Blackfork
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Today is the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, March 6, 1836.
Take cover from what? You're absolutely right. Those who say we aren't being invaded by illegals forget what happened when the roles were reversed...Feud said:Ah, the Texas Revolution. Illegal Immigration at it's finest.
::Takes cover::
Take cover from what? You're absolutely right. Those who say we aren't being invaded by illegals forget what happened when the roles were reversed...
Only those who are intellectually dishonest get upset about the truth.
Fellow citizens and compatriots;
I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual Bombardment and cannonade for 24 hours and 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 & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily and 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 and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country. Victory or Death.
William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. Comdt.
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 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.
Travis
I stand ready for the insults that will surely fly my way
None of that is a secret. It just isn't taught widely in the children's textbooks.Not to be on the other side of things but;
Travis left his wife and kids (divorced them) to seek fame and money in Texas
Bowie was not what you would call an "upright" guy either. Made money in the slave trade
Crocket was drumed out of U S senate with the words "you can go to hell and I am going to Texas" also looking for more fame and money.
Yeah they died to the man but not for the U S A they died mainly trying to be in on the ground level of the start of a new country. They was in fact mostly running from debt wives and on some counts the law.
I am not saying they was not brave or I am not saying they was not heros but they was all this for their own not for the greater good of any one else.
I stand ready for the insults that will surely fly my way