Day 9: Relearning the Alamo

This morning we rode the bus downtown and got off several blocks from the Alamo. The Alamo was one of the five missions of San Antonio. The mission's original name was San Antonio de Valero Mission. After the San Antonio missions were closed by the Spanish government, Mexican government ordered the mission fortified by The Second Flying Company of Álamo de Parras in Mexico. The name Alamo honors these Mexican troops.

The roof and the curved top of the front of the Alamo church was added by the US Army in the 1840s. All the fighting took place outside this church. David Crocket's men defended a wooden stockade wall near the front of the church.

A guide described the events leading up to the Battle of the Alamo. (Flickr pictures of the Alamo.) Try as we might, they refused to show us Alamo's basement.

The Texas Revolution lasted from the Skirmish of Gonzolas on October 2, 1835 over a small cannon to the 18-minute Battle of Jacinto April 21, 1836.

Kathy found and purchased a really great looking t-shirt at a extremely good price at the gift shop. The shirt gray with an elegant "Remember the Alamo," March 6, 1830 on the front. When Chris wore it two days later, Kathy noticed that the year on the t-shirt is 1830. The Battle of the Alamo occurred in 1836.

After visiting the Alamo Kathy and Chris took a river walk boat cruise.