Does the Alamo Lie About Texas History? Reaction to Cynical Historian

[@codyishman1848]

This guy is a prime example of someone who thinks his degree makes him the smartest in the room, when he really doesn't know what he's talking about. But his professors told him everything is racist or racism.

[@franciscolgonzalez9376]

Spoken like a true ignorant red***k that didn't even finish High School.

[@worldtraveler930]

I second that motion!!! 🤠👍

[@diannalaubenberg7532]

Juan Seguin needs more space in Texas History books.

[@Mark-vm7sc]

His coverage is extensive.

[@diannalaubenberg7532]

@@Mark-vm7sc It wasn't when I was in school.

[@texashistorytrust]

We addressed on this channel a professor who claims that our textbooks contain “chapter after chapter” on Stephen F. Austin. So we bought the textbooks to investigate. In reality, it’s 8 pages in one chapter. Now I’m curious about the Seguins.

[@Hotrodford]

I know some of his descendants we’ve been neighbors for over sixty years. Their dad was one of Juan Seguin’s great grandsons. He was a tall man with a fair complexion and bluish green eyes. I believe the Seguins were of Spanish descent.

[@marthagomez7335]

The Anglos were trying to kill the traitor. Karma

[@robertwilliams8253]

As a historian and former teacher of the Texas public school system, I find both have made good points but ignored the facts of the battle itself. The battle was never supposed to happen. Sam Houston sent Jim Bowie to San Antonio to retrieve the cannons (it was the largest artillery park in North America) which the Texas Army desperately needed. William Travis convinced Bowie to violate his orders and defend the Alamo. After Santa Ana arrived, Travis realized his error in judgement and wrote his desperate letter begging for help. Because of bad judgement, 175 to 200 plus Texans died needlessly.

[@ronowen5747]

It's not needless death defending the instillation you were ordered to disarm when confronted by a invading army. Being offered amnesty to surrender isn't an option as a veteran myself. Accepting amnesty proves you willingly gave vital artillery to the enemy and potentially makes defenders taken as P.o.w.'s to bargain. Either way their last stand was the best choice militarily speaking

[@RobertoRezaOrozco]

Texans? Missourians were they. Tejanos only Mexicans born there.

[@ronowen5747]

@RobertoRezaOrozco seeing as Texas was sold as part of the Louisiana purchase, Tejano's are descendants of the Spanish living in recently acquired American territory, Texans were people living in the territory of Texas, as a Tennessean myself Jim Bowie and Davy Crockett of Tennessee died Texans, defending American sovereignty.

[@bradmyers5354]

And Travis is celebrated today.

[@bradmyers5354]

@@ronowen5747invading army? 😂 Y’all really do hate anyone south of the Rio Grande. It was literally land belonging to Mexico that they allowed Americans to live on, because it was Comanche territory the Mexican government was tired of policing to protect Mexicans living in the area. Houston, Travis, Bowie, Crockett, and the rest were the invaders trying to take Mexican artillery to steal Mexican land they were allowed to live on. 😂

[@joecombs7468]

In 2019 my daughter and I "did Texas" We started at the Alamo and spent a month taking in the historic sites. The morning of our last day started at San Jacinto Battlefield and we ended the day at the Houston Space Center. Our view of Texas before our trip was a state of many races that have come together in a love for the state of Texas. A mixture of different cultures that has culminated in a culture that is uniquely Texan. We did not see the division that the cynical historian talks about. We saw a unity and a combined pride of the state and its history without division and boundaries.

[@texashistorytrust]

You hit the nail on the head, Joe. I appreciate your observations. I drive all over Texas and have yet to meet a Texan who didn't show me kindness. We're a pretty unified, diverse bunch of people who share a history that's filled with glaringly bright spots and ominous dark corners. Certain folks prefer division and will project it if it doesn't exist, I guess!

[@joecombs7468]

@texashistorytrust thank you. And your last point seems to be a universal problem, unfortunately.

[@knucklehead7456]

He's just a La Raza shill. La Raza is the group who claims TEXAS as theirs. They ain't no better than Santa Anna tho and we'll be HAPPY to handle THEM the SAME WAY 🤠

[@doreck07]

36 year Texan. In many many ways we have ACTUALLY achieved the diversity and acceptance that bullshit college kids like him say is otherwise. Texas is a beautiful state with a stunning culture. Just like the rest of the world we have our issues. But the races are united here in a way very few people who aren't from here understand.

