Man, a sponsor plus 8 in video ads, that's too much. That really hurts the quality of the videos and drives the viewer out of the actual content. Just saying, that's my personal experience, but I've stopped watched once the 1 or 2 ad is up, or up when you bring up the sponsor. That's too much.
Should do one on the New Orleans, or specifically Storyville: Birthplace of Jazz music. Conversely, the Old River Control structure would be a good one for megaprojects
Really interesting! A nice suggested follow up to your thought provoking and enlightening video is Texas becoming a short term independent nation: The Lone Star Republic A introduction trivia question may be: "Name The Six Flags that flew over Texas"
I lost my dad 5 years ago and he was an absolute western nut. Collected models, guns, books you name it, even had an entire out building as a cabin/ saloon. His obsession was the Alamo and everything about it. I grew up learning about the west and watching cowboy films with him. I regret not indulging him in his wealth of knowledge on the subject, there was facts in this which he probably didn't even know! So to watch this video filled me with emotion and made me feel connected again. Not much has done that for me over the years. Thank you.
I got to see San Antonio in 2014. I loved seeing the Alamo. Our family are big history buffs. I swear it's a Texas thing. You dad sounds wonderful. Keep passing on the history. Did you know the Spanish colonists who established San Antone were from the Canary Islands? They were given a grant from Spain to colonize that area.
I am from Texas and we learn about Texas history in school. I do remember learning about the Tejanos so they arent written out of our history at least. Fun fact: Texas' actual first name was Tejas, which later on down the line changed to what it is today.
I don't know what the rest of the world has been taught about the Alamo, but here in Texas we were taught that the Tejanos fought alongside the white settlers. We have towns, streets, and schools named after some of the brave Tejano men who fought in our war for independence. Now, I won't lie that the white guys have usually gotten the bigger bill, but we are taught that without the Tejanos, the white men would have never won. Our entire culture is a blend of the independent spirits of both the white settlers and the Tejanos. Viva la Tejas!
It is taught in English schools briefly. only thing we learned about was an unstable Mexican dictator ordering a massucure of some american dudes however i believe this is only due to how briefly american history is taught in england had I have had more then 1 lesson on the alamo I'm sure we would have learned about the tejanos and slaves present.
well said. it was Tejanos and texans that fought the mexicans under santa anna for independance. the tejanos dont get the acknowledgement they deserve..
Deadass I was barely taught anything about the Alamo I know it was a very important battle but where I live the education system is weak and we learn about so much shit in a very little time we don’t even get to actually learn about shit. It’s like here’s the basic stuff you need to know it’s ass
Every time I visit the Alamo, or take someone there for the first time I notice one immediate thing: the quiet.When you enter the building through those wooden doors there is a palpable feeling of the weight of history and the level of respect that people show for the fallen there is remarkable. All the sounds of downtown San Antonio fall away and everyone speaks softly as if they walk through. even in the surrounding courtyard and inner buildings the city seems hushed.I've visited other historic sites in the U.S. and none come close to feeling exactly like walking into the Alamo. one of those places I encourage people to visit even if they aren't appreciative of history.
I visited there years ago (I live in Dallas) and I got up early, and took my camera to the Alamo to see if I could get pics of the building with no people in the pic. It was difficult but I did it. That early in the morning just before sunrise it is eerily quiet standing there with not another soul in sight. I could have sworn I heard hoofbeats of horses and other sounds from the past
A friend of mine visited the Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria and experienced the same thing- it was a warm Summer’s day with the sound of birds and other things round about; he said that when the tour group entered the camp it was as if all sounds had been mysteriously stopped.
yeah!If it wudda read "Come & get it!"🇲🇽guyz wudda been spectin some meat guts & tortillas!(meat guts & tortillas are real big here in Texas,as in🇲🇽!) & a good story that wud not have made!🤠
That phrase was reportedly the defiant response of King Leonidas I of Sparta to King Xerxes I of Persia when Xerxes demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and surrender. This was at the onset of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). Instead, the Greeks held Thermopylae for three days.
"Spartans!Lay down your arms to the lord of hosts & the King of the Persians!" "If you want them,then come & take them! This is where we stand & here,is where they fall! Give them nothing! But take from them... everything!"🗡
What King of the Hill didn't teach, was that Mexico told Texas they couldn't keep slaves cause Mexico is banning them and Texas revolted. The More You Know 🌈⭐
Demonize anything American. No mention of the horrible dictators unspeakable atrocities on the people of Mexico. But yeah America bad everything else good.
Jasmine GeminiDragon Texas revolted because Santa Ana refused them representation in Coahuila and secondly because he destroyed the original constitution. There were many non-white, non-slave owning people that fought with the Texans.
Here I am commenting before the video begins so Simon gets his extra 1 200th of a cent. I live in Texas, visited the Alamo and was pleasingly amazed at how touching it was, most memorable was seeing the plaque on the wall listing who fought and died. Not just Americans, people from all over the world. Not just a bunch of soldiers, a literal who's who of America. It was touching, moving, awesome, and it left me with a respect I never thought I would have for it.
John Yarbrough - Illegal aliens, LOL! In those days if you showed up and weren’t sick, you were in. There’s a REASON why our constitution allows "residents" to vote, everyone was a citizen then. There literally was no illegal immigrants, unwanted yes. They weren’t illegals, they were just immigrants, like your ancestors. And what I meant by who’s who, was names like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie fought. People on the plaque lists literally every European and Scandinavian country, as well as others. These people believed they were fighting for America, for their homes. And the not so humorous part is that thanks to our lax immigration laws and enforcement, Texas, California and every state in between is now essentially Mexico 🇲🇽 but fly our flag 🇺🇸.
Indeed. Particularly moving for me. Jacob C. Darst is my Ancestor. Hallowed ground. I grew up in CA, spent most summers near Wichita Falls, Electra to be exact. My grandparents are buried in Prairie Hill. Cleo Stubbs/Graves. William C Graves. Grampa Graves was a true Texan. Salt of the earth. Kind, gentle, honest as the day is hot and long, WWII Vet. Purple Heart. 5 generations of kin up on that hill.
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World: Fellow citizens & compatriots-I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna-I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken-I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch-The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country-Victory or Death. William Barret Travis Lt. Col. comdt P.S. The Lord is on our side-When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn-We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves. Col. Travis was 26 years old...
"In the name of liberty" Aye history liked to gloss over the fact that the yankee squaters were being forced out due to thier refusal to abide by Mexican law, namely the Abolition of slavery in 1829... I'm glad my ancestor defected with John Riley and the St. Patrick's Batallion to fight for Mexico
That's exactly what I was thinking! It seemed to be implied in the video that people only think of the white people at the Alamo, but I can't remember ever imagining the Alamo as such. It seems like something other people could have been raised assuming, but not anyone who grew up here.
It is important to remember the Tejano contribution to Texas history but it is just as important not to overstate it. Only 21 of the Alamo defenders were Tejano. Roughly 10% of the garrison
False: the Tejanos who fought with the Texans were never written out of our History. Juan Seguin has always been recognized as a major part of our independence. Texas has always been a settlement between Mexican and American culture. We are in many ways our own culture and in many others the best of both cultures. Has there been some racism? Sure... Was there racism to the extent that you’re implying? Not at all. Many Texas revolutionaries married Mexican women like Deaf Smith and Jim Bowie. Texas History/culture will always be linked with Mexico’s. Nobody’s tried to take that away from them. In fact, many Texas settlers became loyal Mexicans before Santa Ana destroyed the Mexican constitution. Go to Goliad, the names of the men both Mexican and American that were massacred there are on that plaque the same being for the Alamo. This one isn’t your best one. The side comments kinda killed it...
Theres actually a really interesting thing going on here. We can see from the comments that Texans themselves recognize their history quite accurately. But it appears the mythology has been warped (probably by local interest groups, like Texas adjacent states) And I can say as a Canadian, so a non local but still North American, my knowledge of this history was quite racially skewed. So as the knowledge has moved through the continent it has acquired a racial bias.
Something that I also find interesting, is that as a Mexican, born and raised in Mexico City, the Alamo was never really touched on, well, we touched on it, but it was more like footnote. I had never heard of most of the names mentioned in the video, with Santa Anna being the exception of course. And to the comment above saying that Simon comes off as US hating in the video, well... he doesn’t exactly paint Mexico in a positive light either.
@@alexthe52nd58 Simon has his moments with everybody lol. He covers Russia very harshly in particular. Texans just don't put up with people talking crap about Texas... its a thing lol. Texas history and the Alamo is very interesting considering the series of events. Its something that we grow up very proud of. A really good example is the figure of Lorenzo De Zavala who played a huge part in the constitutions/governments of both the original Mexican government and was the original VP of Texas. There were a lot of loyalties that went both ways and are way more complex than simply saying that the cause for the revolution was slavery. To consider that Santa Ana was one of the best military leaders of his time only to get caught in a trap is a pretty amazing story. I personally grew up in Freeport, TX where the treaty of Velasco was signed (a sore subject when you start talking about Santa Ana lol). There's been a lot of back and forth in our histories especially dealing with much of the events that happened after the 1845 annexation with the U.S. but the events that led to Texas' nationhood is a pretty amazing story that involved both native Tejanos and American immigrants. Texas' culture in general, has become what it is because of the close partnership between Mexicans and Texans in work and community. It hasn't always been perfect but nothing ever is. Its uniquely us and its a point that we're proud of considering how successful we've been because of it.
