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In 1835, volunteers from New Orleans joined the Texas Revolution and fought at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836. Their flag, which was captured at the Alamo, is on display at Mexico City's National ...
WASHINGTON – A Texas congressman wants the Alamo's flag back. Houston Republican John Culberson, describing himself as a "history enthusiast," announced Thursday that he's included language in a ...
After consultations with Texas officials, including the librarian Robert Martin, and after learning all he could about the Alamo flag itself, Smiley developed a three-part plan to get the flag ...
A Texas State Representative is asking Mexico to temporarily return the only known flag to have flown at the Alamo in 1836 back to the Lone Star state.
Here's San Antonio's and the surrounding area's vibrant July 4th celebrations from parades to exhilarating fireworks.  ...
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said she’s begun talks with Mexico on a future loan to temporarily display two precious artifacts at the Alamo: the only flag known to have flown there in ...
Chapultepec Castle, a fortress, stately home and a museum since the 1940s, has the New Orleans Greys flag captured at the Alamo and one of Santa Anna’s prosthetic legs.
Nov. 3—The famous 1836 Alamo "Victory or Death" letter, written from Colonel William Barrett Travis, lives in the hearts and minds of millions of Texans. Thanks to a seventh grade schoolgirl, it ...
Not just any flags, but two battle flags captured during the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836. Stephens has been proposing the trade for 60 years. Much earlier in his remarkable life, Stephens, 87 ...