TDW 1682 - What Happened At The Alamo ?
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welcome everyone Adam the woo here I am
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back in downtown San Antonio and today
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I'm going to delve
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into the
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Alamo remember that place it's my second
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channel daily Vlog channel it's the
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daily woo the Battle of the Alamo was in
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1836 and where I'm standing now was the
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farthest point and there used to be
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right here a cannon that sat on a
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Ledge looking at what is now considered
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to be the Alamo but in reality the whole
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complex stretched out to here it's
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incredible to think that where these
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tourist attractions now are Jim buy was
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here William Barrett Travis and Dave
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Crockett is it pronounced buoy or Bowie
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I always call
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it knife he's known for the knife but
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one thing's for certain he never rode a
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Segway this
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traffic going right through the former
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Alamo
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that truck right
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there right on the Alamo property and I
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use that term semi loely because
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originally it was called the Mission San
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Antonio de valaro but now this entire
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area is known as Alamo Plaza right in
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this area was the main entrance and what
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they called the lower Barracks this is
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where Jim buoy who fell sick handed over
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the command of the property to Travis
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and they say that Jim Buie died right in
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here in his bed with a gun in his
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hand right in this section but others
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will tell you that he was moved around
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to the side to a safer place no one
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really knows for sure this is what the
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Alamo looked like then and here's an
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even more specific area basically the
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road here North Alamo Street would have
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gone right along the perimeter where I
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was standing a minute ago right there on
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this corner when I was talking about
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jamboi is right where that guy's walking
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past there as you can see it's now just
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an open courtyard if you've ever visited
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here or seen pictures you only think of
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this being the Alamo but in reality it
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is this entire area not just this but
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all of this 10 times the size
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of what most people think it is looking
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at its current day status it's hard to
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imagine such a battle taking place on
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these grounds there's no official
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Declaration of it but I think this is
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supposed to represent where the walls
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used to be and inside those walls has
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now been erected this
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Monument of the past remember the famous
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story of Aussie Osborne urinating on the
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Alamo and being banned from the city he
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didn't
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technically pee on the Alamo walls that
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would be that would be that would be a
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big no no that would be way too
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insensitive but he did something almost
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just as insensitive it was right here on
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this that his nether regions trickled
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down
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into you all right sorry sorry you got
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me there man and because of that event
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the
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city frowned upon him for a very long
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time I think he's allowed back here now
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but there is Security in case anyone
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wants to recreate
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that that moment don't even try what
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you're looking at now is one of the
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inside walls but if you pan
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around against this building where this
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structure now stands was where some
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cannons were along this ledge and it's
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where William Travis lost his life only
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26 years old the lieutenant colonel
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known for his I will not Retreat I will
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not surrender attitude spend his final
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moments right there top of those stairs
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of course you must use your imagination
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because this was not here then there was
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a
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wall right about
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there amazing to think about how many
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people walk up these stairs not even
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knowing that fact now don't quote me
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this but I think this was the weakest
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part of the complex this is where the
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Mexican Army came in very strong
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outnumbering I think 1,500 to about 200
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the odds were not in the alamo's favor
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if you stand directly in front of the
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iconic structure it's good to know that
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right here in front of the door is where
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Davey Crockett spent his last
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moments and over here on the side is
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where the women and children were kept
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and their lives were spared also right
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in this area is where the famous line in
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the sand was placed there is even a very
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small placard here on the ground it
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doesn't say this is the exact
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location of where he perished I'm
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thinking maybe it is because this is
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kind of just in an
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unusual little spot in front of the
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building of mind-blowing that an iconic
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figure like Dave Crockett was right here
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I remember the old Disney movie you ever
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see the old Disney movies about Davey
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Crockett the king the Wild Frontier he
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was right here he spent his last seconds
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alive where we're standing it's
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incredible to think about it's like
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mindblowing and directly in
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front is the iconic spot where Travis
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took his sword and Drew the Line in the
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Sand now documented
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with this steel plate and The Story Goes
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that over here in the corner Jim Buie
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said remove me from my bed and drag me
