on this day in history, march 6, 1836, the Alamo fell
the final battle lasted but 90 minutes or so
the deguello, the mexican bugle call of no quarter, the throat cutting, was the signal of attack
when davy crockett found himself at the Alamo, he discovered now he really had to be davy crockett, the crockett of legend and so he became the legend when it counted
but not just crockett, all the men of the Alamo were found to be heroes
the texian declaration of independence, created just four days before the Alamo fell on march 2, 1836, has words appropriate for today
signed not just by white settlers but by men such as jose antonio navarro, lorenzo de zavala, and jose fancisco ruiz
among the declaration's grievances were:
the constitution of mexico, establishing a republic had been usurped by the dictatorship of antonio lopez de santa ana
settlers had been invited to texas with promises of constitutional liberty and republican government, all used to lure them to texas
the right to keep and bear arms and trial by jury were being denied
freedom of religion was denied
an account of the Alamo battle written by francisco antonio ruiz, alcalde of san antonio de bexar at the time, and published in the texas alamanc of 1860 is found here
https://www.fold3.com/page/1157-the-fall-of-the-alamo
el deguello
