The 185-year-old Battle that Still Dominates Texas Politics
George P. Bush wanted to revamp the Alamo site. Then his own party turned against him.
Dan Phillips, a member of the San Antonio Living History Association, patrols the Alamo during a pre-dawn memorial ceremony to remember the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and those who fell on both sides, in San Antonio. | AP Photo/Eric Gay
By RICHARD PARKER
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Richard Parker is the author of Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America and an award-winning journalist who chronicles the American Southwest. Researcher Glorie Martinez contributed to this article.
SAN ANTONIO On a gray, spring day a few tourists emerge from the old mission chapel known as The Alamo, the shrine of Texas liberty.
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Alamo’s history before and after Texas Revolution
To understand why the battle over the Alamo’s future is so contentious, it’s important to understand its past.
There are many layers and complexities when it comes to the Alamo’s history. Texas was a frontier region when the Spaniards began to explore the area.
It was difficult to establish a foothold in the area so the Spaniard established missions across the state.
Indigenous people, known as the Coahuiltecans, had been living in Texas for thousands of years and the Spanish wanted to convert them to Catholicism.
(Spanish missions in Texas)