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    The Alamo is a historic Spanish mission and fortress compound founded in the 18th century by Roman Catholic missionaries in what is now San Antonio, Texas...
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    troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio, Texas, United States)...
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    enemy lines. Their primary mission was to gather intelligence for the Sixth Army. The Alamo Scouts were so-named because Alamo Force was the name given...
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    Lieutenant Colonel William Travis is tasked with defending the Alamo, a former mission in San Antonio. Jim Bowie comes with reinforcements and the defenders...
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    area was named Alamo, which comes from the Spanish word álamo, meaning "poplar" or "cottonwood." Alamo was named after the Alamo Mission in San Antonio...
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    of the Park, is due east of Mission San Juan, across the river. The fifth (and best known) mission in San Antonio, the Alamo, is not part of the Park. It...
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    Santa Anna entered San Antonio de Bexar, Texas, and surrounded the Alamo Mission. The Alamo was defended by a small force of Texians and Tejanos, led by William...
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    Refuge. Alamo's population was 18,353 at the 2010 census and an estimated 19,910 in 2019. Alamo was laid out in 1909, and named after the Alamo Mission in...
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    the Alamo of the Texas Revolution, which was fought at the adjacent Alamo Mission. The monument was erected in celebration of the centenary of the battle...
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    The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is an American cinema chain founded in 1997 in Austin, Texas, which is famous for serving dinner and drinks during the movie...
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  • The Alamo may also refer to: Álamo, Veracruz, Mexico Alamo, California Alamo, Georgia Alamo, Indiana Alamo Township, Michigan Alamo, Nevada Alamo, New...
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    after the lone cottonwood tree ("álamo" in Spanish), Alamo Hill, was a watering hole on the horseback trail from Mission Dolores to the Presidio in the...
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    Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States...
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    of the Alamo ended at approximately 6:30 a.m. on March 6, 1836, fewer than fifty of the almost 260 Texians who had occupied the Alamo Mission in San Antonio...
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  • The Alamo is a 2004 American war historical drama about the Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. The film was directed by John Lee Hancock...
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    the Alamo as more than just a battle site, but they or their ancestors had experienced the benefits of the Alamo compound when it served as a mission, a...
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  • downtown San Antonio, Texas Alamo Mission in San Antonio, former Spanish Catholic mission and now a museum Battle of the Alamo, battle during the 19th-century...
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    The Battle of the Alamo (February 23 – March 6, 1836) was a crucial conflict of the Texas Revolution. In 1835, colonists from the United States joined...
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    next thirteen days, Travis and his volunteers all lived in the Alamo mission, including Alamo legends Davy Crockett and James Bowie. During this time, Joe...
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    on 16 July 1944 at Sausalito, California, by the Marinship Corp., as Mission Alamo. Renamed Anacostia (AO-94) on 24 July 1944, she was launched on 24 September...
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    Álamos (Spanish: ['alamos] ) is a town in Álamos Municipality in the Mexican state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. Historically an important center...
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    to Texas missions. The Alamo Mission Espada Mission San Juan Mission Concepción Mission San José Mission Espiritu Santo Mission Rosario Mission Refugio...
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    James Bowie (category Alamo defenders)
    Texas Revolution. He was among the Americans who died at the Battle of the Alamo. Stories of him as a fighter and frontiersman, both real and fictitious...
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    Mascoma Mission Alamo Mission Buenaventura Mission Capistrano Mission Carmel Mission De Pala Mission Dolores Mission Loreto Mission Los Angeles I Mission Los...
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    Alamo, is designated on a small plaque on the base and was selected by the artist's wife because its scale and mass reminded her of the Alamo Mission...
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    San Antonio (redirect from Alamo City)
    city contains five 18th-century Spanish frontier missions, including The Alamo and San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. Together these were designated...
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    leadership of Stephen F. Austin. After a 56-day siege of the town and the Alamo Mission, on December 9, Cos surrendered San Antonio de Béxar and its weapons...
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  • siege at the Alamo, but the filming location was actually Mission San José. The film was released soon after the centennial of the Alamo. Percy Barbat...
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    from F Company and accompanied by Lt. Col. Mucci, was to undertake the mission. Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas accompanied the 6th Ranger force, and...
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    October 4, 1905, the governor formally conveyed the Alamo property, including the convento and the mission church, to the Daughters of the Republic of Texas...
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