Juan Seguin was a traitor in the end. He took up arms against Texas. Texas is not some kind of bridge or otherwise middle point between Mexican and American culture . It certainly wasnt founded to be so either. Personally I dont like seeing the flag of Mexico everywhere i go. Whether on car dealership's, clothing or on houses. This isnt Mexico so why do some people still act as if it is ? I also feel insulted when I am expected to speak Spanish instead of Spanish speakers being expected to speak English. As a cashier if i am expected to know that a bolsa is a bag. Then surely Spanish speakers should be expected to know that a bolsa in English is a bag. A lot of them give me funny looks when they discover that i dont speak Spanish. As if to say that I am a foreigner in THEIR (caps used for emphasis not shouting) country instead of the other way around. Texans are not Mexicans and Mexicans are not Texans. They are two separate cultures, identities, places etc. With different histories and destinies. Yes their are some commonalities but not enough to make us indistinguishable from one another or the same people,tribe, nation etc. We didnt win our independence from Mexico to fly its flag and be expected to speak Spanish.
@@lyartbane2115 I agree to an extent. I don't think we should embrace the Mexican flag either. That's something that for the longest time separated us from California lol. That was one very good point from the Chicano movement. Pride in being American instead of holding on to the old country. Its a sentiment that many of my hispanic friends hold on to. Especially the ones who immigrated here legally. However, Texans tend to have more pride in the Texas flag than even the American flag. Also, you cannot deny that Texas's history and culture is directly connected to Mexico's. I was in no way implying that Texas is a land bridge between the U.S. and Mexico. Texas is Texas. Texas is the best of both worlds and is truly better than both. Texas could easily be its own country and the U.S. would no longer be able to sustain itself if we left. On the flip side, there's a reason Texas was so successful and Mexico wasn't especially considering the capability for economic growth through industry in Mexico had it originally been properly managed. I don't know what part of the state you come from. Those mentalities kinda seem like either northeast or a panhandle type of attitude, but people working the ranches and farms have been bilingual since the beginning. The vaqueros of the King ranch and so on. Many Germans that immigrated here had to learn both English and Spanish to be able to manage their new ranches. That's specifically why we have things like fajitas, Barbacoa, and enchiladas which aren't traditional Mexican dishes. Its why Tejano music incorporates the accordian/3-3 polka time and why you have beers named Bohemia. English should be the primary language but you cannot sit here and act like Texans haven't adopted spanish into our own dialect or euphemisms since the beginning.
As a Texan, get over yourself. Stop putting Texas on this high pedestal of greatest. Give me a break. Texas is about as significant to America as any other piece of land fought over since the dawn of mankind. You've been drowning in the kool-aid of Texas propaganda like a good little sheep.
"the last thing we want is for you to leave this video thinking those at the Alamo where heroic settlers" but then goes onto describe how they were in effect just that. Nice anti American propaganda
the Goliad massacre happened after the battle of the Alamo. The Alamo was taken on March 6th, the Goliad massacre happened March 27th and they were prisoners being held at Fort Defiance
@@snwlcke3 I blame the Texas school system for my wrong call. I just remember a teacher (Back in the stone age) telling us, with much pride, the phrase (Remeber Goliad...) that according to him came first.
@@bobsteadman9728 Doesn't texas also teach kids that slaves weren't slaves but rather "migrant workers"? Or was that after your time? Because even here in South Carolina where slaves outnumbered white people 3:1 (don't quote me on that) we called them like they were, slaves.
@@Samm815 ummm in Texas we understood slavery. In fact most Texans I've met find that slavery stood in defiance of Texas values. Does everyone think we are full of racist?
I feel that the writer of this was given poor history. As a native Texan of Mexican decent with strong Mexican ties. When the subject of the war with Mexico was discussed in history none of the heroic Mexicans who fought for freedom from Mexico nor Joe or other native tribes were excluded. It would seem that aside from a bit of research done that this version of history was from someone who saw old cowboy movies and from real historical research.
Bowie, fine purveyor of fraudulent land deals, trader in illegal imports (and let’s be clear...those “imports” that were illegal to bring into the US were human beings in chains), and husband of Santa Anna’s goddaughter. That Bowie?
Angela IridescenceArtGlass Typical liberal troll response... It’s because of people like you Angela that schools have to be renamed, statues removed from public squares and flags not be flown. Closed and simple minded people who are incapable of accurately understanding history in its full context. Go watch some more cnn and keep our Texas hero’s the hell out of your mouth.
Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! I spent a summer visiting Texas revolution sites. At San Jacinto there us a monument like the Washington monument with a star on top. It's actually taller than the Washington monument. You can go up to the top of it and look out over the battlefield.
@@roberthoward9500 if you are doing roofing in the summer in Texas it can definitely feel like hell. Fortunately we have lots of nice spring fed rivers to cool off in when work is over.
Your assertion that many of defenders of the Alamo were Tejanos is misleading since out of the 200 defenders only 21 were Hispanic or roughly 10% of the garrison While it is important to remember them and their role in Texas Indeoendence you tried to make it sound like Tejanos had a near equal role in Texas independence as Whites which is simply not true At the Alamo Tejanos made up about 10% of the defenders in Sam Houston's army their numbers were so small he believed he could not use them and still win the Battle of San Jacinto in order to avoid friendly fire incidents with his men mistaking them for Mexican soldiers though Juan Seguin convinced him otherwise and let the Tejanos fight in the battle At Goliad, roughly 10% of James Fannin's 400 men that were captured and excepted by the Mexicans were Tejanos. Of the 59 delegates who signed the Texas Declaration of independence only 3 were Tejano This is simply due to demographics as at the time Texas's population was roughly 30,000 Anglos and 5,000 Tejanos It is important to remember the Tejano contribution to Texas Independence but it is also important not to overstate it
Didn’t Sam Houston order the Tejanos to wear distinctive markings to ease in identification and avoid friends fire at San Jacinto as part of his agreement with Juan Seguín? I want to say a red scarf but I just can’t remember.
lived all of my 47 years in south central texas . joan seguin was a major part of the history that i learned in school . fortunately as a adult my interest in texas history and the internet have allowed me to learn my own version of Texas history . I'm still a proud Texan and so are most people from Texas of all races. Texas history has stuff that we must learn from and never let it be forgotten. Good and bad Texas is special, especially to people from Texas . Some thank Texas breads a special kind of arrogance . That's not true . Being proud of where your from breads a special kind of arrogance just ask someone from New York City . Proud people are my favorite kind of people. Don't ever forget where you come from, remember the good and especially the bad from history . Your ancestry lives on, what they did for their family and their land isn't taken for granted . Y'all can go to hell , I'm going to go to TEXAS God bless TEXAS
@@eldonerc2524 Jacinto was the ultimate point & there was no turning point!1)San Antonio=loss.2)Coleto=loss. 3)San Jacinto= victory(not a win, it was replete & complete victory!) all that was left was to deliver El Presidente back to Matamoros like a truant child
Recently there was a diary from an officer on the Mexican side discovered. That is shed some additional light on what happened at the Alamo as well. I cannot remember the name but I believe a documentary was done on it.
He glossed over Goliad, right after the Alamo 450 Texans surrendered based on the belief like when the Texans took the Alamo they'd be released afterwards. The deal was made with General José de Urrea that if the Texans gave up Goliad they'd be free to leave but Santa Anna over ruled the deal and gave the order that there was no such thing as a Texan POW, they were to be treated as captured pirates and ordered them all to be shot.
There’s a reason why they played “De Guello”. Also he said that we know what happened from the slave Joe, but Susanna Dickinson, her daughter, and one other Tejano family that made it. This was one of the few instances that Santa Ana showed mercy but it was more so to strike fear into the rest of the Texians in Gonzalez/Washington on the Brazos.
You will remember this battle! You will remember each minute of it! Each second! Til the day that you die! That is for tomorrow, gentlemen! For today... REMEMBER THE ALAMO!! The hour is at hand! ~Sam Houston, 1836
supposedly,while @ the Alamo b4 the arrival of the🇲🇽army, he was to have commented"Get out of here!It's a death trap of no strategic importance!"(& then Travis went out of his way to put it in the forefront of most memorable historic events)
I visited the NRA museum with my girlfriend a few years ago. While we were there, admiring antique guns like an Italian 4-barreled shotgun, I overheard a man telling his wife the story of Sam Houston. When he got to part where Sam Houston died thinking his life was a failure, his wife started crying. It took all of my willpower to not start laughing at them.
@@darrellmanley3555: Anecdotes don't have to be important to share them. Sometimes people just want to talk about stuff. But my inner sadist is satisfied that the anecdote made you upset.
Shawn Elliott on the contrary, it didn’t upset me in the least. “The most ignorant of all people is a person who is self assured in his premature decisions.”
I’m a native Texan. I’m also from SA. No one was ever written out of our history. We devote literal years of school to learning it. The good and the bad. It’s a requirement.
You’d think by this video there were lots of Tejanos at the Alamo. However, there were only 9-20. Not to diminish their bravery by any means but the numbers weren’t very significant. Same goes for the English, Irish, and Germans that were also present during the battle.
