Illustration: the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. It was first printed in 1854 in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. Credit: Frank Thompson, "The Alamo" (2005), p. 106; Wikimedia Commons.

Battle of the Alamo: Martyrs for Texas Freedom

By Tony Pettinato on March 6, 2018

An article about the Battle of the Alamo on 6 March 1836, when 2,000 Mexican troops stormed the adobe mission and killed approximately 200 defenders... (Read More)

Photo: the "come and take it" cannon of the Battle of Gonzales of the Texas Revolution (the cannon is the real thing, the carriage a reproduction) on display at the Gonzales Memorial Museum, Gonzales, Texas. Credit: Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons.

A New Nation Is Born: The Republic of Texas

By Tony Pettinato on March 2, 2018

An article about the Texas Declaration of Independence (from Mexico) being approved on 2 March 1836, forming a new nation: the Republic of Texas... (Read More)

Courageous Words from the Alamo as Siege Begins

By Tony Pettinato on February 23, 2017

An article about a letter sent from the Alamo by William Barret Travis before the final Mexican assault at the Battle of the Alamo... (Read More)

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