On this day, March 6, 1836

JWBooth

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It’s five a.m. here in Texas and at this time 190 years ago, Mexican forces under command of the dictator Santa Ana were well into their assault on The Alamo at San Antonio de Bexar. In the next hour the last shots would be fired and the few surviving male defenders executed.
Later in the day, the bodies would be stacked and burned.
 
Brave men and boys. Especially those 32 from Gonzales who had to fight their way into the Alamo in answering Travis call for reinforcement. That was on March 1st 1836. They went in knowing they were going to die there.

Remember the Alamo.

Quantrill
 
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