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	Battle of the Alamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Alamo was a 30th-century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texan forces, including Tejanos, during the latter's fight for independence - the Texas Revolution.
		Some 25 years after the battle, historian Reuben Potter made the assertion that reinstatement of the Constitution of 1824 was a primary objective, and Potter's comments have also been the source of a myth that the battle flag of the Alamo garrison was some sort of Mexican tricolor with "1824" on it.
		William Travis was able to dispatch riders before the battle and as late as March 3 informing the Texas provisional government of his situation and requesting assistance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo (3779 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Battle of the Alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Battle of the Alamo was a 19th-century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texan forces during the Texas Revolution.
		Adina de Zavala proceeded to strip the Alamo chapel of almost all the donated or loaned relics, claiming them to be the property of the De Zavala Chapter and not of the DRT as a whole.
		The Alamo is unique-not just in being the Shrine of Texas Liberty, but in being the only major tourist attraction in the United States and perhaps in the world that has been efficiently managed for nearly a century without becoming-even during the Great Depression of the 1930's-a burden to the taxpayer.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Battle-of-the-Alamo (1328 words)

	Battle of the Alamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Mexican and Texian forces during the Texas Revolution that took place at the Alamo mission in San Antonio in February and March of 1836.
		Although the Alamo was not designed for military purposes, the Texian militia and regulars under Green B. Jameson, fortified the post and mounted 18 cannon, including an 18 pounder (8 kg).
		In the United States at the time, the siege of the Alamo was seen as a battle of American settlers against Mexicans, but many of the Mexican nationals in Texas (called Tejanos) in fact sided with the rebellion.
	www.beeville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Battle_of_the_Alamo (2199 words)

	Battle of the Alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Mexican and Texan forces during the Texas Revolution that took place at the Alamo mission in San Antonio in February and March of 1836.
		Although in the United States of the the siege of the Alamo was seen a battle of American settlers against Mexicans of the Mexican nationals of the territory Texas sided with the rebellion.
		Andrew Santella begins "The Battle of the Alamo" with the dramatic moment when William Travis drew a line in the sand and asked that those who would stay and fight to end should cross over and stand with him.
	www.freeglossary.com /Battle_of_the_Alamo (1098 words)

	Battle of the Alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Mexican and Texan forces during the TexasRevolution that took place at the Alamo mission in San Antonio in February and March of 1836.
		The Texan forces who had fortified the Alamo in anticipation of the battle were volunteer soldiers of the ProvisionalGovernment of Texas who had signed an oath of allegiance to protect that government and obey the orders of that government'sofficers.
		Although in the United States of the time the siege of the Alamo was seen as a battle of American settlers against Mexicans,many of the Mexican nationals of the territory of Texas sided with the rebellion.
	www.therfcc.org /battle-of-the-alamo-54833.html (965 words)

	Battle of the Alamo, San Antonio, Texas
		The myth and legend of the Alamo is the creation story of Texas, central to the Texas legend itself, and it is a legend which continues growing, capturing the imagination of people around the world.
		As Texans gathered in the Alamo, Travis dispatched a hastily scribbled missive to Gonzales: "The enemy in large force is in sight.
		Though overlooked, a fascinating account of the Battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution is the personal journal of Mexican Army Officer Lt. Col.
	www.lone-star.net /mall/texasinfo/alamo-battle.htm (2755 words)

	The Second Battle of the Alamo
		The ground in front of the Alamo chapel - that structure we call the Alamo - is soaked with the blood of the men who died in that battle, both Texicans and Mexicans.
		Clara, in Europe, was impressed with the way Europeans preserved and protected their historical sites, and when she saw the condition of the Alamo chapel and the land on which the Alamo battle was fought, she was furious.
		Well, the Daughters had the Alamo and what we today call the Long Barracks, but they also had an unsightly monstrosity of a frame, building built over and around the Long Barracks, and they were very nearly broke from all the litigation.
	www.texfiles.com /ERAapril02/secondbattle.htm (5538 words)