[@LLQ423]

All true, except for the fact that Texans hate everyone else who doesn't think the way they do.

[@therealkillerb7643]

Thank you! I first visited the Alamo in 1973 and was, well, unimpressed with the site - to me it was just a little church. While visiting with family over the holidays, my daughter took us to San Antonio to visit the Alamo again - and this time, I really was impressed by all the changes that had been done. It gave a much better picture of events, and was fascinating to the grandchildren. This "historian" shows how badly ideology has triumphed over scholarship today but your response was devastating but also gracious. Well done and much appreciated.

[@texashistorytrust]

That was my impression as a kid. "Is this all?" I didn't realize that the Long Barrack was original to the site or how big the footprint of the mission/fort truly. I just knew the church was special. I'm so glad you could come back to see the difference a few decades make. Contrast is everything!

[@stischer47]

Interestingly, when I was an elementary teacher in a 100% Hispanic school, I took my students to see the Alamo. Their first question? "Is this where we defeated the Mexicans?" I explained, again, that was San Jacinto and explained, again, the history of the Alamo. And I pointed out my relative (Jim Bowie) plus the relative of one of my students (Jose Esparza). The Cynical Historian obviously knows nothing about Santa Anna and his brutal suppression of a number of revolts against his dictatorship, including the massacre at Zacatecas where you can find historical monuments, museums, and public spaces dedicated to the event and its key figures.

[@Salazarmencinco]

@@stischer47 I have Mexican American heritage and I have my mother's heritage which was Jewish. My chicano heritage Mexican American my great great great grandfather had a ranch in Texas that was80 miles wide and 100 miles long. So it was quite a large territory. Most of the ranch was in comanchee area. I read about our family old estate.If they had 50 or so raids on the ranch by Comanche it was considered a good year!! If they had more than that and their cattle and horses were stolen then it was a bad year. Don't understand that reasoning. I think if I were an owner and any of my people were killed that would be a bad year.

[@franciscolgonzalez9376]

It's a good thing Anglo-Texans never brutally put down revolts (I can give you several examples). The only thing tyrannical about Mexico to Anglo-Texans was the Mexican government requiring them to pay the taxes that they had agreed to pay and to obey Mexican law and free their slaves.

[@kingforaday8725]

@@franciscolgonzalez9376 Do you believe some might say its pay back time as mexico "leaches" on the USA to support its citizens. I dont understand why so many folks want to leave the utopia of mexico and come to such a nasty place as the USA!

[@c.w.johnsonjr6374]

Fun Fact: When John Wayne was filming his Alamo movie he told his director of photography not to show close ups of the individual Mexican soldiers because he wanted to audience to see the film as about a fight against the tyranny of dictator Santa Ana, not the Mexican people.

[@doctorqwack3448]

Tyranny that outlawed slavery.

[@StarchildeX]

Screw that racist, John Wayne

[@franciscolgonzalez9376]

"A fight against the tyranny of dictator Santa Ana". For Anglo-Texans Santa Ana's tyranny amounted to free your slaves and pay your taxes (which was a condition that they agreed to when they went to live in Mexico). Of course it was a fight against the Mexican people. It's evident in the way that the Tejanos were treated right after "Texas independence".

[@c.w.johnsonjr6374]

@@franciscolgonzalez9376 There's no proof that the Texas Revolution was over slavery. And if it was a fight against "The Mexican people," why did Tejanos join the fight against Sant aAnna?

[@GabrielUngacta]

​@@franciscolgonzalez9376Then why did Santa Anna fight to crush the Republic of the Rio Grande and the Republic of the Yucatan?? By force??

[@et76039]

This "cynical historian" is simply a product of his "education". His interest in history lacks training in critical thinking; he already had his conclusions, and simply looked for what was convenient, and ignored what wasn't. Then there is that wall of books behind him, seemingly in place to imply his credentials, with one facing out to "impress" the viewer.

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Kind of sounds like today's lame higher education system. A liberal leftist indoctrinated idiot.

