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The one-hour documentary Remember the Alamo explores the life of the famed Tejano leader and his efforts to protect the sovereignty of his homeland as it passed through the hands of...
Remember the Alamo! During the Texas Revolution, Fort Alamo, located in present day San Antonio fell to President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Mexican troops on March 6, 1836.
Survivor Stories. On March 6, 1836, nearly 1800 soldiers in the Mexican army of Antonio López de Santa Anna brutally attacked the Alamo after a 13-day siege. Fewer than 200 men stood inside to...
Meet an early Texas family and learn about their role in the Texas Revolution, one consequence of which was the Mexican-American War. Learn more with this article from American Experience: "Remember the Alamo."
Santa Anna advanced into Texas with 4,000 men, headed for the Alamo, where almost 200 American and Tejano volunteers huddled, awaiting an attack. The now-infamous battle that occurred on March 6, 1836, resulted in a Mexican victory and the death of every last Alamo defender.
The Mission San Antonio de Valero is converted to a military post. The Second Company of San Carlos de Parras from El Alamo in Coahuila is stationed there. 1808. November 31: José Antonio's father, Angel Navarro, dies. 1810. San Antonio de Béxar experiences an economic slowdown and famine.
Narrator: In March of 1836, a Mexican army of four thousand men advanced on the old mission in San Antonio known as the Alamo. Inside, almost two hundred U.S. volunteers huddled, awaiting an attack.