So much wrong with this video. The one thing that really pisses me off is the smug way you stated that our history has been whitewashed. I grew up here and I can tell you that the brave Tejanos that fought in our revolution have never been left out of history. Many South Texas towns are named in their honor and have been for well over 150 years. BTW it’s “Come and Take It”
After watching many of Simon's videos, I've noticed a strong left leaning streak running through him. There's a bit of an agenda in his nonetheless very entertaining stories.
Simon's a good reader, but whoever writes his material (which ain't Simon) tends to lean left. Example: he has one on the North Korean dynasty, done when the Norks were popping off A-bombs until Trump capped Jong Un's ass. Simon recounts the Kim family history, working up to the A-bombs going off. Included was the horrific mass starvation in the 90s. Okay, "starvation" and "A-bombs." What could POSSIBLY link the two? Why that would be the infamous Agreed Framework signed by Bill Clinton in 1994, which gave food to the Norks in exchange for "ending" their nuclear programs. But did Simon even HINT at it? Uh, no. That was when I smelled "agenda" in his videos, and have been suspicious of them since.
Agreed. Our Texas history class covered the “united we stand” approach to Texas Independence. Anyone else cringe when he says Tejanos? In Spanish j is an h sound- not y sound...it’s “Tay-han-os”!
I never thought I'd hear the name of my hometown in one of your videos, I had to go back several times just to hear the word "Zacatecas" over and over again...
Almost everyone at the Alamo has a Texas town named after them. things you left out. part of the reason to stay and defend the Alamo was to give Sam Houston's group retreating to the east time to gather more men., the "Line in the Sand" comes from the Alamo battle, although it is one of the most incorrectly used phrases nowdays. when the last chance came for people to still escape, Travis drew a line in the sand and said if you want to stay, step across ( Not - no one crosses this line, as its used today). there are plagues in the Alamo with the names of all who died there. Remember Goliad- at Goliad a large number of Texans surrendered. the mexicans had them draw black and white beans, 10% of those beans were black. if you drew a black bean, you were executed to be an example.
That is so interesting! Reading your comment, now I remember hearing the line in the sand referenced in a folk song about the Alamo. (Grew up in Pennsylvania but live in Texas now so playing catch-up on Texas history.)
I need add that the battle of the Alamo lasted for several days, not some minutes. It gave Sam Houston valuable time for strategy. I think it was about 13 days.
1:30 - Chapter 1 - From the new world 4:55 - Chapter 2 - The age of upheaval 8:15 - Chapter 3 - Welcome to texas 11:45 - Mid roll ads 12:55 - Chapter 4 - Come and get it 16:30 - Chapter 5 - The long wait 19:10 - Chapter 6 - The short fight 22:10 - Chapter 7 - The legend
Love the Video but lol As Texan who’s family came from Alsace just before the battle it was never white washed for us we all speak English and Spanish as well as Alsacin the cenotaph they are trying to remove has a list of every know person of all the different races just saying Remember the Alamo Remember Goliad
@@demef758 A young man called Mr. Herman, had a bicycle and it was beautiful. Unfortunately it was stolen from him. It was hidden in the basement of the Alamo.And rumor has it it's still there to this very day. Not on the regular tours tho. I think there's a movie about it, but I could be wrong.
As a Texan I been there and Goliad and Gonzalez. Alot of people don't know but it wasn't a Texas flag that fell when the the Alamo did. It was the Louisiana Tigers flag. They were volunteers that showed up for the big party. Phil Collins has the largest collection of Alamo artifacts and has a great museum close to it that's worth going to. Simon maybe you could do a video of " The black bean massacre" or even " The runaway scrape" . I would like a video of the Battleship Texas , it's the only active duty ship of the Texas Navy. I know it's not a physical place on a map but it has a huge place in our hearts.
Unfortunately, only a small part of the original Alamo is still standing. I'm a Texan living in San Antonio and I highly recommend visiting the Alamo if you have a chance. There is some amazing history there that video and pictures really can't convey. Also, there are several other missions in the San Antonio area that are also worth visiting. Just plan your trip in the spring or fall, summers in southern Texas are quite hot.
For anyone thinking Simon is saying Texans believe it is all white people, no. He is talking about NON Texas places, Alabama, Oklahoma, Britain, teaching it as only a white battle vs Mexicans. The retelling in places other than texas.
The Alamo is a Great place to visit. The caretakers there tell the real stories of the History. After a nice visit, you can walk across the street and go in a nice air conditioned mall. You can shop, have a drink and have a nice meal! Great video.
I was born and raised in Austin, Texas, a city named for the president of the Republic of Texas, Stephen F Austin. In travis county, named for Williwam B Travis, who died at the Alamo. We also have a main road named Lamar, for another who died at the Alamo. I spent one spring break travelling to sites from the Texas revolution. Gonzales, Goliad, San Antonio, and the San Jacinto Monument- the site where the Texans won their independence - among other places. We used to take field trips to the Alamo, in elementary and middle school. The Texas Revolution has left a large impact on the state, which can be seen to this day.
9:20 all history is like that. People tend to simplify everything. Because otherwise history is pretty grey. Your heroes usually weren't that heroic and the villains were probably nice people 40% of the time.
You have a lot of bad information, I’m not gonna sit here and list it all. But this really is a disgrace to Texas history to spread miss information and down play it’s significance.
There good info here but... UK based research, good but missing still on true physical facts that are easy search checks like the "COME AND GET IT" flag part. Great channel but always check more. : )
I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country. Victory or Death. Gotta admit, that gives me goosebumps every time i hear it :)
Yes very just like Patrick Henry's speach. No one really knows what Patrick said but it was so profound that men who were kids looking into the church from outside though a window asked to be buried at that window. Because it had such a profound effect on their lives. That's what the world needs right now is a few men like Patrick and Travis to show us how to how to put our money were our mouths are, if ya know what I mean.
Sam Houston in his time was called the traitor of the South for trying to get Texas NOT to secede into the Confederacy. All his efforts were to get Texas IN the Union and he thought it wasteful to get OUT and be involved in a war that would be a one-sided loss. However, his son thought otherwise and lost a leg fighting for the Confederacy.
For anyone that wants to know why there is only one angle shot taken of The Alamo in modern times. The Alamo is in Downtown San Antonio. Any other angle shot will show off a modern city. I get why, no one wants to see a 1700 building around modern structures. It's also an open Museum that you can walk through and if you weren't forced to field trip there growing up is quite worth going to. Also.. Great video.
🤠I don't even remember the feild trip!(might of missed it,I was what was viewed as somewhat of a miscreant!)Go past it & into it any chance I get!🤠Happy Trails!🤠
I spent a portion of my childhood in Texas, and let me tell you, none of this is forgotten there! Excepting the slavery parts, of course. They didn't love teaching about those as much, I don't remember learning that. Granted, this was twenty-something years ago, so. We had solidly several WEEKS of learning about the situation up to and after this. Well. I literally took an entire class, as a sixth or seventh grader, called Texas History, and it was a large part of it. I've never lived in another state that had a whole ass class about their history!
Tejas wasn’t born when the white man came and invaded. Native Americans and Mexican Tejanos were already there long before! The Alamo was a mission built by the Spaniards, not the gringos.
When were the Tejanos written out of it? I was born in '75, and I was taught they were a part of the fight for Texan independence. Sure the white folks got the majority of the ink (especially when discussing individuals), but Tejano participation was included in the discussion. If for no other reason, it makes Texan independence seem more legitimate. If it's just a bunch of Americans moving in and taking over, it comes across more as stealing. If you include the fact that the locals joined them in rebelling against Santa Anna and the Mexican government, then you have a more legitimate independence movement. The Tejanos joined in for a number of reasons. They weren't all that fond of Santa Anna and the crap he was pulling. The region became much more prosperous after they and the transplanted Americans started working together. Oh, and a bunch of the people who moved to the region were single men, many of whom would eventually marry Tejano women...including the daughters of some of the most powerful Tejano families. So, they had common interests, a common enemy, and in a number of cases family ties.
The prosperity of texas economy came from slavery, not tejanos and Texans working together. Once texas beat mexico tejanos were treated like 2nd class citizens all because of language, culture and religion differences with “Texans”.
What is being described here as "the battle of the Alamo" was only the very end of that battle. The Texans held off 2 previous assaults by the Mexicans before that (which were in multiple columns coming from different directions. The Texans held them off because 1) the Texans were armed with long rifles which had a 200+ yard range while Santa Ana's forces were armed with smooth bore muskets with a 50 yard range, 2) they had brought all of the cannon from San Antonio creating the largest battery of canon at that time. While abandoning the Alamo was probably the better strategic decision, there were strong arguments for trying to hold on to it (long enough for reinforcements to come [which never arrived] from Sam Houston). In the final assault, Santa Ana succeeded due to 1) the reinforcements that never arrived, 2) the significantly slower reloading time of the rifles and 3) the fact that the canon were distributed to defend the excessively large area limiting their utility when the attackers were all massed in one column.
A great book that covers the battle better than any I've read on the subject and I've read a lot of them (own four personally) Is "Three Roads to the Alamo; The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barrett Travis".
Stating the mission Native Americans were Apaches is inaccurate: they belonged to minor tribes of the area that feared the dominant bands of west Texas, the Comanches. These minor tribesmen became skilled in cattle ranching, irrigation and farming as did the friars in charge of them. (point of trivia: I was born in downtown San Antonio.)
