By Steve Goldman NCSA Member #9 Most Americans are familiar with
the battle cry "Remember the Alamo." This has come to be a
rallying cry for people to come together with a common goal of
avenging past injustices. The Alamo was burned into American
consciousness over 150 years ago in the town of San Antonio,
then located in the Mexican province of Texas. In 1835 the
Anglo-American colonists in the Mexican province of Texas
revolted against Mexican rule. They intended to separate Texas
from Mexico and establish an independent Republic of Texas;
however, the Mexican Central Government had other ideas. An
expeditionary force of 6000 plus soldiers, led by General
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, was sent to put down the rebellion
and throw the American colonists out of Texas. A force of 145
American (Texan) rebels, commanded by William Travis and James
Bowie, gathered in the town of San Antonio. On February 23,
1836, General Santa Anna's army appeared on the out-skirts of
San Antonio and the Texas rebels retreated int