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Alamo Mythsnew

True or false: Many men of the divided Texan garrison at the Alamo didn't care much for regular army commander Lt. Col. William B. Travis.

San Antonio Current | Scott Andrews | 04-22-2012 | History

How Alamo mythology got the upper hand on its historynew

The Battle of the Flowers began in 1891 when a small retinue of horse-drawn carriages and bicycles rambled to the Alamo. In imitation of European festivals of the time, San Antonio society ladies — members of the city's largely Anglo economic elite — threw flowers at each other in mock fight to honor the defenders of the Alamo and to commemorate the surprise victory at San Jacinto by Sam Houston's rebel forces over Santa Anna's army on April 21, 1836.

San Antonio Current | Scott Andrews | 04-20-2012 | History

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Urban myth: Phil Collins thinks he is a reincarnation of one of the Alamo defendersnew

Not true, writes Collins in the introduction to his new book The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey.

San Antonio Current | Scott Andrews | 04-20-2012 | History

Urban Myth: Ozzy Osbourne Pissed on the Alamonew

On January 19, 1982, a month after he stole headlines by biting the head off a bat during a concert, British heavy metal rock star Ozzy Osbourne gained even more notoriety when he was arrested in San Antonio for urinating on the memorial cenotaph in Alamo Plaza.

San Antonio Current | Scott Andrews | 04-18-2012 | History

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