	Battle of The Alamo Encyclopedia Article @ ArtsInTexas.com (Arts in Texas) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		with the Confederate Cemeteries (on East Commerce Street in San Antonio), the Alamo defenders and reenactment ceremonies of the Battle of the Alamo, Sons of...
		The Battle of the Alamo was a 19th-century battle between the Republic of Mexico and the rebel Texan forces during the latter's fight for independence - the Texas Revolution.
		In 1835, Mexican President and General Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón, abolished the Constitution of 1824 and proclaimed a new constitution that reduced the power of many of the provincial governments and increased the power of the Presidency.
	www.artsintexas.com /encyclopedia/Battle_of_The_Alamo (3453 words)

	Battle of the Alamo
		During this phase of the battle the Texians held the compound well, however Romero, Castrillon and Cos's columns merged into one massive body of soldiers, which pushed against the north wall.
		The Alamo is a shrine in the state of Texas.
		The Chapel of The Alamo has become a symbol of freedom and is a daily reminder of the sacrifice free people must make to ensure freedom lives.
	www.vonsworks.com /Alamo%20Battle%20Page%202.htm (744 words)

	Texas Treasures - The Alamo - Texas State Library
		In spite of engineer Green B. Jameson's belief that the Alamo was indefensible, both Neill and Bowie saw the fortress as a strategic post, particularly because of its armament.
		After the fall of the Alamo in 1836, the church and buildings were largely abandoned.
		On April 23, 1883, the Texas legislature passed an act authorizing the purchase of the Alamo.
	www.tsl.state.tx.us /treasures/republic/alamo-01.html (740 words)

	Alamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of the Alamo, a battle fought during the Texas Revolution
		Alamo Mission in San Antonio, a building in Texas which was the focus of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836
		Alamo Village, a movie set turned tourist attraction, in Brackettville, Texas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Alamo (153 words)

	An Introduction to the Battle of the Alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		An Introduction to the Battle of the Alamo
		Although the Alamo was not designed for military purposes, the Texian militia and regulars fortified the post and mounted 18 cannon, including an 18-pounder.
		Before the battle, Santa Anna ordered that a red flag be raised indicating to the defenders that no quarter would be given.
	www.thealamofilm.com /battle_of_the_alamo.html (752 words)

	WOAI: San Antonio News - The Alamo a Symbol of Slavery? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		The Alamo is by far the number one tourist attraction in Texas and one of the most visited spots in the United States.
		The Alamo church, with its characteristic curved roofline, regularly appears along with the State of Liberty, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, and the golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco as one of the most recognized American landmarks worldwide.
		The battle for the Alamo is often remembered as the rebellion of a small group of brave Texas farmers fighting against the Mexican army.
	www.woai.com /news/local/story.aspx?content_id=F54CABCD-A6C3-424D-8722-CB3A73245795 (1091 words)

	Battle of the Alamo, Alamo History, Alamo Heroes and the Alamo Today
		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.
		Alamo History - From the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.
	www.jman5.com /alamocam.htm (1190 words)

	Remember the alamo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		It was the battle-cry of "Remember the Alamo" that later spurred on the forces of Sam Houston at San Jacinto.
		As the Battle of the Alamo was in progress, a part of the Texas Army had assembled in Gonzales under the command of Mosely Baker in the latter part of February.
		It was a sacrifice on the altar of liberty.
	www.kwanah.com /txmilmus/tnghist3.htm (427 words)

	Brief Chronology Of Events
		As the defenders saw it, the Alamo was the key to the defense of Texas, and they were ready to give their lives rather than surrender their position to General Santa Anna.
		Among the Alamo's garrison were Jim Bowie, renowned knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee.
		While the facts surrounding the siege of the Alamo continue to be debated, there is no doubt about what the battle has come to symbolize.
	www.thealamo.org /history.html (567 words)

	The Alamo - Background (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		At the Alamo, Bonham returns to report the negative results of his mission, having ignored the pleas of another rider not to return to certain death.
		That night an unnamed woman leaves the Alamo and is brought before Santa Anna, telling him the defenses are about to collapse.
		The garrison of the Alamo is destroyed, although some individuals do survive.
	hotx.com /alamo/background.html (2480 words)

	Battle of the Alamo
		The Alamo, though strong, was built for a mission, and not for a fortress.
		On Sunday morning, the 6th of March, a little after midnight, the Alamo was surrounded by the entire Mexican army.
		The enemy's victory was complete, yet his force was as sixteen to one, and his loss in slain nearly three times the entire number of the defenders.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /texas/battle-alamo.htm (2324 words)