The whole video was dripping with anti-white hatred, at least he just came out and admitted it at the end. Almost all of the factual inaccuracies in the video were caused by trying to take shots at whitey
@@mucktheduk Imagine being angry because someone corrects white supremacist propaganda. Boohoo, my myth has been blown apart because the role of brown people was highlighted.
@@gaz9957 Their role has ALWAYS been highlighted, at least in Texas. The ones who think that the Alamo defenders were all white are mainly foreigners who got their information from Hollywood and non-Texans who couldn't care less about the history of the Texas Revolution.
What I find interesting is in the same sentence he said ‘Mexico (Brown people) allowed slaves’ then commented about white people being upset that their hero’s were slavers.💁🏻♂️
The Alamo is one of the reasons why I am a history buff. I seemed like such an epic story to my young mind. Im well aware now that the truth is more complicated but it still holds special meaning to me. I recommend watching the 2004 Alamo movie. More accurate than the John Wayne version.
Why does he keep calling the texians "whites" as if Spanish people aren't white? It seems almost like only America differentiates between Hispanic people and European people (excluding Spain) as if every single person in south America is somehow part or mostly native. I mean sure, Spaniards get a lovely olive tan, but so do Aussies.
Texian is a specific term for the early anglo(white) settlers, generally only for those who supported the revolution. Tejanos is the term for the native/old spanish/"mexicans". Its a term that mexico used to separate the two.
@@chloedegurechaff1941 I get that, but the fact he kept referring to the newer texians as "whites" implies that the Tejanos aren't also white. Since when are Spanish descended people non white? Sure, some may well have native blood, but i wouldn't have thought all of them did.
Simon, quit virtue signaling and doing that British "anti-white" thing. Texans and anyone who visits the Alamo can learn the names of everyone who died defending it. As do most American schools with functional history classes, not the "project 1619" BS programs. And the roll call alone of the alamo makes it pretty clear the Tejanos were represented in the ranks, but only about 10% or so of the combatants. Knock it off.
I find it interesting how, in the angloamerican and anglosaxon world, Tejanos, Mexicans, us Costa Ricans are portrayed as "native". We are mostly hispanic, european americans inmigrants from Spain not native americans. The term "latino" comes from romance languages not from any native american culture. I believe it to be precisely derived from the English Hispanic wars, the US Hispanic wars and the US Mexian wars. War tends to define the other as something just isn't so.
1. Thirteen days is a wee bit over a week, the siege was a day short of two weeks. 2. Come and get it is heard at BBQ's. The battle cry at Gonzales was Come and Take It. 3. The battle cry at San Jacinto was Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad. But well done otherwise.
One of the Gonzales "Old 18" who later died at the Alamo was my ancestor Jacob C. Darst. His brothers Edmund, Emory, William and Henry Darst were at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston. Patrick, who was at Bexar, is the offspring of Tabitha Boone Calloway Darst. Making Danial Boone his great grandfather and my 7th great uncle via marriage.
So let me get this straight... this man dissolved the Mexican Constitution, proclaimed himself dictator, slaughtered hundreds of men and lost a massive amount of territory... and the people of Mexico were still like "ah yes, we want this man to lead us."
I know this is nitpicking but at 2:03 the map of the Viceroy includes Spanish occupied Louisiana which lasted from the 7 years war(French-Indian War) to the Napoleonic wars but was not a thing during the time period of the Texan Revolution.
Simon, i adore your narrative style. You've got the facts and you just spew them out at us with no hesitations, ums, or annoying pauses. Always very informative and well thought out. Your sense of humor is very appealing, as well. Thanks for doing these and keeping us from falling into the depths of ignorance and depravity. ;-)
I learned from early on that the Alamo was defended by people of all colors. Simon, usually I really enjoy your videos but you got a few things wrong in this one. The history of the Alamo has not been whitewashed as you say it has.
You must be a Texan, because we know it was a mix of races that stood together and fought. It just makes you wonder how it's taught in other states? Does Wisconsin have it's own history class?
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Man, a sponsor plus 8 in video ads, that's too much. That really hurts the quality of the videos and drives the viewer out of the actual content. Just saying, that's my personal experience, but I've stopped watched once the 1 or 2 ad is up, or up when you bring up the sponsor. That's too much.
Should do one on the New Orleans, or specifically Storyville: Birthplace of Jazz music. Conversely, the Old River Control structure would be a good one for megaprojects
Really interesting!
A nice suggested follow up to your thought provoking and enlightening video is Texas becoming a short term independent nation: The Lone Star Republic
A introduction trivia question may be: "Name The Six Flags that flew over Texas"
I lost my dad 5 years ago and he was an absolute western nut. Collected models, guns, books you name it, even had an entire out building as a cabin/ saloon. His obsession was the Alamo and everything about it. I grew up learning about the west and watching cowboy films with him. I regret not indulging him in his wealth of knowledge on the subject, there was facts in this which he probably didn't even know! So to watch this video filled me with emotion and made me feel connected again. Not much has done that for me over the years. Thank you.
Your dad sounds like he was a pretty badass guy 😎
Your dad sounds like one awesome dude and it's great that you had some great emotions and memories about your dad
Your father was a patriot
@Aggressive Tubesock Lmao why so toxic lol? who hurt you?
I got to see San Antonio in 2014. I loved seeing the Alamo. Our family are big history buffs. I swear it's a Texas thing. You dad sounds wonderful. Keep passing on the history.
Did you know the Spanish colonists who established San Antone were from the Canary Islands? They were given a grant from Spain to colonize that area.
I am from Texas and we learn about Texas history in school. I do remember learning about the Tejanos so they arent written out of our history at least. Fun fact: Texas' actual first name was Tejas, which later on down the line changed to what it is today.
They are not a part of history as much as they should be!!
@ginger Yes they are, quit trying to find non-issues to whip up false anger over.
@@newvibes789 No one cares.
@@0816M3RC Yet here you are, caring enough to reply.
I don't know what the rest of the world has been taught about the Alamo, but here in Texas we were taught that the Tejanos fought alongside the white settlers. We have towns, streets, and schools named after some of the brave Tejano men who fought in our war for independence. Now, I won't lie that the white guys have usually gotten the bigger bill, but we are taught that without the Tejanos, the white men would have never won. Our entire culture is a blend of the independent spirits of both the white settlers and the Tejanos. Viva la Tejas!
Well said.
It is taught in English schools briefly. only thing we learned about was an unstable Mexican dictator ordering a massucure of some american dudes however i believe this is only due to how briefly american history is taught in england had I have had more then 1 lesson on the alamo I'm sure we would have learned about the tejanos and slaves present.
@@nathanjohn9151 Multiple massacres. Peep Goliad.
well said. it was Tejanos and texans that fought the mexicans under santa anna for independance. the tejanos dont get the acknowledgement they deserve..
Deadass I was barely taught anything about the Alamo I know it was a very important battle but where I live the education system is weak and we learn about so much shit in a very little time we don’t even get to actually learn about shit. It’s like here’s the basic stuff you need to know it’s ass
Every time I visit the Alamo, or take someone there for the first time I notice one immediate thing: the quiet.When you enter the building through those wooden doors there is a palpable feeling of the weight of history and the level of respect that people show for the fallen there is remarkable. All the sounds of downtown San Antonio fall away and everyone speaks softly as if they walk through. even in the surrounding courtyard and inner buildings the city seems hushed.I've visited other historic sites in the U.S. and none come close to feeling exactly like walking into the Alamo. one of those places I encourage people to visit even if they aren't appreciative of history.
I visited there years ago (I live in Dallas) and I got up early, and took my camera to the Alamo to see if I could get pics of the building with no people in the pic. It was difficult but I did it. That early in the morning just before sunrise it is eerily quiet standing there with not another soul in sight. I could have sworn I heard hoofbeats of horses and other sounds from the past
Enjoy it while you can nothing lasts forever.
@@doylesinclair4499 there are🐎carriages in downtown San Antonio(so,yes!
You heard 🐎hooves)🤠
@@curtiskretzer8898 lmaoooooo
A friend of mine visited the Dachau concentration camp in Bavaria and experienced the same thing- it was a warm Summer’s day with the sound of birds and other things round about; he said that when the tour group entered the camp it was as if all sounds had been mysteriously stopped.
The Gonzales flag says “Come and Take It” not come and get it.
yeah!If it wudda read
"Come & get it!"🇲🇽guyz wudda been spectin
some meat guts & tortillas!(meat guts & tortillas are real big here in Texas,as in🇲🇽!)
& a good story that wud not have made!🤠
This is really important to get right. "Come and take it" is very important in Texas.
That phrase was reportedly the defiant response of King Leonidas I of Sparta to King Xerxes I of Persia when Xerxes demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and surrender. This was at the onset of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). Instead, the Greeks held Thermopylae for three days.
"Spartans!Lay down your arms to the lord of hosts & the King of the Persians!"
"If you want them,then come & take them!
This is where we stand & here,is where they fall!
Give them nothing!
But take from them...
everything!"🗡
I wouldn't mind if it also said _Molon Labe._
If 'King of the Hill' taught me anything, the US has capured General Santa Anna's wooden leg and Cotton killed fiddy men.
What King of the Hill didn't teach, was that Mexico told Texas they couldn't keep slaves cause Mexico is banning them and Texas revolted.
