Remembering The Alamo

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The 1836 battle for the Alamo has grown to mythic proportions,
bolstered in posterity by those keen to liken the last stand of Davy
Crockett, Jim Bowie, and William Barret Travis to the Spartan defense of
Thermopylae two and a half millennia hence.Not a particularly shrewd or
strategic military ploy, the defense of the Alamo was as much a
miscalculation as it was a rebellious last stand.Nonetheless, the heroism
and valor displayed by the small band of “Texians” during the siege on the
Alamo remains today a source of pride for modern day Texans and Americans
alike.Today, new accounts of the battle have surfaced, calling into
question what have heretofore been regarded as incontrovertible historical
facts.Also, Mexican-Americans have clamored for their place in the
history books alongside Crockett, Bowie, Travis and company as opponents of
the Mexican tyrant General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.As in all things
throughout history, a true picture of the Alamo is hard to come by.
Sifting through the legends, the lore, and the rumors, however, is an
It was the Mexican independence from Spain in 1821 that truly set the
stage for what was to become a mini-revolution in Texas.Established at
this time as an independent state within Mexico, Texas became a beacon to
fortune-seekers, visionaries, and adventurers from the United States and
Europe (Grigg 35).In 1824, Stephen F. Austin and the “Old Three
Hundred”â€"a complement of three hundred familiesâ€"arrived in Texas to settle;
around this time, Americans were learning that in Mexican-controlled Texas,
slack rule was coupled with few constitutional protections (Grigg 36).By
1830, Mexico’s central government was canceling land contracts, imposing a
variety of taxes and duties, placing restrictions on coastal shipping, and
stationing troops throughout (Grigg 37).
In 1832, when Gener…