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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.