Another "A" entry in the second edition of "My Texas Alphabet" is for "Alamo".
The Alphabet is quite a particular and personal summary of our hitherto life and my blogging time in Texas.
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When I lived in Poland, I watched movies telling about the Alamo defense - the old one from 1960, and a newer version made in 2004. By the way, in the latter one, I very much liked the part with Davy Crockett playing his fiddle.
Later, when in Texas, we visited the Alamo site. Some time afterward, I wrote a few articles related to our visit, the place itself, and Texas history as well. One of the articles tells about our second cousin five times removed, William Washington Gant, whose rifle and coat fought at the Alamo. How was it possible that the items got there without their owner? Well, you can check out one of the links included below and read the story. Anyway, the cousin of ours was also one of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Here are the articles on this blog mentioned above + some more related to the Alamo.
- About our visit to San Antonio and the Alamo: http://ourfavtreats.blogspot.com/2015/08/san-antonio-and-alamo.html
- About our cousin William Washington Gant: William Washington Gant and The Texas Declaration of Independence
- About W B Travis and D S Crockett: http://ourfavtreats.blogspot.com/2018/03/william-barret-travis-and-david-stern.html
- A bit about Texas history (in Polish): http://ourfavtreats.blogspot.com/2016/04/teksas-troche-historii-w-piguce.html
Remember the Alamo!
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