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Among Georgia's public universities is the flagship research university, the University of Georgia, founded in 1785 as the country's oldest state-chartered university and the birthplace of the American system of public higher education. [134] The University System of Georgia is the presiding body over public post-secondary education in the state.
Partial scan of the March 24, 1836 Telegraph and Texas Register with the first Texian list of defenders killed at the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution.
Former Alamo Scout Sergeant Major Kittleson founded the Alamo Scouts, a local Exploring Scouting (Now Venturing) unit, in his hometown area Toeterville, Iowa in 1981, after retiring in 1978 from the military. The organization offers a military style training environment for local youth.
The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema was founded by Rice University alums Tim and Karrie League at 409 Colorado St, in an Austin, Texas warehouse district building on Colorado St. (between 4th and 5th) that was being used as a parking garage.
The Alamo Colleges District (previously the Alamo Community College District, or ACCD, and The Alamo Colleges) is a network of five community colleges in San Antonio and Universal City, Texas, and serving the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. The district was founded in 1945 as the San Antonio Union Junior College District before adopting ...
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Alamo was founded in 1890 as a stop on the Seaboard Air Line Railroad.It was named for the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. [5] Alamo was chartered in 1909. [6]Alamo's courthouse was built in 1917 and is on the National Register of Historical Places.
The Alamo Cenotaph, also known as The Spirit of Sacrifice, is a monument in San Antonio, Texas, United States, commemorating the Battle of the Alamo of the Texas Revolution, which was fought at the adjacent Alamo Mission. The monument was erected in celebration of the centenary of the battle, and bears the names of those known to have fought ...