The More You Know 🌈⭐
@@JasmineGeminiDragon ok?
Demonize anything American. No mention of the horrible dictators unspeakable atrocities on the people of Mexico. But yeah America bad everything else good.
*MuH tExaS bAD*
Jasmine GeminiDragon Texas revolted because Santa Ana refused them representation in Coahuila and secondly because he destroyed the original constitution. There were many non-white, non-slave owning people that fought with the Texans.
"Come and take it" not come and get it...
Ageed!
It had it wrote out on the graphic!
Not the first or the last time. Molon Labe.
Here I am commenting before the video begins so Simon gets his extra 1 200th of a cent. I live in Texas, visited the Alamo and was pleasingly amazed at how touching it was, most memorable was seeing the plaque on the wall listing who fought and died. Not just Americans, people from all over the world. Not just a bunch of soldiers, a literal who's who of America. It was touching, moving, awesome, and it left me with a respect I never thought I would have for it.
Just keep in mind that quite a few were illegal aliens and they had been ordered to blow the place up, not fortify it and wait for a siege.
John Yarbrough - Illegal aliens, LOL! In those days if you showed up and weren’t sick, you were in. There’s a REASON why our constitution allows "residents" to vote, everyone was a citizen then. There literally was no illegal immigrants, unwanted yes. They weren’t illegals, they were just immigrants, like your ancestors.
And what I meant by who’s who, was names like Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie fought. People on the plaque lists literally every European and Scandinavian country, as well as others. These people believed they were fighting for America, for their homes. And the not so humorous part is that thanks to our lax immigration laws and enforcement, Texas, California and every state in between is now essentially Mexico 🇲🇽 but fly our flag 🇺🇸.
@@johnyarbrough502 "hey you were born over that side of the river you can't come here!"
@@Erin-Thor thanks for your comment.
Indeed. Particularly moving for me. Jacob C. Darst is my Ancestor. Hallowed ground. I grew up in CA, spent most summers near Wichita Falls, Electra to be exact. My grandparents are buried in Prairie Hill. Cleo Stubbs/Graves. William C Graves. Grampa Graves was a true Texan. Salt of the earth. Kind, gentle, honest as the day is hot and long, WWII Vet. Purple Heart. 5 generations of kin up on that hill.
To the People of Texas & All Americans in the World:
Fellow citizens & compatriots-I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna-I have sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost a man. The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken-I have answered the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch-The enemy is receiving reinforcements daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country-Victory or Death.
William Barret Travis
Lt. Col. comdt
P.S. The Lord is on our side-When the enemy appeared in sight we had not three bushels of corn-We have since found in deserted houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves.
Col. Travis was 26 years old...
"In the name of liberty" Aye history liked to gloss over the fact that the yankee squaters were being forced out due to thier refusal to abide by Mexican law, namely the Abolition of slavery in 1829... I'm glad my ancestor defected with John Riley and the St. Patrick's Batallion to fight for Mexico
Ante Bellum US-Mexico politics were indeed complicated....
That awkward moment when you know a bunch of Texans will watch this and you misquote one of the most important quotes to them
Jeff Martin Ha Hah Hah Hah Hah Hah for real bro
1 you say? 1
Oh my that was sooo inaccurate of the battle. WTH? Mexican version?
No American should ever talk about saying things wrong. You speak English, but butcher almost every word.
@@dylvasey no, we speak American, just like people from Mexico speak Mexican and not actual Castilian Spanish.
Actually, in Texas, we learned of ALL the folks that were in the Alamo, regardless of their skin color
Entire class devoted to our beloved state. Texas History, 7th grade
That's exactly what I was thinking! It seemed to be implied in the video that people only think of the white people at the Alamo, but I can't remember ever imagining the Alamo as such. It seems like something other people could have been raised assuming, but not anyone who grew up here.
@@StargazerSkyscraper Just another attempt to label us southerners as flagrant inbred racists. It's pathetic, really.
I didnt grow up in Texas, but even in my school they taught the texas revolution was made up of texians and tejanos.
It is important to remember the Tejano contribution to Texas history but it is just as important not to overstate it. Only 21 of the Alamo defenders were Tejano. Roughly 10% of the garrison
False: the Tejanos who fought with the Texans were never written out of our History. Juan Seguin has always been recognized as a major part of our independence. Texas has always been a settlement between Mexican and American culture. We are in many ways our own culture and in many others the best of both cultures. Has there been some racism? Sure... Was there racism to the extent that you’re implying? Not at all. Many Texas revolutionaries married Mexican women like Deaf Smith and Jim Bowie. Texas History/culture will always be linked with Mexico’s. Nobody’s tried to take that away from them. In fact, many Texas settlers became loyal Mexicans before Santa Ana destroyed the Mexican constitution. Go to Goliad, the names of the men both Mexican and American that were massacred there are on that plaque the same being for the Alamo. This one isn’t your best one. The side comments kinda killed it...
Theres actually a really interesting thing going on here.
We can see from the comments that Texans themselves recognize their history quite accurately.
But it appears the mythology has been warped (probably by local interest groups, like Texas adjacent states)
And I can say as a Canadian, so a non local but still North American, my knowledge of this history was quite racially skewed. So as the knowledge has moved through the continent it has acquired a racial bias.
Something that I also find interesting, is that as a Mexican, born and raised in Mexico City, the Alamo was never really touched on, well, we touched on it, but it was more like footnote. I had never heard of most of the names mentioned in the video, with Santa Anna being the exception of course. And to the comment above saying that Simon comes off as US hating in the video, well... he doesn’t exactly paint Mexico in a positive light either.
@@alexthe52nd58 Simon has his moments with everybody lol. He covers Russia very harshly in particular. Texans just don't put up with people talking crap about Texas... its a thing lol.
Texas history and the Alamo is very interesting considering the series of events. Its something that we grow up very proud of. A really good example is the figure of Lorenzo De Zavala who played a huge part in the constitutions/governments of both the original Mexican government and was the original VP of Texas. There were a lot of loyalties that went both ways and are way more complex than simply saying that the cause for the revolution was slavery. To consider that Santa Ana was one of the best military leaders of his time only to get caught in a trap is a pretty amazing story. I personally grew up in Freeport, TX where the treaty of Velasco was signed (a sore subject when you start talking about Santa Ana lol). There's been a lot of back and forth in our histories especially dealing with much of the events that happened after the 1845 annexation with the U.S. but the events that led to Texas' nationhood is a pretty amazing story that involved both native Tejanos and American immigrants. Texas' culture in general, has become what it is because of the close partnership between Mexicans and Texans in work and community. It hasn't always been perfect but nothing ever is. Its uniquely us and its a point that we're proud of considering how successful we've been because of it.
Juan Seguin was a traitor in the end. He took up arms against Texas. Texas is not some kind of bridge or otherwise middle point between Mexican and American culture . It certainly wasnt founded to be so either. Personally I dont like seeing the flag of Mexico everywhere i go. Whether on car dealership's, clothing or on houses. This isnt Mexico so why do some people still act as if it is ? I also feel insulted when I am expected to speak Spanish instead of Spanish speakers being expected to speak English. As a cashier if i am expected to know that a bolsa is a bag. Then surely Spanish speakers should be expected to know that a bolsa in English is a bag. A lot of them give me funny looks when they discover that i dont speak Spanish. As if to say that I am a foreigner in THEIR (caps used for emphasis not shouting) country instead of the other way around. Texans are not Mexicans and Mexicans are not Texans. They are two separate cultures, identities, places etc. With different histories and destinies. Yes their are some commonalities but not enough to make us indistinguishable from one another or the same people,tribe, nation etc. We didnt win our independence from Mexico to fly its flag and be expected to speak Spanish.
@@lyartbane2115 I agree to an extent. I don't think we should embrace the Mexican flag either. That's something that for the longest time separated us from California lol. That was one very good point from the Chicano movement. Pride in being American instead of holding on to the old country. Its a sentiment that many of my hispanic friends hold on to. Especially the ones who immigrated here legally. However, Texans tend to have more pride in the Texas flag than even the American flag. Also, you cannot deny that Texas's history and culture is directly connected to Mexico's. I was in no way implying that Texas is a land bridge between the U.S. and Mexico. Texas is Texas. Texas is the best of both worlds and is truly better than both. Texas could easily be its own country and the U.S. would no longer be able to sustain itself if we left. On the flip side, there's a reason Texas was so successful and Mexico wasn't especially considering the capability for economic growth through industry in Mexico had it originally been properly managed. I don't know what part of the state you come from. Those mentalities kinda seem like either northeast or a panhandle type of attitude, but people working the ranches and farms have been bilingual since the beginning. The vaqueros of the King ranch and so on. Many Germans that immigrated here had to learn both English and Spanish to be able to manage their new ranches. That's specifically why we have things like fajitas, Barbacoa, and enchiladas which aren't traditional Mexican dishes. Its why Tejano music incorporates the accordian/3-3 polka time and why you have beers named Bohemia. English should be the primary language but you cannot sit here and act like Texans haven't adopted spanish into our own dialect or euphemisms since the beginning.
The Alamo: The Birthplace of Texas
Me as a Texan: Your god damn right
@Guillermo: love the comment, and love the Hispanic name. A TRUE Texan!
