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Join Greg, a former battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Military Park, on this five-stop walking tour of the Alamo mission complex.
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Why the Alamo still captures the imaginations of Americans after two centuries.
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It has become the site and symbol of the battle for Texan independence, but there is much more to the story. Find out why Americans will always remember the ...
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Listen now on Soundcloud. On May 10, 2016, William C. Davis delivered the Hazel and Fulton Chauncey Lecture, entitled "The Blood of Legends: Crockett, Bowie, Travis, and the Alamo."
Jun 9, 2021 · There is no evidence Davy Crockett went down fighting, as John Wayne famously did in his 1960 movie The Alamo, a font of misinformation; there is ample testimony from Mexican soldiers that...
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Jun 20, 2015 · The Alamo (1960) John Wayne’s pet project. The Duke stars as Davy Crockett alongside Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and English actor Laurence Harvey as William Travis. Travis has received simple orders from Sam Houston, who’s trying to build an army to fight Santa Anna: Hold off the Mexicans as long as possible.
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Explore some of the myths and legends of the Battle of the Alamo. Sometimes these stories will have clear evidence to tell us whether they are completely true or not. Often it is up the reader to consider all of the evidence to come to their own conclusions.