SAN ANTONIO - The Alamo hosted a Texas Independence Day celebration on Sunday, honoring the day Texas declared its independence in 1836. Visitors enjoyed live period music, historical ...

Hardin is a history professor at The Victoria College in Victoria, Texas. Author of the ... people call San Antonio the "Alamo City." The only portions of the 1836 compound that remain are the ...

Anticipating the Mexicans' return, the Texas army fortified the Alamo. On February 23, 1836, Santa Anna and his Army of Operations entered Béxar and the Alamo became a fortress for the rebel ...