Alamo. [ (al-uh-moh) ] A fort, once a chapel, in San Antonio, Texas, where a group of Americans made a heroic stand against a much larger Mexican force in 1836, during the war for Texan independence from Mexico.

Alamo is defined as a mission in San Antonio, Texas that was used as a fort during the Texas revolution. A church built after 1744 as part of a Spanish mission in San Antonio, Texas, and converted to a fort in the early 1800s. …

“Alamo” is the Spanish word for cottonwood. “Alamo” in the town’s name is thought to refer to a landmark cottonwood tree growing on a ranch near Parras. The mission chapel is still called the Alamo; the town of Parras, however, is now called Viesca.

Alamo, (Spanish: “Cottonwood”) 18th-century Franciscan mission in San Antonio, Texas, U.S., that was the site of a historic resistance effort by a small group of determined fighters for Texan independence (1836) from Mexico.

The Alamo was an 18th century Franciscan Mission in San Antonio, Texas, which was the location of an important battle for Texans fighting for independence from Mexico. After a lifetime of service to his country, the event for which he is most well known is his role in the independence of Texas.

Today it is a museum in the Alamo Plaza Historic District and a part of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site. The historic district was one of the early Spanish missions in Texas, built for the education of local American Indians after their conversion to Christianity.

Though the structure is famous for being the site of the 1836 battle between Texas revolutionary forces and the Mexican army, it played an important role in the events that led up to that infamous battle and the later course of Texas history. The Alamo was originally established by Catholic missionaries in 1718.

We could walk through the museum and brush through the surface in a few minutes. But the beauty of the Alamo is not in the intricacy of the structure or it’s size but in the stories it carries. And that’s why the Alamo is absolutely worth visiting.

Interesting Facts About the Battle of the Alamo Not everyone in the fort was killed. Most of the survivors were women, children, servants, and slaves. The Alamo was used by Confederate forces during the Civil War. During the 1870s, the Alamo was used as a warehouse.

The Alamo was a turning point in the Revolution because it made other Texans want to fight for independence. “Remember the Alamo!” became a rallying cry for Texans during the Revolution. Texan leaders declared their independence from Mexico.

Miraculously, at least fourteen people lived through the battle, and a few would later provide chilling eyewitness accounts of what happened. Enrique Esparza was the son of Alamo defender Gregorio Esparza and Ana Salazar Esparza. He, his mother, and two siblings survived the attack.

General Sam Houston felt that holding San Antonio was impossible and unnecessary, as most of the settlements of the rebellious Texans were far to the east. Houston sent Jim Bowie to San Antonio: his orders were to destroy the Alamo and return with all of the men and artillery stationed there.

Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing most of the Texians and Tejanos inside.

David Crockett, James (Jim) Bowie, and William Barret Travis were among those remembered by the cry of “Remember the Alamo,” reported to be yelled at the victory at San Jacinto. The cost entailed in regaining San Antonio contributed to General Santa Anna’s defeat less than two months later at the Battle of San Jacinto.

“REMEMBER THE ALAMO” was a battle cry in which the bitterness of the Texans over the massacres by Mexican forces at the Alamo in San Antonio (6 March 1836) and at Goliad(27 March 1836) found expression. Use of the phrase has been attributed both to Gen. Sidney Sherman, who fought in the battle. …

The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848. It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).

On March 6, 1836, after 13 days of intermittent fighting, the Battle of the Alamo comes to a gruesome end, capping off a pivotal moment in the Texas Revolution. Mexican forces were victorious in recapturing the fort, and nearly all of the roughly 200 Texan defenders—including frontiersman Davy Crockett—died.

The Battle of the Alamo was fought between the Republic of Texas and Mexico from February 23, 1836 to March 6, 1836. It took place at a fort in San Antonio, Texas called the Alamo. The Mexicans won the battle, killing all of the Texan soldiers inside the fort.

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From the Gulf of Mexico, it follows the course of the Rio Grande (Río Bravo del Norte) to the border crossing at Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, and El Paso, Texas….Mexico–United States border.

Austin encompasses 272 square miles along the Colorado River in central Texas 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.

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