Resorts Magazine

The Alamo, or iginal l y the Mi s s ion San Antonio de Valero, entered hi s tory dur ing the Texas Revolut ion of 1836. For the Tex ian rebel s – mos t l y Anglo-Amer ican set t ler s along wi th some Tejanos of Mex ican or igin – the Alamo became a symbol of the s t ruggle for independence f rom Mex ico. The desperate res i s tance of i t s defender s , defeated af ter thi r teen days of s iege, turned into a founding myth of Texas , immor tal i zed in the famous cry “Remember the Alamo! ” . F rom the Mex ican per spect i ve, however , i t was the reconques t of a rebel l ious ter r i tory: foreign set t ler s had es tabl i shed themsel ves on Mex ican land and were now at tempt ing to break away. For thi s reason, the epi sode of the Alamo remains a hi s tor ical l y cont rover s ial event even today. Lawrence Taylor 137 R ESORTS M AGAZINE