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The Defense of the Alamo

THE DEFENSE OF THE ALAMO "THERMOPYLAE HAD ITS MESSENGER OF DEFEAT;THE ALAMO HAD NONE" THE ALAMO IN 1836 CONSISTED OF THIS CHURCH, THECONVENTS AND A LARGE RECTANGULAR AREA OR PLAZA,AN ENCLOSURE OF...

THE DEFENSE OF THE ALAMO

"THERMOPYLAE HAD ITS MESSENGER OF DEFEAT;
THE ALAMO HAD NONE"

THE ALAMO IN 1836 CONSISTED OF THIS CHURCH, THE
CONVENTS AND A LARGE RECTANGULAR AREA OR PLAZA,
AN ENCLOSURE OF ABOUT SIX ACRES SURROUNDED BY
WALLS WITH BARRACKS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE PLAZA

ON FEBRUARY 23, 1836, COLONEL WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS
ENTERED THE ALAMO WITH AN APPROXIMATE FORCE OF 
TWO HUNDRED MEN. THE SIEGE COMMANDED BY GENER-
AL SANTA ANNA AND AN ARMY OF SEVERAL THOUSAND 
MEXICAN SOLDIERS LASTED NEARLY TWO WEEKS. AT DAWN
ON SUNDAY, MARCH 6, THE FINAL ASSAULT WAS MADE, AND
IN LESS THAN AN HOUR THE DEFENDERS SLAIN. LATER THE 
BODIES WERE BURNED BY ORDER OF GENERAL SANTA ANNA.
THIS VICTORY IN DEFEAT WAS THE MEANS OF UNITING 
THE COLONISTS IN A DETERMINED EFFORT TO RESIST
FURTHER OPPRESSION AND BY ARMED FORCE SECURE
PERMANENT INDEPENDENCE.

"IT WAS HERE THAT A GALLANT FEW, THE BRAVEST
OF THE BRAVE, THREW THEMSELVES BETWEEN THE
ENEMY AND THE SETTLEMENTS, DETERMINED NEVER
TO SURRENDER NOR RETREAT. THE REDEEMED
THEIR PLEDGE TO TEXAS WITH THE FORFEIT OF
THEIR LIVES -- THE FELL THE CHOSEN SACRIFICE
TO TEXAS FREEDOM" -- NEWELL

 

Submitted by Rob Sweeney

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