The stars are bright! Cheers from Ft Worth brother. 🥃
* You're
@@TheInvisibleMan420 the poor grammar is how you know he's really a Texan.
As a Texan, get over yourself. Stop putting Texas on this high pedestal of greatest. Give me a break. Texas is about as significant to America as any other piece of land fought over since the dawn of mankind. You've been drowning in the kool-aid of Texas propaganda like a good little sheep.
[STARES IN TEXAN] Texans, Assemble!
💪🤠
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South Texas right here
Got the whataburger
@@TheGentileGabe i need my Chicken E
"the last thing we want is for you to leave this video thinking those at the Alamo where heroic settlers" but then goes onto describe how they were in effect just that. Nice anti American propaganda
Actually, Simon, it was shouted: "remember Goliad, remember the Alamo". Goliad was a pre-Alamo battle/massacre.
the Goliad massacre happened after the battle of the Alamo. The Alamo was taken on March 6th, the Goliad massacre happened March 27th and they were prisoners being held at Fort Defiance
@@snwlcke3 I blame the Texas school system for my wrong call. I just remember a teacher (Back in the stone age) telling us, with much pride, the phrase (Remeber Goliad...) that according to him came first.
@@bobsteadman9728 Doesn't texas also teach kids that slaves weren't slaves but rather "migrant workers"? Or was that after your time? Because even here in South Carolina where slaves outnumbered white people 3:1 (don't quote me on that) we called them like they were, slaves.
@@Samm815 ummm in Texas we understood slavery. In fact most Texans I've met find that slavery stood in defiance of Texas values. Does everyone think we are full of racist?
@@mattiOTX Must be a certain county and the media blew it up to be all of Texas.
I feel that the writer of this was given poor history. As a native Texan of Mexican decent with strong Mexican ties. When the subject of the war with Mexico was discussed in history none of the heroic Mexicans who fought for freedom from Mexico nor Joe or other native tribes were excluded. It would seem that aside from a bit of research done that this version of history was from someone who saw old cowboy movies and from real historical research.
I agree completely. Simon Whistler = News presenter. Who cares if you are right, as long as you sound good while doing it.
History is whitewashed
okay, after this you *HAVE* to do some biographics episodes on Bowie and Crockett and other Texans like some Texas Rangers.
James Butler Bonham....hero of the Alamo.
Donny Boon 😂😂😂😂
Bowie, fine purveyor of fraudulent land deals, trader in illegal imports (and let’s be clear...those “imports” that were illegal to bring into the US were human beings in chains), and husband of Santa Anna’s goddaughter. That Bowie?
Angela IridescenceArtGlass Typical liberal troll response... It’s because of people like you Angela that schools have to be renamed, statues removed from public squares and flags not be flown. Closed and simple minded people who are incapable of accurately understanding history in its full context. Go watch some more cnn and keep our Texas hero’s the hell out of your mouth.
Nolan Ryan best Ranger!
Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! I spent a summer visiting Texas revolution sites. At San Jacinto there us a monument like the Washington monument with a star on top. It's actually taller than the Washington monument. You can go up to the top of it and look out over the battlefield.
Nicholas Marquardt currently sitting at the Monument killing time before an interview.
Its taller than the Washington Monument because Texas was and for some still a Republic or it's own nation.
"You may all go to hell, and I shall go to Texas."
-Davy Crockett
Which is worse?
@@roberthoward9500 California
@@roberthoward9500 if you are doing roofing in the summer in Texas it can definitely feel like hell. Fortunately we have lots of nice spring fed rivers to cool off in when work is over.
Me: what should I watch?
UA-cam: New Geographics video posted
Same thought
You knows it
Your assertion that many of defenders of the Alamo were Tejanos is misleading since out of the 200 defenders only 21 were Hispanic or roughly 10% of the garrison
While it is important to remember them and their role in Texas Indeoendence you tried to make it sound like Tejanos had a near equal role in Texas independence as Whites which is simply not true
At the Alamo Tejanos made up about 10% of the defenders in Sam Houston's army their numbers were so small he believed he could not use them and still win the Battle of San Jacinto in order to avoid friendly fire incidents with his men mistaking them for Mexican soldiers though Juan Seguin convinced him otherwise and let the Tejanos fight in the battle
At Goliad, roughly 10% of James Fannin's 400 men that were captured and excepted by the Mexicans were Tejanos.
Of the 59 delegates who signed the Texas Declaration of independence only 3 were Tejano
This is simply due to demographics as at the time Texas's population was roughly 30,000 Anglos and 5,000 Tejanos
It is important to remember the Tejano contribution to Texas Independence but it is also important not to overstate it
The original Alamo story was a bit white washed, this version appears to have been a bit “Woke Washed”
Yup, watched several of his videos, tends to sugar coat or justify US intervention in foreign affairs,
I agree
Thanks for bringing up Juan Seguin, truly a brave man who deserves recognition. Also disappointed he failed to mention anything about Daniel Boone!
Didn’t Sam Houston order the Tejanos to wear distinctive markings to ease in identification and avoid friends fire at San Jacinto as part of his agreement with Juan Seguín? I want to say a red scarf but I just can’t remember.
Hello you brilliant bald man
Question is, is he really bald? Or well shaved?
Simon doesn't do the research and writing.... Oliver does. Simon is a great presenter though.
lived all of my 47 years in south central texas . joan seguin was a major part of the history that i learned in school . fortunately as a adult my interest in texas history and the internet have allowed me to learn my own version of Texas history . I'm still a proud Texan and so are most people from Texas of all races. Texas history has stuff that we must learn from and never let it be forgotten. Good and bad Texas is special, especially to people from Texas . Some thank Texas breads a special kind of arrogance . That's not true . Being proud of where your from breads a special kind of arrogance just ask someone from New York City . Proud people are my favorite kind of people. Don't ever forget where you come from, remember the good and especially the bad from history . Your ancestry lives on, what they did for their family and their land isn't taken for granted .
Y'all can go to hell ,
I'm going to go to TEXAS
God bless TEXAS
Jim BOOee, sir. Technically, Washington on the Brazos is the actual birthplace of Texas.
An the battle of San jacinto just outside of Houston was the turning point. We lost the Alamo.
@@eldonerc2524 Jacinto was the ultimate point & there was no turning point!1)San Antonio=loss.2)Coleto=loss.
3)San Jacinto=
victory(not a win,
it was replete & complete victory!)
all that was left was to deliver El Presidente back to Matamoros like a truant child
technically is trumped by actuality
@@curtiskretzer8898 i was trying to not sound like an asshole since tone isn't an available feature in the comment section yet
Recently there was a diary from an officer on the Mexican side discovered. That is shed some additional light on what happened at the Alamo as well. I cannot remember the name but I believe a documentary was done on it.
He glossed over Goliad, right after the Alamo 450 Texans surrendered based on the belief like when the Texans took the Alamo they'd be released afterwards.
The deal was made with General José de Urrea that if the Texans gave up Goliad they'd be free to leave but Santa Anna over ruled the deal and gave the order that there was no such thing as a Texan POW, they were to be treated as captured pirates and ordered them all to be shot.
Gungriffen I feel very sad that the birthplace of one of Mexico's greatest heroes, General Ignacio Zaragoza, is currently in the USA.
There’s a reason why they played “De Guello”.
Also he said that we know what happened from the slave Joe, but Susanna Dickinson, her daughter, and one other Tejano family that made it. This was one of the few instances that Santa Ana showed mercy but it was more so to strike fear into the rest of the Texians in Gonzalez/Washington on the Brazos.
"Remember Goliad, Remember the Alamo" was what the slogan actually was.
We say in Texas that we’d rather be a fence post in Texas than the King of Oklahoma.
BJ Thomas
Legit! It’s in my DNA to not like Oklahoma.
WTF is wrong with Oklahoma?
@@SurelyYewJest Oklahoma ain't Texas, that's what's wrong with Oklahoma.
@@davidcoleman8275 Ok...but then Sparks2spare's statement could have been "It’s in my DNA to not like (insert any state name other than Texas here)."
I'd rather have a fat corpus christi girl than a Tulsa supermodel.
You will remember this battle! You will remember each minute of it! Each second! Til the day that you die! That is for tomorrow, gentlemen! For today... REMEMBER THE ALAMO!! The hour is at hand!
~Sam Houston, 1836
supposedly,while @ the Alamo b4 the arrival of the🇲🇽army,
he was to have commented"Get out of here!It's a death trap of no strategic importance!"(& then Travis went out of his way to put it in the forefront of most memorable historic events)
I visited the NRA museum with my girlfriend a few years ago. While we were there, admiring antique guns like an Italian 4-barreled shotgun, I overheard a man telling his wife the story of Sam Houston. When he got to part where Sam Houston died thinking his life was a failure, his wife started crying. It took all of my willpower to not start laughing at them.
Shawn Elliott what does that remotely have to do with anything and why you think it important to share?
@@darrellmanley3555: Anecdotes don't have to be important to share them. Sometimes people just want to talk about stuff. But my inner sadist is satisfied that the anecdote made you upset.
Shawn Elliott on the contrary, it didn’t upset me in the least. “The most ignorant of all people is a person who is self assured in his premature decisions.”
I’m a native Texan. I’m also from SA. No one was ever written out of our history. We devote literal years of school to learning it. The good and the bad. It’s a requirement.
