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Date Posted: Fri, March 30 2007, 20:46:50
Author: Tom Zart (sacrifice and tradition)
Author Host/IP: dialup-4.245.24.192.Dial1.StLouis1.Level3.net / 4.245.24.192
Subject: THE ALAMO

THE ALAMO

The leaves of the cottonwoods hung motionless
As outside the walls Santa Anna�s horde closed in.
A small band of Texans watched and waited
Preoccupied by combat and how life would end.

The battle raged from building to building
Till the old mission�s chapel was the last to fall.
Over 180 Texans died fighting to the man
Never to yield, surrender or crawl.

Six weeks later Sam Houston rallied his forces
With �Remember the Alamo� as their battle cry.
Attacking and defeating Santa Anna�s army
To win independence for Texas or die.

The Spanish word for �cottonwood� is �Alamo�
The long time popular name for the mission.
Today the stout-walled old chapel still stands
Preserved as a shrine of sacrifice and tradition.

By Tom Zart

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FLY BOYS -- Tom Zart (Where do we get such brave souls of chance?), Fri, March 30 2007, 20:49:29 (dialup-4.245.24.192.Dial1.StLouis1.Level3.net/4.245.24.192)

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>THE ALAMO > > > >The leaves of the cottonwoods hung motionless >As outside the walls Santa Anna�s horde closed in. >A small band of Texans watched and waited >Preoccupied by combat and how life would end. > >The battle raged from building to building >Till the old mission�s chapel was the last to fall. >Over 180 Texans died fighting to the man >Never to yield, surrender or crawl. > >Six weeks later Sam Houston rallied his forces >With �Remember the Alamo� as their battle cry. >Attacking and defeating Santa Anna�s army >To win independence for Texas or die. > >The Spanish word for �cottonwood� is �Alamo� >The long time popular name for the mission. >Today the stout-walled old chapel still stands >Preserved as a shrine of sacrifice and tradition. > > >By Tom Zart
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