AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner Dr. Dawn Buckingham on Thursday announced her new Commissioner’s Map: “Alamo Defenders Heritage Map of Texas” is available for pre-order. Commissioner Buckingham was ...

Texas officials rededicated the restored Alamo Cenotaph on Veterans Day, marking 85 years since the monument’s original dedication, which honored the 189 defenders who died in the historic battle. The ...

Many myths and misconceptions surround the storied Battle of the Alamo. Over time, paintings, newspaper articles, movies and television have portrayed the 1836 battle in ways that have been questioned ...

The weather in San Antonio de Béxar begins moderating, just in time for the Mexican army to receive word that a force of 200 Texas riders is supposed to be getting ready to head from Goliad to the ...

Textbooks of the time also neglected to mention that many Alamo heroes, foremost among them Travis and Bowie, had been slaveholders, even slave traders, or that one account of the 12-day Alamo siege, ...

SAN ANTONIO — Sit back, close your eyes, and step into history. On Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941, the USS Arizona was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Scores of sailors and marines died aboard the Arizona that day, in ...

“THE ALAMO HAS FALLEN!” In March 1836, that tocsin spread terror throughout the fledgling Texas Republic. The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the second day ...

On the anniversary of the 13-day siege leading to a famous battle for Texas independence, the Alamo Trust is announcing a large donation for a new exhibit interpreting the southwest corner of the ...