RHH's photos with the keyword: independence

This panorama of the Sierra Nevada was taken near Independence, California. It is one of the few photos of our recent trip to southern California taken with my phone.

I believe this is Lone Pine Peak in the Sierra Nevada of southern California. The photo was taken near the town of Independence, California, as we traveled south for a conference.

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.

This is the Alamo, downtown San Antonio, Texas, a former Spanish mission and the site of the battle of the Alamo, an important battle for Texas' independence from Mexico. Note the Crockett Hotel in the background, named for one of the defenders of the Alamo.

This memorial to the defenders of the Alamo includes not only these figures of some of the more famous defenders but the known names of the Texans who died in defense of the Alamo. It stand in Alamo Plaza near the Alamo itself.

This is a replica of the cannon used in the defense of the Alamo, and old Spanish Mission in San Antonio, Texas, and site of the battle of the Alamo, fought from February 23 to March 6, 1836. It stands outside the complex in Alamo Plaza.