San Antonio may have been founded in 1718, but it was a thirteen-day siege in 1836 that gave the city its second name: the Alamo City. More than 1.5 million people visit the Alamo every year, and ...

The Battle of the Alamo has been depicted in film and television for nearly a century. It has turned men who lived long ago into larger-than-life Texas legends. SMART. IN-DEPTH.

Dawn at the Alamo: The experience includes a recap of events leading up to the morning hour of the Alamo battle and includes readings, vignettes, music, and wreath-laying. The event takes place ...

The Battle of the Alamo would take place five days later. Billy Calzada, Staff / Staff Photographer. Shiloh Stone, 15, left, and Jon Stone, middle, who are from Gonzales, Texas, ...

During the annual commemoration of the anniversary of the 13-day siege and battle at the Alamo, construction crew members take a break on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.

By sunrise, the battle had ended and Santa Anna entered the Alamo. RELATED STORIES November 18, 2024 Army Reserve officer Maj. Kate Rubins to receive Army Aviation Badge with Astronaut Device ...

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Remember the Alamo? A new Texas battle is brewing over how best to do so. Land Commissioner George P. Bush is overseeing a 7-year revamp of the shrine where 189 Texas ...

Updates to the Spanish mission, which was the site of the historic Battle of the Alamo in 1836 during Texas' fight for independence from Mexico, will include a new 100,000-square-foot visitor ...

The badly outnumbered men who made their final stand against the Mexican Army in 1836 made the Alamo a symbol of Texas freedom. Today the Alamo is again the setting for a battle over liberty.

On Friday, the Alamo unveiled a historic portrait of Benjamin “Rush” Milam just in time to commemorate the 189th anniversary of the Siege or Bexar.