He represented Tennessee in the U. S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo.

* 1836 – The Battle of the Alamo begins in San Antonio, Texas.

* 1836 – Texas Revolution: Battle of the Alamo – After a thirteen day siege by an army of 3, 000 Mexican troops, the 187 Texas volunteers, including frontiersman Davy Crockett and colonel Jim Bowie, defending the Alamo are killed and the fort is captured.

For example: an apparition of John Wayne is a recurring character and serves as a sort of spiritual guide or conscience for Custer ; Monument Valley and The Alamo serve as backdrops to various legs of the journey ; for a time, Jesse acts as the sheriff of a small town in Texas, and must protect the inhabitants from harm ; the image of the Saint of Killers, a reformed bounty hunter-turned-killer-once-more in the tradition of Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven character, William Munny, is a nod to the classic Western notion of nemesis, straight and true and terrible.

* San Antonio College, a College of the Alamo Community Colleges in San Antonio, Texas

Texas Historical Commission marker in Austin, commemorating the role of African-Americans in the Texas Revolution, including Joe Travis, who survived the Battle of the Alamo and carried news of it to General Sam Houston.

Until this episode Santa Anna's reputation had been that of a cunning and crafty man, rather than a cruel one ... together with the fall of the Alamo, branded both Santa Anna and the Mexican people with a reputation for cruelty and aroused the fury of the people of Texas, the United States, and even Great Britain and France, thus considerably promoting the success of the Texas Revolution.

* Nofi, Albert A., The Alamo and The Texas War for Independence, Da Capo Press ( 1992 ) ISBN 0-306-81040-9

Word of the defeat at the Alamo reached Houston there, and while he waited for confirmation, he organized the recruits as the 1st Regiment Volunteer Army of Texas.

File: The Alamo 1936 Issue-3c. jpg | Texas Centennial Issue of 1936, showing Sam Houston, The Alamo, and Stephen F. Austin

* Nofi, Albert A .; The Alamo and the Texas War for Independence ; Da Capo Press ; ISBN 0-306-80563-4

He represented Tennessee in the U. S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo.

In early 1836, Crockett took part in the Texas Revolution and was killed at the Battle of the Alamo in March.

In 1955 Jesús Sánchez Garza self-published a book called La Rebelión de Texas — Manuscrito Inédito de 1836 por un Ofical de Santa Anna purporting to be memoirs of José Enrique de la Peña, a Mexican officer present at the Battle of the Alamo.

The county is named in honor of William Barret Travis, the commander of the Republic of Texas forces at the Battle of the Alamo.

This event led to the Texas Revolutionary battle cry " Remember the Alamo!

There are about 50 nuns in these communities, which are located in: Denver and Pueblo in Colorado, Alamo and Amarillo ( the first, founded 1981 ) in Texas and Wilmington, Delaware.

The Goliad incident, plus the Alamo, rallied U. S. Support and guaranteed freedom for Texas.

* On April 22, 2009, Ross Perot was made an Honorary Green Beret at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, that also honored the OSS, Alamo Scouts and the First Special Service Force, elite World War Two units that were inducted into the " 1st Special Forces " Regiment.

Historian Charles P. Roland, a native of Crockett County and specialist in the American Civil War and the American South, taught at Alamo High School from 1938 to 1940.

The Last Command by Republic Pictures features Jim Bowie ( Sterling Hayden ) as the main character during the battle of the Alamo and the Texas War of Independence.

In the 1998 – 2000 Eritrean-Ethiopian War, fighters from both sides shot over a dozen medium-range R-27 ( AA-10 Alamo ) missiles at distance with little effect.

These include " Walt Disney's Davy Crockett At The Alamo ", " Gunsmoke ", " Wagon Train ", " Battle Of The Blue And Grey ", " The Revolutionary War ", " Tales Of Wells Fargo ", " The Untouchables ", " Robin Hood ", " The Battle Of The Little Big Horn ", " Arctic Explorer ", " Ben Hur ", " Fort Apache ", " Johnny Tremain ", and many others.

* Texas Glory, based on the Texan War of Independence, including the Battle of the Alamo

Alamo Game Engine is a game engine developed by Petroglyph, used to create Star Wars: Empire at War and Star Wars: Empire at War: Forces of Corruption.

A modified version of the Alamo Game Engine was used for Petroglyph's third title, Universe at War: Earth Assault.

Texas having rebelled against Mexico and its dictatorial president Santa Anna, who is personally leading an army to retake the Alamo, the Texan War Party calls for the Texas army to depart Bexar, cross into Mexico and confront Mexican forces at the town of Matamoros.

Despite being anachronistic ( How the West Was Won begins in 1839 and the Alamo fell in 1836 ), the clip occurs near the beginning of the second half of the film, as Spencer Tracy narrates the events that led up to the American Civil War.

