We doing a short tour of Texas with stops in Houston and San Antonio to apply for new passports, do the riverwalk, visit some friends and to see the Alamo.
Originally named Misión San Antonio de Valero, the Alamo served as home to missionaries and their Indian converts in San Antonio for nearly seventy years. Construction began on the present site in 1724.
San Antonio and the Alamo played a critical role in the Texas Revolution. In December 1835, Ben Milam led Texian and Tejano volunteers against Mexican troops quartered in the city. On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army. Today, the Alamo is remembered as a heroic struggle against impossible odds — a place where men made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.
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