Monday was the 170th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo to Mexican troops during the Texas Revolution. The annual memorial service honors the fallen on both sides (from 189 to 257 defenders and several hundred Mexican soldiers) of the 13-day siege that ended March 6, 1836, four days after delegates adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence. Texas went on to win its independence.March 20th abour 400 Texan troops surrendered near near Goliad and March 27th those captured at Goliad were massacred. April 21st about 910 Texas volunteers attacked part of the Mexican army, killing 630 and capturing 730, including Mexican General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, who was forced to order the withdrawal of all Mexican troops from Texas..He had tried to escape dressed as a woman...bastid...killed some of the bravest men in Texas history. During the 50's when the Davy Crockett tv show was on and was very popular my young cousin Greg(Di-an's baby brother) was a huge Davy fan...so Big Mama, Daddy Red, my aunt Estelle, Greg, my parents and I all went to the Alamo. They all lived in Mesquite, and had driven down just to take Greg to see the Alamo where Davy had fought so bravely. Daddy was stationed at Kelly AFB but I had never been either..so off we go..With Greg wearing his blue jeans, cowboy boots, spurs, twin guns strapped to his tiny waist(he was
about 7) and his coonskin cap...he was Davy Crockett...We start walking up the path to the intrance of the Alamo and it is nothing like what you would expect..it is a small chapel on tree covered grounds, right smack dap in the middle of San Antonio...We enter this most holy and sacred place to all Texans...silent and in awe of the history of this musty smelling adobe church..We all look around and try and put ourselves in the places of Davy, Bowie, and those brave boys from Tennessee and Kentucky...Greg looks to the left, the right and up to the ceiling.....mouth hanging open in wonder...and then this small little replica of David Crockett speaks out and says:"Is this the place where all them bastard Meskins kilt ole Davy?"..My Aunt, Grandmother, Mother and Daddy and I did what them boys should have done....we split....REMEMBER THE ALAMO
6 comments:
Too funny! Those damn Meskins! Great story.
I'm passing that one on to the hubby, too -- we're planning on stopping by the Alamo on our Texas trip! Great timing, Jackiesue!
LMAO!!!
Guess what... Sooner has come to the sacred NASCAR... my mood has changed back to happy for now!!!
Gee, I never heard anything like that on Art Linkletter's Kids Say The Darndest Things.
:)
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