Deep Down in the Heart of San Antonio

On Saturday September 22, several of my classmates and I had the opportunity to go and visit the Alamo and learn about the history. This experience was pleasurable, helpful, and made me wonder, how all the connections of history can be united with one another. When immediate thoughts came to mind, all I could think about was the slogan “Remember the Alamo” and each and every one of the fights that were fought, along with ammunition being brought in. Dr. Winders, spoke greatly about the different forms and ways of interpreting history, and he stated that if you put it all together you can get one big picture in the end.

At my recent trip to the Alamo, quite a few things had caught my eye and one in particular was the grass in the courtyard. It was established that the grasses in the front of the Alamo had a meaning, which meant that it was the “heart of the Alamo”. The structure and the large brown doors as an entrance sparked my attention as soon as I had walked up, because I had never visited or seen the Alamo before. I had also seen a couple of exhibits on the walls, which were of Stephen F. Austin and Jose Antonio Navarro; these were two very important leaders who had wanted to bring more and more people back to Texas. Both Austin and Navarro’s main vision for Texas was that they had wanted Texas to become a free republic. The men who effectively shielded the Alamo and developed much independence were the Europeans, Americans, Tejanos, and the Texans.

Overall, it has been an experience having the chance to visit the Alamo, because I have taken in new pieces of history. Most importantly, I am thankful for having the opportunity to go to the Alamo and I shall be making this visit more often and make it an additional priority. Each and every individual should understand how important the past is and recognize the unusual heritages. This takes a tremendous amount of courage and it tends to relate back to experiences I once had in high school, such as going on field trips to historical places and speaking about these things in class. The main reason is because of the skills, power, and leading to both the good and bad solutions of the fights that had taken places years and years ago. -Word Count:403