The Travis Letter from the Alamo, February 24, 1836

For those of you who visit my blog and are not Texas natives or Texas History buffs you may not have ever heard of the Travis Letter.

Colonel William Barret Travis, Commander of the Texas forces at the Alamo wrote a plea for help.  His plea is known as one of the most stirring documents in American history. Help came but in the end the Alamo was overrun by the invading armies of Mexican Dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

If you have not had the chance to see this letter in person you can read the letter here but even better you can visit the Alamo between February 24, 2013 (177 years after it was written) and March 7, 2013 (177 years and 1 day after the Alamo siege ended in 1836),  in San Antonio, Texas.

If you are Texan you you should not miss the chance to see Travis' actual letter in the Alamo, where it was written.  If you are not a Texan you should use this event as a great time to explore our State and find out why living here and being part of the Texas culture is so very special.

Before you go be sure to watch the 1960 movie about the Alamo.  

Marc
Good Bless Texas!