Yeah I'm not sure WHERE Simon got that idea from.
I really appreciate the honest historical accuracy! Bravo 🙌 Much love from Brazoria County TX!
You’d think by this video there were lots of Tejanos at the Alamo. However, there were only 9-20. Not to diminish their bravery by any means but the numbers weren’t very significant. Same goes for the English, Irish, and Germans that were also present during the battle.
So much wrong with this video. The one thing that really pisses me off is the smug way you stated that our history has been whitewashed. I grew up here and I can tell you that the brave Tejanos that fought in our revolution have never been left out of history. Many South Texas towns are named in their honor and have been for well over 150 years. BTW it’s “Come and Take It”
After watching many of Simon's videos, I've noticed a strong left leaning streak running through him. There's a bit of an agenda in his nonetheless very entertaining stories.
Simon's a good reader, but whoever writes his material (which ain't Simon) tends to lean left. Example: he has one on the North Korean dynasty, done when the Norks were popping off A-bombs until Trump capped Jong Un's ass. Simon recounts the Kim family history, working up to the A-bombs going off. Included was the horrific mass starvation in the 90s. Okay, "starvation" and "A-bombs." What could POSSIBLY link the two? Why that would be the infamous Agreed Framework signed by Bill Clinton in 1994, which gave food to the Norks in exchange for "ending" their nuclear programs. But did Simon even HINT at it? Uh, no. That was when I smelled "agenda" in his videos, and have been suspicious of them since.
Agreed. Our Texas history class covered the “united we stand” approach to Texas Independence. Anyone else cringe when he says Tejanos? In Spanish j is an h sound- not y sound...it’s “Tay-han-os”!
Amen!!
Juan Seguin. The Chuck Norris of his day.
Reading the comments here gives me hope for Texas History❤️ yay us (also Dallas is having beautiful weather today!)
damn right on both counts
Hi, Dallas, from Fort Worth 😊
Y'all had snow sat. Morning corpus heating up65 degrees
@@DenitaArnold hello ft worth! (from Plano, actually)
Hello my fellow Texans. 🙋🏼♀️We're having great weather. It was snowing this weekend on tomorrow should be around 70.
I never thought I'd hear the name of my hometown in one of your videos, I had to go back several times just to hear the word "Zacatecas" over and over again...
Almost everyone at the Alamo has a Texas town named after them.
things you left out. part of the reason to stay and defend the Alamo was to give Sam Houston's group retreating to the east time to gather more men., the "Line in the Sand" comes from the Alamo battle, although it is one of the most incorrectly used phrases nowdays. when the last chance came for people to still escape, Travis drew a line in the sand and said if you want to stay, step across ( Not - no one crosses this line, as its used today). there are plagues in the Alamo with the names of all who died there.
Remember Goliad- at Goliad a large number of Texans surrendered. the mexicans had them draw black and white beans, 10% of those beans were black. if you drew a black bean, you were executed to be an example.
That is so interesting! Reading your comment, now I remember hearing the line in the sand referenced in a folk song about the Alamo. (Grew up in Pennsylvania but live in Texas now so playing catch-up on Texas history.)
And there is still nothing honoring the Mexicans who died in this battle sad
The man went over this whole thing and never even mentioned Goliad.
I need add that the battle of the Alamo lasted for several days, not some minutes. It gave Sam Houston valuable time for strategy. I think it was about 13 days.
1:30 - Chapter 1 - From the new world
4:55 - Chapter 2 - The age of upheaval
8:15 - Chapter 3 - Welcome to texas
11:45 - Mid roll ads
12:55 - Chapter 4 - Come and get it
16:30 - Chapter 5 - The long wait
19:10 - Chapter 6 - The short fight
22:10 - Chapter 7 - The legend
Love the Video but lol As Texan who’s family came from Alsace just before the battle it was never white washed for us we all speak English and Spanish as well as Alsacin the cenotaph they are trying to remove has a list of every know person of all the different races just saying
Remember the Alamo
Remember Goliad
I hear the most beautiful bicycle ever made is hidden away in the basement of the Alamo.
And it's still there today.
@@gary3696 I'm gonna go see it one day.
I am unaware about this factoid. Explain, please?
@@demef758 A young man called Mr. Herman, had a bicycle and it was beautiful. Unfortunately it was stolen from him. It was hidden in the basement of the Alamo.And rumor has it it's still there to this very day. Not on the regular tours tho. I think there's a movie about it, but I could be wrong.
Native Texan here :) great vid Simon
Thomas Eeds same here🙋🏾♂️
As a Texan I been there and Goliad and Gonzalez. Alot of people don't know but it wasn't a Texas flag that fell when the the Alamo did. It was the Louisiana Tigers flag. They were volunteers that showed up for the big party. Phil Collins has the largest collection of Alamo artifacts and has a great museum close to it that's worth going to. Simon maybe you could do a video of " The black bean massacre" or even " The runaway scrape" . I would like a video of the Battleship Texas , it's the only active duty ship of the Texas Navy. I know it's not a physical place on a map but it has a huge place in our hearts.
Sorry I forgot he donated it to the Alamo.
Unfortunately, only a small part of the original Alamo is still standing. I'm a Texan living in San Antonio and I highly recommend visiting the Alamo if you have a chance. There is some amazing history there that video and pictures really can't convey. Also, there are several other missions in the San Antonio area that are also worth visiting. Just plan your trip in the spring or fall, summers in southern Texas are quite hot.
For anyone thinking Simon is saying Texans believe it is all white people, no. He is talking about NON Texas places, Alabama, Oklahoma, Britain, teaching it as only a white battle vs Mexicans. The retelling in places other than texas.
The Alamo is a Great place to visit. The caretakers there tell the real stories of the History.
After a nice visit, you can walk across the street and go in a nice air conditioned mall. You can shop, have a drink and have a nice meal! Great video.
I was born and raised in Austin, Texas, a city named for the president of the Republic of Texas, Stephen F Austin. In travis county, named for Williwam B Travis, who died at the Alamo. We also have a main road named Lamar, for another who died at the Alamo. I spent one spring break travelling to sites from the Texas revolution. Gonzales, Goliad, San Antonio, and the San Jacinto Monument- the site where the Texans won their independence - among other places. We used to take field trips to the Alamo, in elementary and middle school. The Texas Revolution has left a large impact on the state, which can be seen to this day.
9:20 all history is like that. People tend to simplify everything. Because otherwise history is pretty grey. Your heroes usually weren't that heroic and the villains were probably nice people 40% of the time.
You have a lot of bad information, I’m not gonna sit here and list it all. But this really is a disgrace to Texas history to spread miss information and down play it’s significance.
There good info here but... UK based research, good but missing still on true physical facts that are easy search checks like the "COME AND GET IT" flag part. Great channel but always check more. : )
I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible and die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his country.
Victory or Death.
Gotta admit, that gives me goosebumps every time i hear it :)
Death comes even to the victorious.
Yes very just like Patrick Henry's speach. No one really knows what Patrick said but it was so profound that men who were kids looking into the church from outside though a window asked to be buried at that window. Because it had such a profound effect on their lives. That's what the world needs right now is a few men like Patrick and Travis to show us how to how to put our money were our mouths are, if ya know what I mean.
VERY COOL CONTENT! Texas schoolchildren go on school tours of the Alamo, or other regional historic sites.
Poor Texas. In the space of less than 45 years (1821-1865), they were: Spanish-Mexican-Independent-American-Confederate-American (again).
And were probably told, Stop dithering!
200 years later they got the name for a theme park out of it. The countries you named were most of the flags in the Six Flags Over Texas.
raven lord lol yup
Sam Houston in his time was called the traitor of the South for trying to get Texas NOT to secede into the Confederacy. All his efforts were to get Texas IN the Union and he thought it wasteful to get OUT and be involved in a war that would be a one-sided loss. However, his son thought otherwise and lost a leg fighting for the Confederacy.
Simon really unpacks history in a refreshing way. I have learned a lot of things I didn’t know about places I thought I knew. That includes the Alamo.
boggleroggler thanks! I will check it out.
Gonzales flag said, "Come and take it" with a single black star and an picture of the cannon. Not come and get it
I'm a native San Antonian and greatly enjoyed your program on the Alamo. Thank you.
17:00 they were called the Tennessee volunteers for a reason... as a history major and Texas resident I am disappoint Simon.
Should have included the ride of Juan Segein, who delivered Travis' letter to Houston. And yes, I'm from San Antonio.
And Lamar
For anyone that wants to know why there is only one angle shot taken of The Alamo in modern times. The Alamo is in Downtown San Antonio. Any other angle shot will show off a modern city. I get why, no one wants to see a 1700 building around modern structures. It's also an open Museum that you can walk through and if you weren't forced to field trip there growing up is quite worth going to.
Also.. Great video.
🤠I don't even remember the feild trip!(might of missed it,I was what was viewed as somewhat of a miscreant!)Go past it & into it any chance I get!🤠Happy Trails!🤠
It's the same with the pyramids in Egypt- from the other direction you can see modern Cairo all around it on the edges and even a McDonalds!
Born and raised in San Antonio. Thank you for this wonderful video
It was actually "Come and Take it" not "Come and Get it". The latter sounds sexual
And the former doesn't?
@@Snipergoat1 Molan labe. The phrase dates back thousands of years. This is simple stuff Simon should have no problem getting right.