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across that line that my friends is hero
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status if there ever was one you're not
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allowed to film inside any of the
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enclosed areas but you can walk into
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this Courtyard which was a pivotal point
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in the battle all in here is where some
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of the most dangerous
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and bloody battle took place the
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specific name of this section are the
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long Barracks everything inside there is
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not allowed to be filmed interesting
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fact is if you watch any feature film
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movie even they production companies are
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not allowed to film inside the Alamo so
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clo and Dagger peewee's big adventure
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and a plethora of other films anything
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that's supposedly inside the Alamo is
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just a Sound Stage or a different
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mission that allows filming not for
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certain if this well was here in the
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early 1800s but this tree was planted
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here in 1912 so this tree was not here
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during The Siege at one point Travis
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asked for reinforcements and 32 men from
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the town of Gonzalez made their way over
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and this is a placard of them marching
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up to the property and they have placed
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us here in honor of those that gave
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their lives we're about to go inside now
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be silent friend here Heroes died to
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blaze a trail for other
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men and I'm not allowed to film in here
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so I'll see you in a minute one thing to
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keep in mind there was no roof during
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the Alamo Siege there is one now it the
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roof in this church building was not
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completed and another interesting thing
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is in
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1937 they Unearthed bodies inside there
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of course I couldn't show you cuz I'm
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not allowed to film but that was in
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January of
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1937 they took the bodies out and then
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they plac them back in there there is a
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grave inside there in the ground a very
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small memorial to those four people the
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musket however is not rifled it's what
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we call a smooth boore uh so when the
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ball is fired out of that weapon it
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bounces and when it comes out we really
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don't know where it's going to go they
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work we we load them up for this weapon
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was fired
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yesterday so they they do fire
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to make a big noise and a lot of smoke
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so you can actually use it as a
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defensive weapon or you can put it in
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the ground and holded like this and a
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horse that might run up against a bunch
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of
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these I'm not going to run into that not
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not willfully these koish are swimming
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along an irrigation ditch and this was
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here back in the 1800s are not the not
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the koish the koish live a long time but
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they they weren't here at least I don't
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think they were think any of those koi
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fish Remember the Alamo no cuz goldfish
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only have a memory of 30 seconds really
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no not really but that's what everyone
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said the Fortress known to history as
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the Alamo was originally built by the
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Spanish in the 18th century named
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Mission San Antonio de Valero the
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mission occupied the site from 1724 till
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it was closed in
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1793 the mission compound encompassed
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modern Alamo Plaza the church was never
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completed and lactor roof at the time of
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the famous 1836 Siege and battle today
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this building is recognized worldwide as
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the shrine of Texas Liberty the
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structure shown in the illustration from
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left to right are the long Barrack the
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front of the church and the palisad wall
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am I pronouncing that right the palisad
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wall Palisade
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palisade Wall right outside the walls
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across the road used to be a store
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called The Alamo
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shop and Phil Collins yes that Phil
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Collins the singer used to have a lot of
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artifacts and a scale model of the Alamo
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inside there but it's out of business
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doors are locked you know some people
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have said I look like a little bit like
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Phil Collins really yeah I get that
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sometimes I can see
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it you got to sing a little bit for
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me I hear it com
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in I messed that up I can feel it coming
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in the air let's go cross over Let's
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cross over so take a look at me
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now there's just an empty space for you
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coming come on back to me is against OD
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and that's all I got to take you nailed
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it take a look at me
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now yes located here along the San
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Antonio
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River getting back back on track with
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the subject matter a little
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bit is the spot where the bodies of the
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heroes were slain at the Alamo a couple
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blocks away they were
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burned right here and the fragments of
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their
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bodies were in this spot
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that's right here that is incredible
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literally no man was spared women and
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children were but all the men perished
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wait wait and I've never seen the signs
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without you wait wait and
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I about you Bab another interesting fact
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alamo's down there and a couple of
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blocks in this direction Something was
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found a few years later I just noticed
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right here along the road someone has
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engraved their name in the sidewalk in
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1999 Bozzo
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and a silly rabbit have left their
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marks for all
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time right next to the Morris hotel is