[@thefelonattorney]

He is a communist. Worst history KZbinr

[@drumguy1384]

He is a product of the modern education system. Even though she can counter every one of his accusations with proof from the text in the displays at the site, he will not be satisfied. If the things he cares about weren't put at the forefront, on full display, and emphasized, as far as he's concerned, they might as well not have been there at all. In his world, all historical sites should be monuments to the worst possible things done there, or the progressive things they didn't do, even if they weren't cuturally relevant at the time.

[@CoyBass1432]

I've been there a few times. My father failed a college history class by writing an account from the Mexican perspective upsetting his professor. History is not black and white but in shades of grey. I appreciate this honest telling of history and all those that worked to preserve this site. Texans and their history are unique in this country.

[@texashistorytrust]

Amen and thank you.

[@SnifferCustoms]

I have made visits to Alamo several times over course of 50 years. I learned 50x more in this video than I did in all of those visits. Thank you!!

[@texashistorytrust]

Such high praise! You are incredibly kind. I hope you view it differently on your next visit. The Travis letter is returning next month!

[@jaynesager3049]

I went to the Alamo in the ‘80’s. This makes me want to go back. I love my home state.

[@BlessedInTX248]

​@@jaynesager3049 Agreed. I feel the same.

[@rudolfyakich6653]

I spent a day at the Alamo in 2001. The hair on my neck stood up at my first sight of the mission. I regard this site with reverence .

[@texashistorytrust]

So much has changed around the Alamo since 2001, Rudolf, but the Church hasn't (except for routine conservation work) and that feeling never leaves you.

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

I went in 2005 and was shocked to see it's smack dab in the middle of a bustling area. It's like if George Washington's house was located next to Disneyland.

[@frankedgar6694]

Calling Santa Anna and his army invaders would be like calling a unit of the Big Red One coming from Fort Riley to Fort Hood and invasion. You can’t invade your own country.

[@frankedgar6694]

This guy comes off as a DEI race baiting individual. He’s so prejudiced in his views that he can’t see what is right in front of him.

[@JRP357]

Texas fighting Mexico was the same as the U.S. fighting England .

[@jamesearlcash7725]

Very true

[@aetherwove1486]

​@@JRP357not at all, apples and oranges...

[@JRP357]

@@aetherwove1486 Not the way we Texans look at it .

[@robertkidnley93]

Im happy to see somone call him out he is propagandist first historian second

[@play030]

You mean he calls out racism and you don't like it because you're a racist

[@dennisthomas118]

many years ago, my wife and i were on a train from Dover back to London. It turned out, we were on a "local" train and two young men helped us get onto the express back to London. All they wanted to talk about was TEXAS! They wanted to visit the Alamo!

[@Augest-west]

Love it! What a great memory 😊

[@sonofadoy]

Interestingly - few people know, that about 80% of the Alamo defenders, were "Mexican." How do I know? I read the "names of the defenders"....-dm

[@kimswann4269]

My parents went to the Cotswolds last year with my sister and her husband. My dad wore a Luchenbach hat there, but it didn’t return home. One of the drivers from the car service my sister hired, and his daughter, both love Texas. They really want to visit. My dad gave the hat to his daughter.

[@VikingMale]

I would have asked them what the Alamo was, and said I never heard of it…. Watch their heads explode…

[@glenmartin2437]

Thank you for setting the record straight. I visited the Alamo back in 1982. My father was a US Marine, so I got a good education about the Alamo, especially from my Texas friends (both Anglo and Hispanic). Thanks. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@lauriivey7801]

Apparently The Cynical Historian is a product of 'new age' education ... he's judging EVERYTHING through a lens of race and looking for offense in every action ... What a sad little man he must be - - This is my first visit to your channel, and I am quite impressed

[@texashistorytrust]

Glad to have you here, Lauri! Sadly, more and more of the historians hatched in our universities emerge as activists rather than professionals who study the past objectively.

[@lauriivey7801]

@@texashistorytrust Hopefully enough of the old knowledge survives to keep the truth alive. I don't mind finding out that my previous beliefs were incorrect, but I absolutely demand the proof before I simply swallow an alternate interpretation.

