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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Americans “remember the Alamo”–but usually for the wrong reasons. Some historians believe the battle should have never been fought. The Alamo was not Thermopylae–a narrow mountain pass blocking the...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART THREE (END)
On the night before the final Mexican assault, one man escaped the Alamo to testify to the defenders’ courage. Or so goes the most famous story of the 13-day siege. He was Louis Rose, a veteran of the...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART ONE (OF THREE)
John Wayne fought and died there–cinematically. So did Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Fess Parker, Sterling Hayden, Jason Patrick, Billy Bob Thornton and Patrick Wilson. The Alamo March 6, 2014...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Americans “remember the Alamo”–but usually for the wrong reasons. Some historians believe the battle should have never been fought. The Alamo was not Thermopylae–a narrow mountain pass blocking the...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART THREE (END)
On the night before the final Mexican assault, one man escaped the Alamo to testify to the defenders’ courage. Or so goes the most famous story of the 13-day siege. He was Louis Rose, a veteran of the...
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THE ALAMO COMES TO BAGHDAD
President Barack Obama has notified Congress that he will send up to 275 troops to Iraq to provide support and security for U.S. personnel and the American Embassy in Baghdad. Meanwhile, the insurgent...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART ONE (OF THREE)
On March 2, 1836–179 years ago today–Texas formally declared its independence from Mexico, of which it was then a province. Sixty-one delegates took part in the convention held at...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Americans “remember the Alamo”–but usually for the wrong reasons. Some historians believe the battle should have never been fought. The Alamo was not Thermopylae–a narrow mountain pass blocking the...
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REMEMBERING THE ALAMO: PART THREE (END)
On the night before the final Mexican assault, one man escaped the Alamo to testify to the defenders’ courage. Or so goes the most famous story of the 13-day siege. He was Louis Rose, a veteran of...
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VICTORY IN DEFEAT–THE ALAMO: PART TWO (OF THREE)
Sunday, March 6, 2016, marks the 180th anniversary of the most famous event in Texas history: The fall of the Alamo, a crumbling former Spanish mission in the heart of San Antonio. After a 12-day...
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