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 defend the fort ...

For many in the state, the Alamo is a sacred place where brave revolutionaries were slaughtered by the Mexican army in 1836. For generations, the battle has been used as shorthand for Texas pride.

So much so, in fact, that many people call San Antonio the "Alamo City." The only portions of the 1836 compound that remain are the church and the lower floor of the long barracks -- and air ...

If there's one thing San Antonio is known for, it's the Alamo. Once a Franciscan mission, it was here that 189 Texans fought and lost their lives in 1836 during a 13-day siege by Mexican ruler ...

Two men from Germany who were in the Alamo garrison killed in the 1836 battle were remembered Monday at the historic mission and battle site. Little has been written about Henry Thomas and Henry ...

He said the discussions need to stay focused on the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, even though the museum will tell the site’s entire 300-year history. “The conversations I’ve been a part of, ...

Ernesto Rodriguez III digs through documents and works to tell the Alamo’s full story. New research is always rewriting the historical narrative, he says.