[@bhartley868]

I wonder who paid the Cynical Historian I suspect he is being bankrolled.

[@TLGSR]

I automatically discounted what he was going to say when I noticed the DNC placard displayed behind him. He is only interested in enough history to support a particular narrative. I question his degree.

[@doncook2054]

what a bunch of reich-wing tripe.@@texashistorytrust

[@JimDavidson-FingerpickinGood]

I'm a 5th generation Texan and the Cynical HIstorian has no idea what the tenets of historical research involve. I heartily applaud your response to Cynical Historian/Dolt, but he's not worth a single minute of your expertise.

[@timkeane7469]

Good job on the rebuttal against the cynical historian! I believe him to be more of the insecure historian rather who wants to be special rather than right. That can be seen in his poor attempt to cover up what nature is removing from his head.

[@leemarlin9415]

Some historians search for knowledge. Some pursue an agenda. This young man is trying to be part of a movement. Hopefully someday he will realize his error and go in search of knowledge.

[@jakerutherford3380]

He's to brainwashed, clearly trying to push a hate white people narrative. Woke Marxism agenda. Trying to spread revisionist history.

[@timbrown6356]

As one who's family fought and died at goliad i thank you for this

[@williamlukesinclair1315]

Slavery was legal in Mexico until 1837, the year after the revolution, it was only banned for a period of about 9 months sometime in the 1820s, which was overturned by the Mexican legislature. Slavery had little to nothing to do with the Texas revolution.

[@texashistorytrust]

That it was embedded in the Texas economy and that Texas later became a state definitely impacted the future of slavery in the United States, but the idea that it was the driving force of the Tex Rev is absurd. The funniest comments on this video are those that depict Santa Anna as a virtuous abolitionist!

[@ROBERTBANX-y9w]

Slavery never existed in Mexico or the United States, until the colonial period. Slavery was abolished in Mexico in 1929 and was the reason Mexicans elected the president Guerrero that abolished Slavery in his first act a president of Mexico. Indigenous Mexicans and Natives in the United States area of Mexico demanded the freedom of slaves. The only reason Santa came to the Alamo was to free the slaves. Mexican history has been hidden but Mexicans who would free the slaves in South east Texas to Georgia would give them the land deeds of the the beaten slave owners. The propaganda against the liberators of the slave's true liberators began and Indigenous people once again became the the targets since European American didn't want the super slaves they spent hundreds of years selecting and breeding to align with Mexicans/aka Indigenous, Natives, Mexican Americans, ect. Since then European Americans have made up fake stories like the Alamo to Unite with the liberated slaves. Using the entertainment industry ect. to subliminally align and control them. Every thing about the revolution was about slavery and has been since then. You see the interainment industry still profiting off of the slaves they bread for hundreds of years in sports, music, movies, ads, awards, performances ect. @homergonzalez3901 seems you have a lot to learn, but you should start with this disclaimer. If you can't read and understand this article, just forget it lol www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/future-of-archaeology-is-antiracist-archaeology-in-the-time-of-black-lives-matter/529453E555B9327BD59EB62A81B5F57A

[@Aaron-x1x5f]

We get more visitors to Alamo than the statue of Liberty?! That is wild. Everything bigger in TX, including the historical clout.

[@homergonzalez3901]

@@ROBERTBANX-y9w😂

[@FlipperFlips-i4t]

Lies, lies, lies Slavery was abolished in Mexico in 1829 I love how you people try and deny everything your own did back then!!! Just look at what Texas became, the most dominant slave state in the country!!! Blacks made a holiday, Juneteenth, based on Texas’ conviction to upholding slave ownership to the very end!!!!!

