Today it is a museum in the Alamo Plaza Historic District and a part of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site.
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Featuring interactive tours, exhibits, and a Living History encampment where you can experience and learn more about frontier life in early Texas, visit the Alamo to watch demonstrations and get your hands on history. Visitors must reserve a FREE timed-entry ticket to go inside The Church. Claim your ticket now.
Miraculously, at least fourteen people lived through the battle, and a few would later provide chilling eyewitness accounts of what happened. Enrique Esparza was the son of Alamo defender Gregorio Esparza and Ana Salazar Esparza. He, his mother, and two siblings survived the attack.
Many know the famous names of James Bowie, William B.Travis, and David Crockett as men who died defending the Alamo, but there were about 200 others there during the Battle.
After regaining honor at the more famous fall of the Alamo in 1836, Santa Anna felt his job in Texas was done. But under counsel, he decided to take one final swipe at the Texas rebels by dividing his army and sweeping the land. The resulting campaign led to the Battle of San Jacinto.
Even now, the Alamo is often looked at by local Latinos as a relic of Anglo imperialism, with Mexico losing Texas in a land grab. For its advocates, though, the Alamo reflects a stubborn Texan drive for independence won from Mexico in 1836, just as that nation was losing its way in the mire of coups and tyranny.
There are two Alamos. There is the historical Alamo, with a documented past that spans nearly 300 years. There is also the Alamo of the heart, with its enduring story of heroism, sacrifice, honor and duty.