It has been 188 years since Mexican Pres. Antonio López de Santa Anna and nearly 5,000 soldiers of his Mexican Army overran 187 Texians from the old Spanish mission after a 13-day siege.

Remember the Alamo!On February 23, 1836, a Mexican force of 1,800 to 6,000 men commanded by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began a siege of the fort, according to History.com. The Alamo held ...

Tourists gather in front of the chapel of the Alamo Mission, known as the "Shrine of Texas Liberty," in downtown San Antonio, Texas, on January 23, 2023. (DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty Images) ...

Although the fall of the Alamo and the subsequent defeat of Santa Anna at San Jacinto is 170 years in the past, there are still several intriguing riddles surrounding the Alamo, riddles created by ...

Two historic Alamo-era documents pulled from the auction block in June because they might have been taken from state archives are again up for sale. The documents include a rare copy of the famous ...

This program, presented in partnership with the Alamo Mission Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, honors the heroes of the Alamo who valiantly fought and died on March 6, 1836.

Fransisco Antonio Ruiz was there.He was an eyewitness, as the alcalde – or mayor – during the siege of the Alamo. While the siege was going on, Ruiz's father, José Fransisco Ruiz, was 150 ...

If there's a structural issue with The Blood of Heroes, it's that the actual siege and fall of the Alamo take up barely one-fifth of this 500-page tome.

Robert Jenkins Onderdonk's Fall of the Alamo depicts Davy Crockett and other defenders in hand-to-hand combat at dawn on March 6, 1836.