Summary: Today is the the 187th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, ending its 13 day siege, the Battle of the Alamo, February 23 – March 6, 1836. Willow Park Civics honors the ultimate civics involvement and sacrifice. Commit three minutes to Remember the Alamo and consider individual civic responsibilities.
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Remember the Alamo. And remember freedom is not free.
Willow Park Civics honors the ultimate civics involvement and sacrifice. Commit three minutes to Remember the Alamo and consider your individual civics responsibilities.
Today is the the 187th anniversary of the fall of the Alamo, ending its 13 day siege, the Battle of the Alamo, February 23 – March 6, 1836. Willow Park Civics honors the ultimate civics involvement and sacrifice.
On February 24, 1836, Lieutenant Colonel William Barret Travis wrote a letter from the Alamo seeking aid from his fellow Texians. Rather than offer an easy and dishonorable surrender to the far superior forces surrounding them, Travis indicated he and and his men were pledged to defend the Alamo and its cause of freedom, even with their lives. Travis gave this letter to courier Albert Martin to deliver. The envelope that contained the letter was labeled "VICTORY or DEATH".
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World:
Fellow citizens & compatriots—I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna—I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man.
The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken—I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls.
I shall never surrender or retreat.
Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch—The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days.
If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country—Victory or Death.
William Barret Travis
P.S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels and got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.
Travis
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