60 sec. Save Texas History PSA for Texas History Month 2010

[tinytweet73]

Ironically, the flag most depicted flying over the Alamo -- the Mexican tricolor emblazoned with the date "1824" may have never been at the Alamo at all.

[tinytweet73]

Only one flag is known for certain to have flown over the Alamo - the flag of the New Orleans Greys. This flag, which bore the inscription "1st Company of Volunteers from New Orleans" was given to Captain Thomas H. Breece's unit .

[texaslandoffice]

I understand your point - but that is from a modern perspective. There were a substantial component of Alamo defenders that truly wanted restoration of the freedoms promised them by the 1824 Constitution. Of course, there was another component -probably larger- that wanted a complete separation from Mexico and annexation by the U.S. This rift is representative of the similar division amongst Texian settlers in general.

[tinytweet73]

The idea that the defenders would have considered flying the 1824 Flag from the walls of their fortress is farfetched and, at the most, demeaning to their cause and their memory.

[tinytweet73]

The idea that the defenders of the Alamo flew the 1824 Flag is rooted solely in the belief that the defenders were fighting for the restoration of the Mexican Constitution of 1824. That belief and all conjecture that flows from it, are unfounded.

[tinytweet73]

For well over 150 years, popular culture has placed the 1824 Flag flying from the walls of the Alamo during those fateful thirteen days when a handful of determined men stood before the might of the Mexican army and shouted "Liberty or Death."

[texaslandoffice]

To all those claiming there is a Mexican flag in this PSA - please do your research. That is NOT a Mexican flag, but it IS a variation of the Mexican tri-color used by Alamo defenders in 1836. It is one of 3 flags known to have flown over the Alamo at the time of the battle. It is HISTORICALLY ACCURATE. I encourage you to get your facts right. Look up ALAMO FLAG on Google.

[otj812]

That should be a TEXAS flag and if you don't like it move to mexico.

[tinytweet73]

Why is there not a Texas flag or even a American flag flying???Last time I checked the Alamo was still in San Antonio TEXAS!!!!!!! Makes you wonder if this is about Texas history ??? Someone really screwed the pooch on this one!!!

[otj812]

WTF a mexican flag?