DAY 60b
Week 9
SAN ANTONIO ~ The Alamo (Texas, USA)
Saturday August 19th, 2006
TODAYS MILEAGE – 143 miles or 230 kilometres
TRIP MILEAGE – 7792 miles or 12540 kilometres
The Texas Legislature purchased the land and buildings of The Alamo is the site which proved to be a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States), killing all of the Texian defenders
Santa Anna's cruelty during the battle inspired many Texians, both Texas settlers and adventurers from the United States, to join the Texian Army. Buoyed by a desire for revenge, the Texians defeated the Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto, on April 21, 1836, ending the revolution.
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