“I have had a flag made ... have flown over the Alamo, was a symbolic pledge of allegiance to the constitution Santa Anna had scrapped. But Dimmitt’s commitment to Mexican rule of any ...

The Alamo, where the defeat of Texas revolutionaries by Mexican forces inspired an iconic battle cry, marks its 189th anniversary on Thursday.

On February 23, 1836, soldiers under the command of Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna began their assault on the Alamo Mission near present-day San Antonio, Texas. Eleven days ...