Nearly 200 years after the historic battle, Texans are still fighting over how exactly to remember the Alamo. Officials in San Antonio are preparing to break ground on a $550 million project that ...

The Battle of the Alamo took place in early 1836, during the Texas Revolution. It was fought between Mexican and Texan forces at a fort called the Alamo in San Antonio.

Alamo still stirs passion, controversy 189 years after the renowned siege and battle While revisionists call for inclusion in the Alamo project, traditionalists insist 'Davy' died fighting.

The battle, in fact, should never have been fought. Travis ignored multiple warnings of Santa Anna’s approach and was simply trapped in the Alamo when the Mexican army arrived.

A wealthy Anglo woman, Clara Driscoll, wanted that part destroyed, mistakenly believing it was added after the 1836 battle. Court battles ensued and De Zavala even barricaded herself inside the Alamo.

The “ridiculous scroll” didn’t top the structure until after the Battle of the Alamo. By John Nova Lomax. March 6, 2018. The gently curved “hump” atop the Alamo is ...

After the Battle of the Alamo, General Santa Anna ordered his troops to destroy as much of the mission as possible. When I visited the Alamo recently, this destruction was evident.

Less than ninety minutes after the battle began, it was over. For decades student of Alamo history have refought the battle, debating how many people died there and where they fell.

The Battle of the Alamo is the most momentous event of the Texas Revolution. ... Yorktown, or Pearl Harbor, did not immediately rise to prominence in public history after the battle in 1836.

Slave Joe became a fugitive after the Battle of the Alamo. He fled Texas in 1838 to find the family of master William B. Travis, who was killed at the Alamo, in Alabama.

This illustration, called “Bird's Eye View of Alamo Plaza During the Battle,” looks north toward Alamo Plaza during the Battle of Flowers Parade on April 21, 1894. Illustration from the San ...