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I will be away from home for one to three weeks and may post less on this forum. I think the tablet will work for me, but I may have limited time.
We are covering the Alamo this week in my class! Find out what really happened with Crockett!I do hope to learn a thing or two about the Alamo. Two one hour long classes, a hour introduction at the Alamo and a three hour guided tour. Isn't the Alamo only one room? I am pretty sure a three hour guided tour of a room will be long enough.
I do hope to learn a thing or two about the Alamo. Two one hour long classes, a hour introduction at the Alamo and a three hour guided tour. Isn't the Alamo only one room? I am pretty sure a three hour guided tour of a room will be long enough.
I do hope to learn a thing or two about the Alamo. Two one hour long classes, a hour introduction at the Alamo and a three hour guided tour. Isn't the Alamo only one room? I am pretty sure a three hour guided tour of a room will be long enough.
We will miss you, @major bill !
San Antonio is very beautiful, don't miss to do a relaxing boat trip or stroll the riverwalk before or after visiting the Alamo. And think of Robert E. Lee then...
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/...arters_of_General_Robert_E_Lee_San_Antonio_TX
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I am being forced to use my wife's tablet for my trip. If she sees this boat trip and right error walk on her tablet I will have to take her on them. A word to the wise "Loose lips sink ships, or at least force husbands to take boat tours".
The Alamo is both exciting and sad, exciting in that it evokes strong emotions in those of us devoted to history and sad, because so little is left of this once historic compound/mission. The city has largely claimed the site, the outer West wall is under a strip of buildings, one of which is the Marriott. Where Travis was allegedly killed is now occupied by a Federal building, in fact IIRC it is the area of the Post Office steps. The Long Barracks have been largely recreated, the Alamo has undergone many transformations and purposes over 181 years, from warehouse, arsenal, stables, to mercantile usage and a story of an unseemly period about a brothel.......I will be away from home for one to three weeks and may post less on this forum. I think the tablet will work for me, but I may have limited time.
A friend of mine visited the Alamo Mission and then took the boat ride through San Antonio afterwards (about 3 years ago). The boat's engine broke down while on the cruise (it had to be towed by another vessel) and they got back late to where their rental car was parked in a parking lot timed zone. Their rental car got towed away as a result. Bummer......
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What's left now is the Chapel (i.e., the old mission church) and the lower part of the Long Barracks adjacent. In 1836 it was a much larger complex.
Hardin's Texian Illiad is probably the best one-volume history of the Texas Revolution. For guides to the physical design and appearance of the Alamo, I suggest Mark Lemon's Illustrated Alamo, 1836, and Nelson and Pais' The Alamo: An Illustrated History.
Walter Lord's A Time to Stand is over 50 years old now, but still a classic of clear storytelling.