[@robertschott9715]

Ty. I'm from Castroville and have visited the Alamo very many times. My personal pet peeve about the Alamo is that David Crockett never went by the name Davy. That moniker is Hollywood magic

[@texashistorytrust]

Yes, sir. And successful unkillable Hollywood magic at that.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

Just based on the name of his channel I would not watch it or believe what he says. People like this make their money by proving how cynical they are

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

There's a place for cynicism just as there is a way to deliver it for proper effect. I've come across his channel before and he just comes across as wanting to pick a fight. He doesn't have unique questions and points, he just tries to agitate his audience with commentary that sounds like material borrowed from Reddit. My guess, and this is only my opinion, is he is one of the _hipsters_ who was probably never in a fight as a boy and was raised by a single mother. No shame on him for that as he had no choice in the matter. I see a lot of these young guys that just never had the right kind of guidance in life. They see everything as needing to be mocked and torn down and rebuilt in some new image of their own creation and imagination. Instead of living and creating their own lives they wish to demean the life of those before them. Virtue signaling such as he does isn't about condemning immoral acts, it is about elevating himself as a better person.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

@ can’t find a flaw in anything you said

[@texashistorytrust]

Not sure if this is useful information or not, but his dad has been featured in a few of CH's videos. His pops worked in local museums and made some appearances on Pawn Stars. But yes, the whole "burn it down" mentality is supposed to end in a society rebuilt in their image. The problem is they can't create a damn thing or simply tell a compelling story about the past.

[@BiPi_Normann]

Fact: texas was part of México. Fact: in the war with México in 1847, México lost half of its territory: Texas, California, New México, Nevada, Arizona, etc.

[@petefuentes3698]

Yes of course the invasion by hungrystarving turkey vultures the color of a yellow jacket

[@danb.2874]

@BiPi_Normann Fact: Santa Anna gave Texas it independence in exchange for his life after the battle of San Jacinto. Fact: knowing his name would be shamed, once he got back to Mexico, he said “I fools, I had my fingers crossed behind my back the whole time.” And also flat out lied about it to save face. Fact: he was a coward and stole the uniform off a dead Mexican soldier and tried to pretend he was a no body. But his tyrannical control over his men took over when they brought him in, and the other soldiers stood at attention and saluted him, giving away who he really was.

[@flyingmonkeydeathsquadronc968]

the 1847 war was started over disputed parts of Texas and a perceived invasion of Texas territory and by extension US territory meaning Texas would not have been ceded due to the war in 1847 so it would not be on the list Mexican ownership of the territory ceded was not actively controlled by Mexico even California had a revolt in 1846 and was not controlled by Mexico at that time and most of it was untamed frontier. Texas was viewed as a buffer from native attacks before its loss because the cost of using the military to control the territory would have bankrupted the Mexican state, and most of the territory ceded by the 1847 Mexican/American War was part of that uncontrolled buffer west of the previously lost Texas.

[@alfredorendon6348]

I’m from San Antonio and I love your input on the subject. I think your work and research should be recognized. Great job.

[@tagyouaretheone899]

This popped up in my feed. Wow! Thank you for history, & attention to detail you have put into this. I love history & you have done an amazing job of giving all the information for us to review. Great job! I've found a new favorite channel. Thank you!

[@texashistorytrust]

Thank you much! I appreciate you giving both sides a hearing. That's what it's all about!

[@brentbrumley4640]

Just wanna say thanks. I visited the Alamo maybe around 2010... hope to make it back. I'm an Alabama implant here in the Socialist Republic of Austin btw. Btw, extra thanks... I came into this expecting you'd pretty much be making the video Cynical Historian made. Nice to hear you counter it instead.

[@texashistorytrust]

I’m glad you chose to click it anyway, BB. I’m sure Austinites within earshot burst into flames 😂 Activist historians have a standard set of talking points on the Alamo and that’s what I expected from this man’s video. I was blown away by the next-level inaccuracy so…here we are. When you decide to brave 35 and visit again, other than the Church, you won’t recognize the area from 2010. No more Ripley’s mess across the Plaza. Streets are closed to vehicular traffic. New collections center. New outdoor exhibits. All for the better, but change is jarring even when it’s good.

[@danwoodliefphotography871]

Anyone using "socialist republic" is not open to objective historical learning.

