The Alamo, where the defeat of Texas revolutionaries by Mexican forces inspired an iconic battle cry, marks its 189th ...

The Founding Fathers of Texas – those patriots who fought and died for our liberty, those 59 brave souls who signed our state’s Declaration of Independence from Mexico – would be disgusted ...

Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821. Texas was a contested territory, and by 1836 the Alamo had become a military outpost as Texans fought to win independence. That February, 189 Texan ...