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A knife purportedly carried by David 'Davy' Crockett during the Battle of the Alamo, photograph by Brian Reading, 2013. Crockett's knife is on display at the San Jacinto Museum of History at the...

Surrender of Santa Anna, oil on canvas painting by William Henry Huddle, 1886. Depicted here is the morning after the Battle of San Jacinto, fought April 21, 1836. Captured General Santa Anna, commanding...

Ruins of the Church of El Alamo, illustration originally included in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, 1854. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican...

William Barret Travis, portrait included in the Dawn at the Alamo scrapbook by Henry Arthur McArdle, c. 1900. William Barret "Buck" Travis (1809-1836) was commander of the Alamo garrison during the siege...

The Alamo at night, photograph by A. Michael Uhlmann, January 2015. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later...

The Alamo chapel and long barracks, photograph by Zetpe0202 (Zygmunt Put), 2011. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican...

The plaque of William Barret Travis's letter from the Alamo, photograph by Betsy Mark, February 2004. Located at the modern-day historical site of the Alamo fort in San Antonio, Texas, the plaque...

The Alamo, photograph by Betsy Mark, February 2004. The Alamo, originally a Spanish mission, was a fortress garrisoned first by the Spanish, then the Mexican Army after the Mexican War of Independence, and later, most famously...

The Alamo Cenotaph, photograph by Loadmaster (David R. Tribble), 2013. Located near the front of the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, the 60-foot-high memorial depicted here commemorates the defenders of the famed fortress at the...

Susanna Dickinson (c. 1814-1883), the "Messenger of the Alamo." Photo from McArdle collection at Texas State Library & Archives Commission. Date: Nineteenth century Photographer: Texas State Library & Archives Commission...