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

Dramatic PSA celebrates Texas History Month

AUSTIN — On March 2, 1836, Texas declared its independence from Mexico as defenders of the Alamo were under siege. The liberty Texans enjoy today was bought with the blood those men spilled that day.

Now, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson hopes to use the heroic imagery of the Alamo to encourage the preservation of the historic maps and documents that tell the story of our states proud history.

Patterson is asking broadcasters and cable companies across the state to run an Alamo-themed PSA for Save Texas History through the month of March, officially recognized as Texas History Month. The PSA is available in high definition and standard definition.

Filmed at the set of the 2004 film, The Alamo, near Dripping Springs, the PSA is shot in the style of a Hollywood movie trailer.

If people are interested in the story of the Alamo, then they should help preserve the original documents — touched by patriots like Bowie and Travis — that tell that story, Patterson said.

The Save Texas History program is a unique campaign that brings together private and government efforts to preserve more than 35 million documents stored at the Texas General Land Office. The maps, land grants, surveys and field notes — the very documents that trace the creation of Texas — include Stephen F. Austins original Spanish field notes and records bearing the signatures of Alamo defenders Jim Bowie and William Barret Travis.

The Save Texas History program not only seeks to preserve our states past, but also tell our states story to new generations of Texans through educational outreach efforts such as the Save Texas History Essay Contest for fourth and seventh graders or This Week in Texas History, a 60-second Texas tale enjoyed on radio stations across the state.

The Save Texas History program is supported entirely through the sale of high-quality map reproductions, Save Texas calendars, This Week in Texas History CDs, and charitable donations.

Learn more at www.SaveTexasHistory.org. Anyone interested in the program can also call 800-998-4GLO for more information.

To receive a copy of this PSA, contact Julia Ruiz at HYPERLINK "mailto:Julia.Ruiz@glo.state.tx.us" Julia.Ruiz@glo.state.tx.us or (512) 463-5354.

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Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

Tags:

• SaveTexas History
• Texas General Land Office

[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?