( 1955 ), the Olivier Richard III ( 1955 ), the travelogue Cinerama Holiday ( 1955 ), Helen of Troy ( 1956 ), the Audrey Hepburn-Henry Fonda War and Peace ( 1956 ), the all-star Around the World in 80 Days ( 1956 ), the Technicolor Ten Commandments ( 1956 ), the Cinerama documentary Seven Wonders of the World ( 1956 ), Giant ( 1956 ), The Bridge on the River Kwai ( 1957 ), Raintree County ( 1957 ), the Cinerama Search for Paradise ( 1957 ), the Cinemiracle documentary Windjammer ( 1958 ), South Pacific ( 1958 ), the Cinerama travelogue South Seas Adventure ( 1958 ), The Big Country ( 1958 ), the Sidney Poitier-Dorothy Dandridge Porgy and Bess ( 1959 ), The Diary of Anne Frank ( 1959 ), Ben-Hur ( 1959 ) with Charlton Heston, Disney's Sleeping Beauty ( 1959 ) ( an animated feature only seventy-five minutes long with no intermission ), John Wayne's The Alamo ( 1960 ), Spartacus ( 1960 ), Exodus ( 1960 ), Can-Can ( 1960 ), Scent of Mystery ( 1961 ), El Cid ( 1961 ), King of Kings ( 1961 ), The Guns of Navarone ( 1961 ), ( shown only occasionally in roadshow format despite its length of more than two-and-a-half hours ), Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ), the Marlon Brando Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1962 ), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm ( 1962 ), How the West Was Won ( 1962 ), The Longest Day ( 1962 ), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ), The Cardinal ( 1963 ), Cleopatra ( 1963 ), the Richard Burton Hamlet ( 1964 ), My Fair Lady ( 1964 ), The Fall of the Roman Empire ( 1964 ), The Sound of Music ( 1965 ), The Greatest Story Ever Told ( 1965 ), the Olivier Othello ( 1965 ), Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ), The Great Race ( 1965 ), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines ( 1965 ), The Agony and the Ecstasy ( 1965 ), Battle of the Bulge ( 1965 ), Khartoum ( 1966 ), Cinerama's Russian Adventure ( 1966 ), Hawaii ( 1966 ), The Blue Max ( 1966 ), Grand Prix ( 1966 ), Half a Sixpence ( 1967 ), Camelot ( 1967 ), The Happiest Millionaire ( 1967 ), Ice Station Zebra ( 1968 ), The Lion in Winter ( 1968 ), Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey ( 1968 ), Oliver!

LucasArts said that the newly formed Petroglyph Games would be developing an original 3-D game engine, entitled Alamo for Star Wars: Empire at War and that the game would support online battles for up to eight players.

On January 30, 1945, during World War II, United States Army Rangers, Alamo Scouts, and Filipino guerrillas liberated more than 500 from the POW camp.

With the building boom of the post-World War II years taking newer populations to the city fringe or new suburban communities, most of the Alamo Placita neighborhood continued to draw those who needed more affordable housing.

Tornel served as Minister of War, and helped plan the campaign that led to the Battle of the Alamo.

* Nofi, Albert A., The Alamo and the Texas War for Independence, Da Capo Press ; ISBN 0-306-80563-4

During the Texas Revolution, the buildings served as the site of the Battle of the Alamo, and during the Mexican-American War supplies for the U. S. Army were stored there.

* Nofi, Albert A., The Alamo and The Texas War for Independence, Da Capo Press ( 1992 ) ISBN 0-306-81040-9

The Alamo Scouts ( U. S. 6th Army Special Reconnaissance Unit ) was a reconnaissance unit of the Sixth United States Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.

Shadows in the Jungle The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines in World War II.

The Isleños took part in the American Revolution and the defense of the Alamo, and after the incorporation of Louisiana and Texas into the Unites States, they fought in American wars such as the Civil War and both world wars.

Its Alamo Plaza Restaurant is gone, its pool long since filled in, its original color scheme painted over, its front desk now behind bulletproof glass and its rooms infested with roaches, vermin and a clientele engaged in enough criminal activity that the property averages more than one call for service to police daily.

The Texian garrison was completely unprepared for the arrival of the Mexican army and had to quickly gather food from the town to supply the Alamo.

During a cannon-and musket-fire recording session for the 2003 film The Alamo, conducted by Jon Johnson and Charles Maynes, two to three DAT machines were used.

The battle for Luding Bridge has been portrayed as a glorious and heroic moment in Chinese Communist history, analogous to the U. S. battle of the Alamo.

To provide cover, the Alamo cannons fired grapeshot at the Mexican soldiers, and Crockett and his men fired rifles, while other defenders reloaded extra weapons for them to use in maintaining a steady fire.

As the siege progressed, Alamo commander William Barret Travis sent many messages asking for reinforcements.

Taylor is named for Edward Taylor, George Taylor, and James Taylor, three brothers who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

The county is named for Alamo defenders Edward, James, and George Taylor.

James T. “ Happy ” Shahan constructed Alamo Village on his ranch near Bracketville during the late 1950s, for filming of the 1960 John Wayne epic The Alamo.

Preserved as a tourist attraction, Alamo Village continued to serve as a set for hundreds of movies and documentaries.

The county was named for William Philip King, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

Kimble is named for George C. Kimble, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

The new county was named for Lieutenant George C. Kimble ( sometimes spelled Kimbell ), who died during the Battle of the Alamo.

Its county seat is Jayton, and the county is named for Andrew Kent, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.

It is named for Dolphin Ward Floyd, who died on his 32nd birthday, March 6, 1836, defending the Alamo.

The seat of the county is Bonham, named for James Bonham, who sought Fannin's aid at the Battle of the Alamo.

The county and city are both named for J. Dickens, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.