The Alamo

The Alamo, located down town San Antonio is considered to some the heart of the town . The Alamo was also know as The Shine of Texas liberty, is the remains of it origins Mission San Antonio deValero. Originally the Alamo was build as a mission but latter was turned to a strong hold for the Texan revolutionaries. The Alamo gave birth too many Texan heroes such as Commander William B Travis, Jim Bowie and David Crockett. What make the Alamo such a famed event in the Texas revolution was the events that too place. The siege at the Alamo started February 23, 1836 and ended March 6, 1836. The Mexican government didn’t want to allow Texas to succeed from them so they sent General Santa Anna. General Santa Anna had marched more that 6,000 troops to The Alamo which only had had a little more that 200 defenders. Although the defenders were not successful in defending the Alamo; the 13 day resistance lead by Travis weakened the Mexican army enough to allow Sam Houston to defeat them. In defeat, I believe the dedicated heroes from the Alamo set an amazing example of bravery for other Texan troops.