“Remember the Alamo!” On March 6th, 1836, for the third and final time, around 2,000 Mexican Troops attacked around 200 Texian Militiamen who were holed up in the former mission. They would all be killed by Santa Ana’s troops though, including the legendary Kentuckian Davy Crockett. The Mexicans would hold the building until Texas won its independence later that year and on their way down south they’d destroy much of the Alamo.

Visiting the Alamo is a pretty great experience and the museum has plenty of plaques, movies, Texian Military Soldiers in uniform, sculptures, and historical information.

This mission was built to convert the Texan Indians but eventually was secularized and used by the Flying Companies I talked so much about in my podcast series over the Spanish soldiers. But once Americans started arriving, they began garrisoning soldiers in the building as well. At least, until those fateful months in 1836.