For many in the state, the Alamo is a sacred place where brave revolutionaries were slaughtered by the Mexican army in 1836. For generations ... Growing up, his view of the Alamo and Texas ...

which became an early 1800s Spanish military outpost known as El Álamo and then the site of the 1836 siege and battle. The recent discovery is timely as the Alamo Trust embarks on a thorough ...