March 6, 1836

[Oldguy]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oQrZGAwfC0]Marty Robbins singing Ballad of the Alamo - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Lonestar_logic]

I had an ancestor die defending the Alamo.

 

[bodecea]

I often wonder what would have happened if the Goliad 300 had gone to help beef up the Alamo contingent.

 

[Sunni Man]

Most people don't realize that the Alamo defenders were fighting for Mexico against the dictator Santa Anna.

And died fighting under the Mexican flag..........

 

[Oldguy]

Most people don't realize that the Alamo defenders were fighting for Mexico against the dictator Santa Anna.

And died fighting under the Mexican flag..........

No, not really. There's little or no evidence to suggest the Alamo defenders even flew the try-color 1824 flag over the mission, let alone that they were fighting for the Mexican Constitution. Battles with the Mexican Army previous to the Alamo would tend to discredit that idea. So would the Constitutional Convention meeting at Washington on the Brazos at the very same time and the Texas Declaration of Independence adopted four days before the Alamo fell, but during the cannonade which preceded the final assault.

 

[Sunni Man]

Most people don't realize that the Alamo defenders were fighting for Mexico against the dictator Santa Anna.

And died fighting under the Mexican flag..........

No, not really. There's little or no evidence to suggest the Alamo defenders even flew the try-color 1824 flag over the mission, let alone that they were fighting for the Mexican Constitution. Battles with the Mexican Army previous to the Alamo would tend to discredit that idea. So would the Constitutional Convention meeting at Washington on the Brazos at the very same time and the Texas Declaration of Independence adopted four days before the Alamo fell, but during the cannonade which preceded the final assault.

Which means the Alamo defenders knew nothing of the TDI ...........

 

[Oldguy]

Most people don't realize that the Alamo defenders were fighting for Mexico against the dictator Santa Anna.

And died fighting under the Mexican flag..........

No, not really. There's little or no evidence to suggest the Alamo defenders even flew the try-color 1824 flag over the mission, let alone that they were fighting for the Mexican Constitution. Battles with the Mexican Army previous to the Alamo would tend to discredit that idea. So would the Constitutional Convention meeting at Washington on the Brazos at the very same time and the Texas Declaration of Independence adopted four days before the Alamo fell, but during the cannonade which preceded the final assault.

Which means the Alamo defenders knew nothing of the TDI ...........

Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps Bonham or someone else carried the news to them.

In any case, the independence movement was not born at Washington on the Brazos that month and the Alamo contingent would have been well aware of public sentiment which predated even the capture of San Antonio from Gen. Cos weeks before.