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Posted: 05 Mar 2020


Taken: 12 Feb 2020

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The Alamo

The Alamo
Begun in 1744, but never finished, the Alamo was intended to be the the worship center for the Spanish Mission established near this site in 1718 (Misión San Antonio de Valero). It is famous, however, as the site of an important battle for Texas' independence from Mexico, a battle fought over 13 days in which around 200 defenders died and the mission was retaken by Mexican troops under the leadership of General Antonio López de Santa Anna. The site is now downtown San Antonio and is considered an official Texas shrine. Today is the 184th anniversary of the second to last day of the battle, fought from February 23 through March 6, 1836.

We walked to the Alamo the first day we were in San Antonio on our recent trip. We walked there in the afternoon after we had checked into our guesthouse and again in the evening when we we saw it lighted. The inset photos are also of the Alamo, of the memorial outside the Alamo and of a cannon similar to those used in the battle of the Alamo.

Nouchetdu38, , J. Gafarot, Marco F. Delminho and 17 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
The movie called Alamo is a lonely class...
5 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Superbe site historique bien renseigné et admirablement rendu.
5 years ago.
 ColRam
ColRam
Great series an pip ! Well done my friend
Best regards
5 years ago.
 Scott Lilley
Scott Lilley
A good historical information as well as the photo
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome series!

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5 years ago.
 Janet Brien
Janet Brien club
Great shots, Ron, and the information you wrote was very good too. Interesting and a bit shameful that I've totally forgotten my history to the point that I needed to look up the Battle of the Alamo to understand it better. I forgot the battle was lost by the Texans...when you mentioned that I was like, "Ok, if you didn't even know which side won, you should look into it." And I also didn't remember that Davy Crockett died there. I'm more than a bit embarrassed at the blank slate which is my memory of this time...but I *DO* remember this part of our class being at the end of the semester and we didn't go into it very much. You've got me thinking about my US History class though...I had such an AWESOME teacher! He had us write in a journal about our studies and I still have it in a box in the garage...I should go dig it out, that would be fun! :)

Sorry I haven't been around for a few days...I had hoped to post my pictures yesterday but I ran out of time. Steve and I went out to dinner at a sushi restaurant to celebrate the finishing of my bed in the RV!!! Steve took these pictures, I put them on FB but will post them here too... www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1965990970212145&set=pcb.1965993590211883&type=3&theater

Finally got my monster-sized presentation done today--heh, don't know if I'll be doing that again, it was a lot of a work! Looks great but sheesh! But I wanted to do a grand show at least once to celebrate my beautiful rocks! :)

Thanks for your marvelous posts on my Osprey nest and maple leaf image--it sure does make my day that those old photos are getting looked at by you!! :)

Re: your comments about my droplet covered leaf and that hike to the Middle Fork of the Applegate River...I took a look at that album...brought me right back there...that was an AWESOME day...and I was over the moon with my new passion of photography and I took pictures of everything I could...what a place. The little kid in me was running everywhere and pointing out all the wonderful things that so many miss. Looking out through those innocent eyes is exactly how I am able to spot those little things! :) It was pure magic! Glad you took a look--I would love to go there again. :)

I'll post on your previous set of pictures in reply to your other wonderful message!
5 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Beautiful old building; very well taken Ron. Thank you for the interesting info.
HFF and a nice weekend.
5 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Thank you Ron.
Again you have shown a very good and a very important place of/in our time.
Thank you.
5 years ago.

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