So much so, in fact, that many people call San Antonio the "Alamo City." The only portions of the 1836 compound ... was fighting for Texas independence. "Under the flag of independence, we are ...

“To the People of Texas and all Americans in the world,” wrote William Barret Travis on Feb. 24, 1836, from the Alamo ... and our flag still waves proudly from the walls.

The Alamo is surrounded ... with his army on Feb. 23, 1836, and took over the village surrounding San Fernando church, intending to end the rebellion in Texas. “While many of the town’s ...