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Remember the Alamo, Remember Juneteenth: Coping with a history of slavery in Texas
Related: Truths about slavery taking shape for Alamo plan Gordon-Reed, a 66-year-old Texan now living on the East Coast and visiting San Antonio for the first time, hopes the historical narrative ...
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COMMENTARY: Yes, we should remember the Alamo
No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spirit of our time. The book, titled “Forget the ...
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30 Facts You “Weren’t Taught In School” To Help You Get A Complete Picture Of The Past
The Texans were fighting to keep slavery, not for freedom from an oppressive government. Not everyone at the Alamo died. The enslaved workers were spared and are largely the reason we know what ...
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Remember the Alamo, and the Fighting Words of William B. Travis
The 157 men under William B. Travis’ command were surrounded by thousands of Mexican soldiers at the Alamo when he penned one ...