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the San Fernando Cathedral the same
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Cathedral that the Mexican General Santa
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Ana ran the flag up letting his
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opposition know that no one would be
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spared I've always heard of hoisting the
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flag surrendering imagine seeing a flag
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that is letting you know that your life
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is about to be
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ended that's pretty scary terrifying but
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that is not the only interesting fact
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about this building the remains of the
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Alamo heroes are in tuned in The Chapel
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at the left hand side of the entrance to
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the cathedral look at
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this this is
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incredible
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Travis Crockett and Jim buoy their
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bones are
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inside there and it says it was formerly
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buried in the sanctuary which is inside
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here but over time they moved it out
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foyer for all to see and check this out
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a 100 years after they
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exed and exposed for public view for an
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entire year and then reent tuned it on
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May 11th
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1938 so you would have been able to see
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the contents of the
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Box pretty wild mind
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blown walking down the
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Riverwalk hoping to find a little BBQ I
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think I have found the spot lot the
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county line right here along the water
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Majestic starting off with what the menu
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says is one of their Specialties this
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warm bread with honey
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spread pretty good oh we got seconds
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coming in he's taking away the one style
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of bread and bringing in this is this
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what they call Texas toast I think it is
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that's Texas toast finally we're doing
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Texas toast after looking at it it's not
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toasted but how is it it's good it's
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like tastes like cake it's like a cake
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like a sweet like a sweet tasting bread
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like a Savory cake well I must say the
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service is incredibly fast here I have
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sausage
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brisket this is mashed potatoes looks
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like a flavored mashed potatoes some
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beans what'd you get got a big old beef
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rib look at that that is the that's like
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the manliest rib that we've had so far
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look at that thing that's like a
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Flintstones rib and what else you get
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got some sausage and brisket and then
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you got a little potato salad action
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kind of jealous of
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that fun fact this Hospital right here
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Carol Bernett was born in there I'm
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about to
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choke it's definitely a cool experience
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eating on the water when it comes to the
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entire meal I'm going to give this place
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a seven a little bit lower than the top
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the Pinnacle the sides are really good
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the meat not as tender as I would have
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liked it to be the bread I couldn't
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really decide if I like the bread so I'm
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going to give this place a seven yeah
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the bread had this this I don't know
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what it was exactly but it was like this
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white bread that had almost like a
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spongy cake consistency but it wasn't
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sweet or anything um the brisket here
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you know good but a little on the drier
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side and uh the Ambiance of course is
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great but uh and you almost fell in the
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water you were like leaning over to pet
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a duck it was a pigeon so a seven for me
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what did you give it I gave it a seven
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as well a seven from Jacob the name of
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the place is the county line right on
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the Riverwalk see the
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birds
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to to
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tuppin TPP I don't know if these people
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are feeding them tuppin or not I don't
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really even know what a tuppin is but
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those birds are being fed see the birds
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tens tens tens hch coock would be
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proud she's lassoing herself down
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there look at
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that that's pretty
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impressive
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whatever you do don't touch it don't
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touch it no no no it says right here
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don't touch the bll don't get close
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don't get too close don't grab the bowl
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by the hor exactly I passed by here the
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other day but I did not realize that
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inside is the oldest continually run bar
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without closing in the US Jacob's back
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there talking to someone and also Teddy
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Roosevelt ended up creating some of the
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Rough Riders at the bar he like got them
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to join his crew There's the Man
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himself let's go check it out and unlike
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country bear jeree that moose head will
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not talk to us if he does then this
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place is truly haunted so if you look
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closely that is a bullet hole right here
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and this is a mirror and another remnant
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of a bullet hole there as well on both
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sides of the mirror and as The Story
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Goes Teddy Roosevelt himself and another
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gentleman were having a shooting contest
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to see who could get Too Close to the
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Mirror without breaking it and Teddy won
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definitely a cool story well Teddy
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himself and check this out Babe Ruth
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himself stayed here that's him standing
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in front of the hotel if you've ever
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seen the movie Giant starring James Dean
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this exact painting was used in the film
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it wasn't shot here at the minger hotel
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they moved the frame and the painting
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itself here later but you could see this
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behind the actors in the movie are you
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the GateKeeper snow
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cups a San
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tradition you want to get a snow cup