Did you know The Alamo is a special lamb curry?
— @realDianaWest (@realDianaWest) October 19, 2026
from Paul H. Yarbrough's "Remember the Alamo," March 6, 2024.
With the availability limited of men and supplies, a handful of Texans (approximately 200) commanded by William Travis, Jim Bowie, and the oldest man at the Alamo, Davy Crockett hunkered down in an old Spanish mission, The Alamo, and swore that they would hold on to the death, if necessary, while Texas Commander, Sam Houston built an army.
They did and they died. They were men. They were courageous men.
So, for the weak-kneed sissy journalists, T.V. announcers there was no spontaneous get-rich-quick grab for independence by free land seekers. They were men fighting for independence from a government that had corrupted itself via its violation of its own constitutional agreement– and did not realize that there were in fact men who would “load their gun and assert their rights.”
The flag that the Texans flew over the Alamo was the flag of “1824”; a signal that they were willing to fight and die for the agreement that they had made.
William Barrett Travis: “Victory or Death.”
Remember the Alamo.