Recipients of one of the highest awards for Texas Patriotism will gather in Corsicana and Navarro County for the 2024 Veterans Day Week. In the pantheon of Texas Heroes, historians write the name of ...

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 ...

It’s 1836, and 183 brave “Texians” are cornered in the titular San Antonio mission while the Mexicans are baying for blood outside. Tragedy beckons. And yet the unfashionable chest-beating ...

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 ...

Despite his best efforts and his valiant stand, Davy did not survive. In 1718, the Alamo was a mission. In 1830, it was a fortress. Now, since the morning of March 6, 1836, it remains a tomb. Once ...

If you have extra time, River Walk is worthwhile. Many agree that the best way to see San Antonio is by taking a stroll along the River Walk, or Paseo del Rio. San Antonio's most-visited tourist ...

After his death at the Alamo on March 6, 1836, his brother was killed three weeks later in the Goliad Massacre, where 342 ...

In case you aren’t familiar with the Alamo, it is a historic Spanish mission that became the site of a pivotal battle during the Texas Revolution in 1836. Outnumbered Texian defenders, including ...

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 ...

As the second-largest state, Texas covers an extraordinary amount of the geographical area in the U.S., able to fit 15 of the smallest states together in its boundaries. Because of the size of ...

Beginning at 10:00 a.m., there will be a ceremony commemorating the sacrifices made at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, a project created by the Alamo Letter Society. The society’s mission is “to ...