The Siege at The Alamo began this day in 1836.

texanron · Post by **texanron** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:22 am

Today marks the day that Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna arrived outside The Alamo and raised a red flag for the defenders of The Alamo to surrender. Colonel William Barret Travis answered this demand with a cannon shot.

speedsix · Post by **speedsix** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:31 am

...a coupla mini-guns sure would have been nice that day...

ddstuder · Post by **ddstuder** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:56 am

God Bless Texas and the souls of these brave men!

This is a great song about it by Brian Burns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5uO0bemnk

Pawpaw · Post by **Pawpaw** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:24 am

ddstuder wrote:God Bless Texas and the souls of these brave men!

This is a great song about it by Brian Burns.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch5uO0bemnk

Sorry, but that's a remake. No one does it like Marty Robbins.

I'm not completely sure Marty was the first to sing that song.

speedsix · Post by **speedsix** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 10:37 am

...Dimitri Tiomkin did the music for the Alamo movie...Marty Robbins sang it...Tiomkin is listed as the artist and has done music for other westerns...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXBj1Th4 ... re=related" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3amU4FqKCqw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgVyJjzD_-4" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

...now I gotta see it again...

...folks who never watched it won't know that he also wrote this one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BRqA3DSmpc" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; for "The Alamo"...

texasmusic · Post by **texasmusic** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:06 am

Share the story of the brave men today. We have a story in our Texas history of bravery and sacrifice that rivals anything in recorded world history.

Remember the Alamo. Remember Goliad. God bless Texas.

"Liberty or death"- WBT

cougartex · Post by **cougartex** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:49 am

J.R.@A&M · Post by **J.R.@A&M** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 11:57 am

texasmusic wrote:Share the story of the brave men today. We have a story in our Texas history of bravery and sacrifice that rivals anything in recorded world history. Remember the Alamo. Remember Goliad. God bless Texas.

The bravery of the men at the Alamo stands out. Notwithstanding the various motives of the individual Texians, or any complications of revisionist history, the fact that they stayed and fought was undeniably brave.

The fact that Santa Anna treated the prisoners and wounded of the Alamo and Goliad as pirates was undeniably cruel. It might have been legal, but it was still cruel and it backfired.

mamabearCali · Post by **mamabearCali** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:50 pm

They stood and protected their families and gave their lives for the idea of liberty. For that

. Uncle Cloud (one of Bowie's men related to me) I hope when I get to glory I can shake your hand.

TLE2 · Post by **TLE2** » Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:55 pm

I salute your salutes!

May Texas never tremble at the sound of any enemy's boot steps. Foreign or domestic.

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