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On this day in 1836 after a 13 day battle, the Alamo fell.
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Great history share. Great information and well worth reading
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The Alamo - Davy Crockett Playing Violin
The Alamo - Davy Crockett Playing Violin The Alamo film movie 2004 Dennis Quaid Sam Houston Billy Bob Thornton Davy Crockett Jason Patric James Bowie Patrick...
Thanks for posting.
Coming from Tennessee, I grew up with the notion that Crockett, Bowie, Travis and Houston were true frontier heroes. I remember watching Fess Parker swinging "Ol' Betsy" on the ramparts, and John Wayne in Thirteen Days to Glory.
One grows up...gets older...and more cynical.
As a man and veteran, I suppose the story of the Alamo leaves me with little more than sadness. The idea that (go figure) politics and personal rivalry probably left the defenders cut off for the support they expected, the fact that "David" might have been there for selfish reasons, and that Travis was largely a glory-hound...all cast it in a different light.
Still, it had to take immense personal courage to endure those last few days and hours. Travis was presumably somewhat well-read on strategy; he probably had thoughts of Hougoumont and the Coldstream Guards...knowing he didn't have the same support. If the legends are true, Bowie faced down his attackers from his sick bed, and an unidentified Scotsman played the pipes the night before the final assault.
For me, the more recent film incarnation with Billy Bob Thornton probably gets closer to the truth than most. These guys were living legends, and knew it. They had time to consider the end. Whatever their motivations, past wrongs, or final errors...I'd like to think of a few tough old cobs, down to their last shots and determined to die as their stories read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24zIkPnLYI
Coming from Tennessee, I grew up with the notion that Crockett, Bowie, Travis and Houston were true frontier heroes. I remember watching Fess Parker swinging "Ol' Betsy" on the ramparts, and John Wayne in Thirteen Days to Glory.
One grows up...gets older...and more cynical.
As a man and veteran, I suppose the story of the Alamo leaves me with little more than sadness. The idea that (go figure) politics and personal rivalry probably left the defenders cut off for the support they expected, the fact that "David" might have been there for selfish reasons, and that Travis was largely a glory-hound...all cast it in a different light.
Still, it had to take immense personal courage to endure those last few days and hours. Travis was presumably somewhat well-read on strategy; he probably had thoughts of Hougoumont and the Coldstream Guards...knowing he didn't have the same support. If the legends are true, Bowie faced down his attackers from his sick bed, and an unidentified Scotsman played the pipes the night before the final assault.
For me, the more recent film incarnation with Billy Bob Thornton probably gets closer to the truth than most. These guys were living legends, and knew it. They had time to consider the end. Whatever their motivations, past wrongs, or final errors...I'd like to think of a few tough old cobs, down to their last shots and determined to die as their stories read.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c24zIkPnLYI
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The first time I watched it, I "got" the symbolism...here's the best known marksman in North America at the time, mounting the parapet with some "mysterious" long bag. You can almost see the young defenders expecting David to pull some custom made, totally deadly "secret rifle" out to drop an artilleryman or twelve...then, he pulls out his fiddle. It's like the best demonstration of all who the man likely was in real life, rather than the much-inflated legend.
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The scripted words "Amazing what a little harmony will do." should all give us some food for thought.
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