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Ben Milam Statue
Statue of Benjamin Rush Milam, hero of the Siege of Béxar, photograph by Jonhall, San Antonio, Texas, 12 July 2010. An American colonist in the then-Mexican territory of Texas, Milam partook in the Mexican War of Independence and later the...
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Sarcophagus in the San Fernando Cathedral
Sarcophagus in San Fernando Cathedral, photograph by Svs220, San Antonio, Texas, August 2008. The remains of the defenders at the Battle of the Alamo are said to be held within; among them being William Barret Travis, Jim Bowie, and Davy...
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William B. Travis Plaque
Plaque commemorating the fall of William Barret Travis, photograph by Betsy Mark, San Antonio, Texas, 2004. William Barret Travis, an instrumental figure of the Texas independence movement, perished at the Battle of the Alamo on 06 March...
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James W. Fannin
James W. Fannin, painting by unknown artist, included in Exploring the Alamo Legends by Wallace O. Chariton, p. 134, c. 1820s. A planter and American military officer during the Texas Revolution, Fannin served with the Texian army, fought...
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Battle of Gonzales Memorial
Memorial stone of the Battle of Gonzalez, photograph by It'sOnlyMakeBelieve, Gonzalez, Texas, 15 December, 2017. This memorial stone purports to be on the exact spot the Battle of Gonzalez began on 02 October, 1835, which was one of the...
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Mission Concepción
Mission Concepción, Spanish colonial stone church, photograph by Liveon001 ©Travis Witt, San Antonio, Texas, 27 June 2010. This unrestored stone church was the site of the Battle of Concepción on 28 October 1835 and was one of the first...
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Senate Vote Against Versailles Treaty 1920
A gouache on paper painting titled Senate Vote Against Versailles Treaty 1920 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Henry Cabot Lodge and Albert Cummings at the Senate vote against endorsing...
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Chess Computer, 1979
Fidelity Voice Chess Challenger chess computer, 1979. The first talking chess computer.
Deutsches Museum, Munich.
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Henry Cabot Lodge 1919
A gouache on paper painting titled Henry Cabot Lodge 1919 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Portrait of Henry Cabot Lodge, chairman of the Senate Committee on foreign relations and...
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The Treaty of Versailles 1919
A gouache-on-paper painting titled The Treaty of Versailles 1919 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA. Following the First World War (1914-1918), on 28 June 1919 the signing of the Treaty...
