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A bill racing through the Texas Legislature would put the historic site under a commission made up of the governor, lieutenant governor and other state leaders.
The Alamo is set to host a new event that sheds light on the untold stories of women who survived and helped shape Texas history. This event, whic ...
The education center, scheduled to be open in 2026, will be the first stop for students visiting the mission-turned-fortress ...
The bill proposes moving the so-called ‘Victory or Death’ letter to the Alamo in San Antonio for permanent public display. The letter was written on February 24, 1836 by Lt. Colonel William Travis, ...
In 1836, at the time of the famous 13-day siege, the Alamo church sat inside a walled fortress. How the Alamo should be restored and integrated into the growing city of San Antonio has been a ...
A bill passed by the Texas Senate would shake up the management of the Alamo complex and open the door for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas to resume day-to-day operation of the historic site.
William Barret Travis's famed "Victory or Death" letter, written inside the walls of the besieged Alamo on Feb. 24, 1836, is one of the most important historical documents in Texas. It's also one of ...
As he publishes a new book of Oasis images, legendary Melody Maker photographer Tom Sheehan reflects on four decades of ...
“This is the friendliest group of people that you’re going to find. Yeah, if you’re not looking to get tattooed, we have giveaways, we’ve got live music going on. We’ve got a little bit of everything ...
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But Tom Sheehan’s shot became notorious nonetheless, depicting as it did the height of rock’n’roll excess… and the depths of debauchery: Ozzy Osbourne urinating on the Alamo. Sheehan ...
A popular motif in American culture since at least the 1836 Battle of the Alamo (during the Texas Revolution), it has been used and reused over the years in countless westerns and war films ...