History of the Alamo The Alamo, originally known as the Mission San Antonio de Valero, has roots that stretch back to the ...

March 1: Twenty-two men from Gonzales join the Alamo. March 2: Delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos approve the Texas Declaration of Independence. Navarro, with his uncle, Francisco Ruiz ...

Spain made San Antonio the Texas capital from 1772 until 1824. In 1793, a group of soldiers from a place called San Carlos del Alamo de Parras made the mission their headquarters, calling it "the ...

Texas historian Stephen L. Hardin shares eyewitness accounts of the “Runaway Scrape,” an often-overlooked event in the Texas Revolution, at the March 7 Alamo Symposium at the Menger Hotel in San ...

SAN ANTONIO - The Alamo hosted a Texas Independence Day celebration on Sunday, honoring the day Texas declared its independence in 1836.Visitors enjoyed live pe ...

Prior to each Celebration, the rings spend a night in the Alamo—the only college rings in ... genius of democracy,” a quote by the Republic of Texas president, Mirabeau B. Lamar. The images on the ...

The fight sparked Texas' struggle for independence and today, the Alamo stands as a tribute to these men, displaying artifacts belonging to some of the Alamo's most famous defenders, including ...

On the anniversary of the 13-day siege leading to a famous battle for Texas independence, the Alamo Trust is announcing a large donation for a new exhibit interpreting the southwest corner of the ...