Remember the Alamo!

[NewGuy2005 53]

Last week, my wife and I went to San Antonio for a few days and had a great time. When we went, I did not intend to go to the Alamo, because I had been there when I was a kid.

Well, it turns out that one of the high points of the trip was our visit to the Alamo. In the course of researching what to do while we were there, we were exposed to a little Texas history which piqued our interest. We went to the Alamo and took the "audio tour" which was very informative. Prior to this visit I did not know the significance of this battle and its impact on the revolution, and later, the course of the United States.

If you are ever in San Antonio, I highly recommend that you visit the Alamo and take the time to learn about this historic place.

[texascrw 1]

We are very proud of it, and the heroic men that fought and died for Texas.

[masterrig 1]

I still get a little choked-up whenever I visit The Alamo. It's changed a lot over the years, since my first visit when I was 11-yrs. old. A great reminder of those who died for Texas independence.


Chuck

[AggieDave 6]

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Last week, my wife and I went to San Antonio for a few days and had a great time. When we went, I did not intend to go to the Alamo, because I had been there when I was a kid.

Well, it turns out that one of the high points of the trip was our visit to the Alamo. In the course of researching what to do while we were there, we were exposed to a little Texas history which piqued our interest. We went to the Alamo and took the "audio tour" which was very informative. Prior to this visit I did not know the significance of this battle and its impact on the revolution, and later, the course of the United States.

If you are ever in San Antonio, I highly recommend that you visit the Alamo and take the time to learn about this historic place.

I'm glad you ended up visiting the Alamo and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've been a few times over the past 15 years or so and I look forward to going again. Then again, I'm a history guy, I love studying history and I know that's weird.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[masterrig 1]

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Last week, my wife and I went to San Antonio for a few days and had a great time. When we went, I did not intend to go to the Alamo, because I had been there when I was a kid.

Well, it turns out that one of the high points of the trip was our visit to the Alamo. In the course of researching what to do while we were there, we were exposed to a little Texas history which piqued our interest. We went to the Alamo and took the "audio tour" which was very informative. Prior to this visit I did not know the significance of this battle and its impact on the revolution, and later, the course of the United States.

If you are ever in San Antonio, I highly recommend that you visit the Alamo and take the time to learn about this historic place.

I'm glad you ended up visiting the Alamo and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've been a few times over the past 15 years or so and I look forward to going again. Then again, I'm a history guy, I love studying history and I know that's weird.

You too? I especially enjoy Texas history and history of the Western U.S.


Chuck

[Squeak 17]

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You too? I especially enjoy Texas history and history of the Western U.S.


Chuck

yo mean northern Mexico?

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[wmw999 2,587]

I live southeast of Houston, so here we visit the San Jacinto monument -- that's the one commemorating the battle where the Texians won that independence
Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[shropshire 0]

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You too? I especially enjoy Texas history and history of the Western U.S.


Chuck

yo mean northern Mexico?

Bwhaaaaaaaa - them there's fightin' wurdz

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[shropshire 0]

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I live southeast of Houston, so here we visit the San Jacinto monument -- that's the one commemorating the battle where the Texians won that independence land grab
Wendy P.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[wmw999 2,587]

So you're saying it was a war of Northern Aggression?

Wendy P.

There is nothing more dangerous than breaking a basic safety rule and getting away with it. It removes fear of the consequences and builds false confidence. (tbrown)

[shropshire 0]

Well it seems that Texas did belong to Mexico at the time.

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Chivalry is not dead; it only sleeps for want of work to do. - Jerome K Jerome

[AggieDave 6]

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I'm glad you ended up visiting the Alamo and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've been a few times over the past 15 years or so and I look forward to going again. Then again, I'm a history guy, I love studying history and I know that's weird.

You too? I especially enjoy Texas history and history of the Western U.S.


Chuck

Texas history to an extent, but general US history from around the French and Indian War to the Civil War is a favorite of mine. Soviet Russia (from the civil war to the end of Stalin) is also a favorite of mine.

--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline."

[Squeak 17]

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Well it seems that Texas did belong to Mexico at the time.

and California and New Mexico etc...

You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky)
My Life ROCKS!
How's yours doing?

[JohnMitchell 16]

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Well it seems that Texas did belong to Mexico at the time.

And could have stayed that way if Santa Anna hadn't been such a despotic @#$%.

We have a long tradition of throwing off yokes of tyranny thru armed revolution. Oh wait, you're British. You know that already.

[masterrig 1]

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You too? I especially enjoy Texas history and history of the Western U.S.


Chuck

yo mean northern Mexico?

When did Old Mexico re-take the Western U.S? This isn't another one of those thoughts that all of us should go back to Europe, Asia and Africa is it?


Chuck

[masterrig 1]

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I live southeast of Houston, so here we visit the San Jacinto monument -- that's the one commemorating the battle where the Texians won that independence
Wendy P.

Yes M'am. I've been there. It's been awhile, though.


Chuck

[masterrig 1]

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I'm glad you ended up visiting the Alamo and I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I've been a few times over the past 15 years or so and I look forward to going again. Then again, I'm a history guy, I love studying history and I know that's weird.

You too? I especially enjoy Texas history and history of the Western U.S.


Chuck

Texas history to an extent, but general US history from around the French and Indian War to the Civil War is a favorite of mine. Soviet Russia (from the civil war to the end of Stalin) is also a favorite of mine.

Russian history is interesting. I took a course regarding it. My big interests are the times of Lewis and Clark on to the turn of the 20th. century.


Chuck

[masterrig 1]

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Well it seems that Texas did belong to Mexico at the time.

And could have stayed that way if Santa Anna hadn't been such a despotic @#$%.

We have a long tradition of throwing off yokes of tyranny thru armed revolution. Oh wait, you're British. You know that already.

Santa Anna thought he was going to be recieved as a hero when he returned to Mexico, too. Quite the contrary. Like some famous war leaders, he was brutal and suffered from an over-inflated ego.


Chuck

[SpeedRacer 1]

There's no basement in the Alamo.

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[NewGuy2005 53]

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There's no basement in the Alamo.

Please explain.

[oldwomanc6 60]

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There's no basement in the Alamo.

Please explain.

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[BIGUN 1,483]

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I live southeast of Houston, so here we visit the San Jacinto monument -- that's the one commemorating the battle where the Texians won that independence
Wendy P.

And, where Deer Park was the birthplace of Texas. I occasionally dine at the Monument Inn, but the fried seafood is waaaaay too salty for my delicate palate. While living in Texas, I called two places, "Home." One was Fort Hood, the other was Kemah. Home of the first Joe's Crabshack and still (IMO) the best.

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[Born2Late 0]

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[JohnRich 4]

To supplement your new-found knowledge of Texas history, the next time you're in Houston you should visit the San Jacinto monument, the battlefield where Sam Houston and a rag-tag band of Texans defeated the much larger and professional Mexican Army under Santa Anna.

For other good stuff, visiit places like Goliad, Washington-on-the-Brazos and San Felipe.

[Amazon 7]

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Well it seems that Texas did belong to Mexico at the time.

At the time of the Mexican War there was a perfectly good idea called Manifest Destiny... too bad it was not persued and just absorbed the rest of North America... there would be a hell of a lot less problems today.... if we would just have stayed and made Mexico a few more states.
Then there is the whole Bendict Arnold FAIL... and we would have gotten control of Canada 100 years sooner after tossing you lot out of there too.