Battle Alamo facts
While investigating facts about Battle Alamo Mexican War and Battle Alamo Texas, I found out little known, but curios details like:
Davy Crockett was not only an American pioneer, but a politician and a soldier: as a member of U.S. Congress he vehemently opposed Andrew Jackson and the Indian Removal Act (which led to the Trail of Tears) and eventually died in the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
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Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, President and General of the Mexican Army that won the battle of the Alamo, introduced the United States to chewing gum when he returned years later as a businessman.
Who fought at the battle of the alamo?
In my opinion, it is useful to put together a list of the most interesting details from trusted sources that I've come across answering who died at the battle of the alamo. Here are 11 of the best facts about Battle Alamo Cannons and Battle Alamo Movie I managed to collect.
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Today the Alamo is a public monument and is considered to be a shrine to the heroes who tried to defend it in the Battle of the Alamo.
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After a court battle over who would oversee the restoration, the state took control and restoration began in 1912.
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One flag flown by the Texans from the Battle of the Alamo survives to this day and is now in a Mexican Museum.
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The Battle of the Alamo wasn't about standing up for Freedom and Liberty but was about protecting the right to own slaves in Texas.
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There is a Japanese monument at the Alamo. It was intended to strengthen ties between the US and Japan by comparing the Battle of the Alamo to the Siege of Nagashino Castle, an extremely similar battle in Japanese history.
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Frontiersman Jim Bowie (namesake of the Bowie knife) was bedridden from illness during the Battle of the Alamo but managed to empty his pistols into several Mexican soldiers from his bed before being killed.
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During the filming of the movie "The Alamo" (2004) a battle scene had to be reshot because an extra playing a Mexican soldier stuffed a bag of Doritos in his costume. When we was "shot" and fell over the entire bag of Doritos exploded from his chest, causing hysterical laughter amongst the crew
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The 100+yo tree at the Alamo wasn't there during the battle. It was transplanted in 1912 when it was already ~40yo. I would love to know what the Tree Law people would do if this was cut down by someone.
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Decades before the Alamo many Americans drew martial inspiration from another loss, this one to the British and their Potawatomi allies at the Battle of Frenchtown, then better known as the Battle of the River Raisin, which led to the saying, "Remember the Raisin!"
