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Sights & Attractions in San AntonioNewest Review: ... would have done the exact same thing, too. It is important to note that the so called Alamo is actually just the Alamo's chapel, the real fort in the fateful battle was much larger and the chapel was merely the south East schwerpunkt. The Fort was basically dismantled by the victorious Mexicans to avoid having to take it back a third time. So I will explain what happened here so that you Brits will see fit not to defecate or urinate in our hallow halls (I saw some british tourists do the same thing in the GPO in Dublin too). By 1835-1836 many Americans had moved to Texas to start a new life with plenty of cheap land, low taxes a... more |
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There are two great testaments to America's greatness in the city of San Antonio de Bexar, now called simply San Antonio. The first is the shrine of Texas Independence, the Alamo and the second is Lackland Airforce base. The Alamo is important, so important as to warrant a John Wayne Film being made about it, because when the 183(or 253) brave men who died there perished in the fight for Texians right to squat on Mexican land and hold slaves in this previously slave-free territory. Lackland AFB is important because this is where I took my first steps into becoming the wrecking ball that nearly singlehandedly won the gulf war for the United States and the wimpy ... Read the complete review
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