
