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Exploring American History, Wednesday, October 30, 2024
Welcome to San Antonio, class, much to your teachers' relief because until they'd started looking, the Alamo was "Texas, somewhere" and they were both decidedly more comfortable in a large city than out in the wilderness.
"Remember the Alamo," Steve said. "A phrase that's caught in our country's collective consciousness, but we don't necessarily remember why we should remember."
"And it serves as a pretty concise explanation for why Texas is the way it is," Tony added. "The territory that Texas occupies was under Spanish control before Mexico gained their independence in 1821. But American settlers moved into the area rapidly until they decided to gain independence from both America and Mexico to form the Republic of Texas. Which lasted all of about a decade. But Mexico didn't really take to having their land being taken from them again."
"We're going to go on a tour with experts who will explain in more detail, but the short version of this was that the 200 Texans inside this mission faced off against between 1800 and 6,000 Mexican troops--the numbers are very vague--for 13 days before the Mexican army overran them and killed most of them, including famous historical figures Davy Crockett and James Bowie," Steve said.
"Which then became a rally cry for the other Texans around the area, causing more to join their cause rather than disenfranchising them as the Mexican army had hoped," Tony added. "But let's just get into exploring the site. And there will, of course, be lunch provided, don't worry."
"Remember the Alamo," Steve said. "A phrase that's caught in our country's collective consciousness, but we don't necessarily remember why we should remember."
"And it serves as a pretty concise explanation for why Texas is the way it is," Tony added. "The territory that Texas occupies was under Spanish control before Mexico gained their independence in 1821. But American settlers moved into the area rapidly until they decided to gain independence from both America and Mexico to form the Republic of Texas. Which lasted all of about a decade. But Mexico didn't really take to having their land being taken from them again."
"We're going to go on a tour with experts who will explain in more detail, but the short version of this was that the 200 Texans inside this mission faced off against between 1800 and 6,000 Mexican troops--the numbers are very vague--for 13 days before the Mexican army overran them and killed most of them, including famous historical figures Davy Crockett and James Bowie," Steve said.
"Which then became a rally cry for the other Texans around the area, causing more to join their cause rather than disenfranchising them as the Mexican army had hoped," Tony added. "But let's just get into exploring the site. And there will, of course, be lunch provided, don't worry."
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