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TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS & ALL AMERICANS IN THE WORLD COMMANDANCY OF THE ALAMO, BEJAR, FEB. 24, 1836 FELLOW CITIZENS & COMPATRIOTS, I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and cannonade for twenty-four hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism & every thing dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. VICTORY OR DEATH. WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS, Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. P. S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight, we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found, in deserted houses, eighty or ninety bushels, and got into the walls twenty or thirty head of beeves. -Travis ________________________________ Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! The fish is mute, expressionless. The fish doesn't think because the fish knows everything. | ||
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Inspiring and what America stood for, the majority here are of that belief and caliber, unfortunately there’s another half of Americans that see this as all that we did as wrong and should apologize for. | |||
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That is one of this nation’s treasures, alongside documents like Dr. King’s I Have A Dream, Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and the Declaration of Independence. Free Men Are. Nice is overrated "It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018 | |||
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God bless Texas and those who fought and died for her! Made in Texas, in the good ole' U.S. of A. | |||
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This is a several greats uncle of mine. He died at the battle a week later. https://www.thealamo.org/remem.../robert-w-cunningham My brother lives in Bexar County now so that’s pretty cool for him. Gives him some extra TX street cred. | |||
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You cannot tell the story of the Travis letter (Texas' Declaration of Independence) without mentioning 28 year old Texas militia (Ranger) Capt. Albert Martin. Among the 150 defenders, it was Martin who Travis trusted to carry his plea for assistance thru the 1500 Mexican soldiers surrounding the Alamo. Martin rode to Gonzales (his Texas hometown) about 70 miles distant. Martin's father pleaded with him not to return to certain death. However, Martin told Col. Travis he would return. His honor would not allow him to break that pledge. Albert Martin somehow gathered thirty-two Gonzales Texas militia members. The "Immortal 32" are the only men who responded to Travis' call for assistance! They were among the 188 defenders who perished. As a little aside --- the legend says that when James Bowie's mother was informed of his death; her response was "I'll wager they found no wounds in his back". ------------------------------------------------------------ "I have resolved to fight as long as Marse Robert has a corporal's guard, or until he says give up. He is the man I shall follow or die in the attempt." Feb. 27, 1865 Letter by Sgt. Henry P. Fortson 'B' Co. 31st GA Vol. Inf. | |||
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Just talked to my bro the family genealogy guru. My ancestor that died at the Alamo is the brother of only my 3x great grandmother ( my dad remembers meeting his great grandmother as a child and this would have been her mother’s brother) so a pretty direct line not that far back. My brother and his Mason lodge will be at the memorial event tomorrow at the sacred ground. | |||
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I remember having to memorize this letter for my Texas History class in the seventh grade. "The problem with Socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - Margaret Thatcher | |||
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Just visited last week. We picked the coldest days to stop in San Antonio.  These go to eleven. | |||
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