@@jimdandy8119 Considering the proclivities of the ancient Greeks, a Spartan saying it makes it far more sexual.
I spent a portion of my childhood in Texas, and let me tell you, none of this is forgotten there! Excepting the slavery parts, of course. They didn't love teaching about those as much, I don't remember learning that. Granted, this was twenty-something years ago, so. We had solidly several WEEKS of learning about the situation up to and after this. Well. I literally took an entire class, as a sixth or seventh grader, called Texas History, and it was a large part of it. I've never lived in another state that had a whole ass class about their history!
The stars at night - are big and bright
Deep in the heart of texas.
Tejas wasn’t born when the white man came and invaded. Native Americans and Mexican Tejanos were already there long before! The Alamo was a mission built by the Spaniards, not the gringos.
Born and raised in San Antonio. ❤️🤘🏻
Hola! Cómo estás?
Jasmine GeminiDragon Estoy bien y tú
Same here man!
Gonzales flag said Come And Take It. It is still celebrated every year first weekend in October bad research
👊 fun historical fact the characters of Zorro and Batman were based on a real Mexican hero called Joaquin Murrieta
I think Simon did a video on Murrieto
Mexicans are the best they trying take from the culture
I love your videos and all your channels. Love that the English accent makes it so Santa Anna sounds like Santer Anna
🤣🤣 "I've neve lost any Mexico" lolol
Simon talking about The Alamo! Texans all over are rejoicing! 🤘🏻
When were the Tejanos written out of it? I was born in '75, and I was taught they were a part of the fight for Texan independence. Sure the white folks got the majority of the ink (especially when discussing individuals), but Tejano participation was included in the discussion. If for no other reason, it makes Texan independence seem more legitimate. If it's just a bunch of Americans moving in and taking over, it comes across more as stealing. If you include the fact that the locals joined them in rebelling against Santa Anna and the Mexican government, then you have a more legitimate independence movement. The Tejanos joined in for a number of reasons. They weren't all that fond of Santa Anna and the crap he was pulling. The region became much more prosperous after they and the transplanted Americans started working together. Oh, and a bunch of the people who moved to the region were single men, many of whom would eventually marry Tejano women...including the daughters of some of the most powerful Tejano families. So, they had common interests, a common enemy, and in a number of cases family ties.
I was thinking this exact same thing.
Well said!
The prosperity of texas economy came from slavery, not tejanos and Texans working together. Once texas beat mexico tejanos were treated like 2nd class citizens all because of language, culture and religion differences with “Texans”.
What is being described here as "the battle of the Alamo" was only the very end of that battle. The Texans held off 2 previous assaults by the Mexicans before that (which were in multiple columns coming from different directions. The Texans held them off because 1) the Texans were armed with long rifles which had a 200+ yard range while Santa Ana's forces were armed with smooth bore muskets with a 50 yard range, 2) they had brought all of the cannon from San Antonio creating the largest battery of canon at that time.
While abandoning the Alamo was probably the better strategic decision, there were strong arguments for trying to hold on to it (long enough for reinforcements to come [which never arrived] from Sam Houston).
In the final assault, Santa Ana succeeded due to 1) the reinforcements that never arrived, 2) the significantly slower reloading time of the rifles and 3) the fact that the canon were distributed to defend the excessively large area limiting their utility when the attackers were all massed in one column.
A great book that covers the battle better than any I've read on the subject and I've read a lot of them (own four personally) Is "Three Roads to the Alamo; The Lives and Fortunes of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barrett Travis".
Excellent video
Missed Crockett's famous quote: "You may all go to Hell, and I will go to Texas.
" Davy Crockett
Stating the mission Native Americans were Apaches is inaccurate: they belonged to minor tribes of the area that feared the dominant bands of west Texas, the Comanches. These minor tribesmen became skilled in cattle ranching, irrigation and farming as did the friars in charge of them. (point of trivia: I was born in downtown San Antonio.)
Can you do the San Jacinto Monument?
Jim Bowie: Boo-wee. Tejanos: Teh-hah-nos
"Purely and pathetically white"? Wow.
🤘🤣🤘 come and get it!! Anyone is welcome to round 2!
The whole video was dripping with anti-white hatred, at least he just came out and admitted it at the end. Almost all of the factual inaccuracies in the video were caused by trying to take shots at whitey
@@mucktheduk Imagine being angry because someone corrects white supremacist propaganda. Boohoo, my myth has been blown apart because the role of brown people was highlighted.
@@gaz9957 Their role has ALWAYS been highlighted, at least in Texas. The ones who think that the Alamo defenders were all white are mainly foreigners who got their information from Hollywood and non-Texans who couldn't care less about the history of the Texas Revolution.
What I find interesting is in the same sentence he said ‘Mexico (Brown people) allowed slaves’ then commented about white people being upset that their hero’s were slavers.💁🏻♂️
Very well done! Thank you!!
Just as any true blooded Texan I have made the pilgrimage to our sacred site (more than once)
You guys were immigrants only true blooded Texans are the Latins and Native Americans before they were invaded.
@@elielsreaction4892 if they were true blooded Texans they would have fought a little harder to keep Texas 🤷🏻♀️
The Alamo is one of the reasons why I am a history buff. I seemed like such an epic story to my young mind. Im well aware now that the truth is more complicated but it still holds special meaning to me. I recommend watching the 2004 Alamo movie. More accurate than the John Wayne version.
Why does he keep calling the texians "whites" as if Spanish people aren't white?
It seems almost like only America differentiates between Hispanic people and European people (excluding Spain) as if every single person in south America is somehow part or mostly native. I mean sure, Spaniards get a lovely olive tan, but so do Aussies.
Texian is a specific term for the early anglo(white) settlers, generally only for those who supported the revolution. Tejanos is the term for the native/old spanish/"mexicans". Its a term that mexico used to separate the two.
@@chloedegurechaff1941 I get that, but the fact he kept referring to the newer texians as "whites" implies that the Tejanos aren't also white.
Since when are Spanish descended people non white?
Sure, some may well have native blood, but i wouldn't have thought all of them did.
@@GreavesEc All of them have native dna dude get over it.
Because most weren't Spanish they were darker due to being descendants of Spanish and locals
@@personalnormal5935 source?
Literally this has become one of my favorite channels.
Remember the Alamo. Always remember the Alamo.
A Geographics about Gobekli Tepe would be awesome!
Simon, quit virtue signaling and doing that British "anti-white" thing.
Texans and anyone who visits the Alamo can learn the names of everyone who died defending it. As do most American schools with functional history classes, not the "project 1619" BS programs.
And the roll call alone of the alamo makes it pretty clear the Tejanos were represented in the ranks, but only about 10% or so of the combatants.
Knock it off.
I find it interesting how, in the angloamerican and anglosaxon world, Tejanos, Mexicans, us Costa Ricans are portrayed as "native". We are mostly hispanic, european americans inmigrants from Spain not native americans. The term "latino" comes from romance languages not from any native american culture. I believe it to be precisely derived from the English Hispanic wars, the US Hispanic wars and the US Mexian wars. War tends to define the other as something just isn't so.
Yeah... you messed some stuff up. For 1 the Tejanos fought with the Texans, and the Gonzales flag says "come and take it"
1. Thirteen days is a wee bit over a week, the siege was a day short of two weeks. 2. Come and get it is heard at BBQ's. The battle cry at Gonzales was Come and Take It. 3. The battle cry at San Jacinto was Remember the Alamo, Remember Goliad. But well done otherwise.
Remember the Alamo!!! Remember Goliad!!!
One of the Gonzales "Old 18" who later died at the Alamo was my ancestor Jacob C. Darst. His brothers Edmund, Emory, William and Henry Darst were at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston. Patrick, who was at Bexar, is the offspring of Tabitha Boone Calloway Darst. Making Danial Boone his great grandfather and my 7th great uncle via marriage.
So let me get this straight... this man dissolved the Mexican Constitution, proclaimed himself dictator, slaughtered hundreds of men and lost a massive amount of territory... and the people of Mexico were still like "ah yes, we want this man to lead us."
a bit like Obama? Constant failure but was voted in again.
I watch this video even tho as a Native Texan, the events of the Alamo have been hammered into my head lol
4:20
Ain’t no party like a Bonaparte.
I know this is nitpicking but at 2:03 the map of the Viceroy includes Spanish occupied Louisiana which lasted from the 7 years war(French-Indian War) to the Napoleonic wars but was not a thing during the time period of the Texan Revolution.
Simon, i adore your narrative style. You've got the facts and you just spew them out at us with no hesitations, ums, or annoying pauses. Always very informative and well thought out. Your sense of humor is very appealing, as well. Thanks for doing these and keeping us from falling into the depths of ignorance and depravity. ;-)
9 Dec 23 Greetings and Salutations from Temple, Texas, USA!
I learned from early on that the Alamo was defended by people of all colors. Simon, usually I really enjoy your videos but you got a few things wrong in this one. The history of the Alamo has not been whitewashed as you say it has.
Amen!!!
You must be a Texan, because we know it was a mix of races that stood together and fought. It just makes you wonder how it's taught in other states? Does Wisconsin have it's own history class?
At this moment I am sitting in the 9th floor of a hotel right above the north gate of the Alamo.. It is a pretty humble little place.