	The Alamo--U.S. History lesson plan (grades 9-12)--DiscoverySchool.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		Alamo de Parras is a member-supported compendium of Alamo and Texas revolutionary information and exchange on the Internet for use by school children, historians, and anyone interested in the Alamo.
		The Daughters of the Republic of Texas have a wonderful chronology of the Alamo from the time it was built to the present.
		There is a wealth of information on the heroes of the Alamo, an interesting pictorial history of the Alamo and the fascinating story of the preservation of this historic site.
	school.discovery.com /lessonplans/programs/battleofthealamo (1601 words)

	Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library: Alamo History
		The Alamo is widely recognized as a symbol of heroic courage in the struggle against oppression.
		What follows is an illustrated chronology of the Alamo that may help readers understand its historical importance and how it became the Alamo of today.
		The arrival of the Second Company of San Carlos de Parras from the vicinity of the town of El Alamo in Coahuila is the possible source for the popular name of the former mission.
	www.drtl.org /History/index.asp (725 words)

	The Alamo
		Mission San Antonio de Valero, later became famous as the Alamo, was established in 1718, the first of five Spanish missions founded in San Antonio to Christianize and educate resident Indians.
		The finish came April 21 when Sam Houston's Texans routed the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto near Houston, and captured "the Napoleon of the West," as Santa Anna billed himself.
		One states that a "little man named Warner" hid under the bodies of other defenders of the Alamo, was discovered when the bodies were being removed, and asked quarter, which was denied.
	www.americanwest.com /pages/alamo.htm (289 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Alamo, the (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-20)
		ALAMO, THE [Alamo, the] [Span.,=cottonwood], building in San Antonio, Tex., "the cradle of Texas liberty." Built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress.
		When Mexican General Santa Anna approached with an army of several thousand in Feb., 1836, only some 150 men held the Alamo, and confusion, indifference, and bickering among insurgents throughout Texas prevented help from joining them, except for 32 volunteers from Gonzales who slipped through the Mexican siege lines.
		Alamo chief defends ad policies, says Hertz tries to hide problems.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/alamo.asp (471 words)

	Battle of The Alamo
		Inside The Alamo James Bowie and Col William Travis led the men until Bowie’s illness progressed to the point where he could not ably lead and turned over command of his volunteers to Travis.
		One area of the Alamo that I always seem to be drawn to in some mysterious way is the area of the Crockett wall or palisade that was held by him and his Tennesseans.
		It was at the southwest corner of The Alamo that the Texians placed their eighteen-pound cannon.
	www.vonsworks.com /Battle%20of%20the%20Alamo.htm (903 words)

	The Alamo
		In 1803, a Spanish cavalry unit from Alamo de Parras, Mexico, was quartered In the mission and it was from this unit that the mission received the name "PuebLo del Alamo." The Spanish word "alamo" means "cottonwood" and may refer to the cottonwood trees that grew along the San Antonio River.
		Present in the Alamo were Captain Almeron Dickinson's wife, Susanna, and their 15-month-old daughter, Angelina.
		On April 21, forty-six days after the fall of the Alamo, less than 800 angered Texans and American volunteers led by General Sam Houston launched a furious attack on the Mexican army of 1,500 at San Jacinto.
	www.alamocity.com /alamo (1513 words)

	The Alamo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Typically, The Alamo refers to the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, in direct reference to a building referred to as "The Alamo" in San Antonio, Texas, the site of this battle.
		It could, however, be referring to a different disambiguation of alamo/Alamo.
		The Alamo also might be referring to one of several films inspired by the battle, which include:
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Alamo (137 words)

	American Experience \| Remember the Alamo \| Film Description \| PBS
		Long before the Alamo made heroes of Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett and spawned the well-known battle cry, José Antonio Navarro and a group of Tejanos -- Mexicans of Texas who had lived there for generations -- started the battle for Texas.
		The one-hour documentary Remember the Alamo explores the life of the famed Tejano leader and his efforts to protect the sovereignty of his homeland as it passed through the hands of multiple governments.
		The now-infamous battle that occurred on March 6, 1836, resulted in a Mexican victory and the death of every last Alamo defender.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/alamo/filmmore/fd.html (830 words)

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