The Memorial Day weekend was not a holiday in the Capitol as lawmakers were making a last-ditch effort to complete their work ...

The effort, Senate Bill 3059, would place the popular mission and battle site in the hands of a newly-created Alamo ...

John Wayne made a film about the Battle of the Alamo in 1960, but his epic movie was beset by problems including a huge ...

Memorial Day is when we pause and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom. Some were famous men who died in battle.

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Memorial Day is when we pause and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom. Some were famous men who died in battle.

Memorial Day is when we pause and honor those who gave their lives for our freedom. Test your knowledge of the holiday with ...

Comedian Paul Reubens' legendary Pee-wee Herman character introduced fans to a wild fact about Texas' the Alamo in the 1985 ...

San Francisco's Grove Inn is suing a hotel with a similar name mere blocks away after a number of its customers mistakenly ...

No, I did not fight at the Alamo, at least not in Texas. I arrived a little too late and missed it by at least a few decades. I did, however, visit the Alamo, and I was quite glad there was no ...

No, I did not fight at the Alamo, at least not in Texas. I arrived a little too late and missed it by at least a few decades.

A bill racing through the Texas Legislature would put the historic site under a commission made up of the governor, ...