[@Austin8thGenTexan]

Those of us small-town Texans who chose Austin as our homes (an island of education, opportunity and culture) shrug off such ill-informed and willfully ignorant remarks. It's amazing how many people will drop everything to rush here for a wedding , convention or to bring their kids to school - drinking, pissing on our streets, etc. We rake in the bucks, clean up after them and laugh all the way to the bank. Odd that it's such a popular destination for the country folk who claim to "despise" Austin... 🙄

[@rustyh5896]

I suppose I need to visit again... the last time I was there was in 1962. Im sure i wouldnt recognize the place today. And yes i am a true 100% born n raised Texan. Breckenridge Texas

[@wardog5537]

​@@Austin8thGenTexan yo, lived in Austin for a decade. The people there have changed, especially after the California Exodus. You can no longer walk down 6th street and feel somewhat safe. People are no longer as friendly and forgot how to raise their children. It use to be a great place, but its been overrun

[@JH-sj4pf]

Thank you for using FACTS to disprove an individual that considers himself an historian when clearly he gets most of his education from back of a cheerios box.

[@themrsluggo]

He learned all his BS at Woke State University, where racism is the cause of literally everything!

[@TimDyb]

Cheerios box, good one! 😂

[@baylorattorney]

I remember my parents taking me to the Alamo when I was a child and I freaked out from all the modern buildings surrounding it. I never pictured it in a city environment. Blew my mind. The movie set in Bracketville, Texas is how I always pictured it - surrounded by Texas prairie and Mexican soldiers. 😅

[@lindaperkins2221]

I was very surprised and then had a laugh when several years ago, a colleague told me that he and his family went to visit the Alamo whilst on holiday from England. Apparently the family in their hire car were riding around in San Antonio area but could not see the site. They eventually stopped to ask for directions and were very disappointed that the Alamo that they been looking for was in the middle of a shopping mall!😅. They were obviously expecting the Hollywood scene!!

[@baylorattorney]

@@lindaperkins2221 they thought it would be like Stonehenge, and honestly it probably ought to be. A sacred site surrounded by so much hustle and bustle isn’t really sacred IMO.

[@tiffystrangebirdbrown6844]

It has been moved from the original site. That spot in middle of downtown San Antonio across the street from the Ripley's Believe it or Not, is sad.

[@kevinbaisdon8767]

Love this. Thank you very much. I’m a 5th gen Texan. My brother’s firm is building the new exhibit center at the Alamo. I appreciate your defense and correction of Cynical’s take

[@VioletScott2]

She didn’t correct a single thing. She’s a slavery apologist.

[@YourPapi-v3x]

So you white or Mexican or you a mud???

[@mysterymotor]

You logically and successfully countered the inaccuracies of the Cynical Historian (who is cynical but not a historian) and did so in a methodical and systematic manner. Apparently, he views everything through the lens of racism - which is not as prevalent now as certain activists would have us believe. Sadly, the Cynical Historian is a product of our current dismal education system. "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." Martin Luther King, Jr.

[@fredstriker2042]

WELL SAID, the propaganda IS real

[@Tonia-ns2zv]

You people really bastardize Martin Lurther King, Jr. quotes when it suits you. Please stop.

[@mysterymotor]

@@Tonia-ns2zv"You people" 😯

[@EdwardSkihands]

I feel like it’s someone else here that view everything through racism… 😂

[@bswearer]

​@@mysterymotor the irony right?

[@TisButA-Scratch]

This dude needs to come out of the basement and undergo an EXTENSIVE Mental Evaluation.

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

I checked out the book forget the Alamo and I got so mad that I didn't even finish it I took it back to the library the next day

[@adamarriaga5491]

My ancestor is Jose Maria “Gregorio” Esparza , his Son was Francisco “Pancho”Esparza , Frank’s daughter was Concepcion “Connie” Esparza Arzola , My Grandpa Guadalupe “Lupe” Esparza Arzola , My mother is Yvonne “Butch” Arzola Arriaga , Me I am Adam “Ace” Arzola Arriaga It’s very funny to me we all have nick names. This is the lost lineage of Francisco Esparza up to myself

[@texashistorytrust]

Do you know if Gregorio’s brother, Francisco, had a family nickname? (Ace and Pancho are my favorites!)

[@adamarriaga5491]

@@texashistorytrust No I don’t. Something interesting occurred to me, we have always had Cotton Wood trees on our property, my grandfather harvested them as saplings from the Guadalupe River, In Spanish they are known as Los Alamo, the yard was always covered with cottonwood fiber just before fall.

[@RobertButler-b7v]

As a Black American, I want to thank you for sharing the truth about the real history of the Alamo which was not taught to us while we were in school one-sided because this is part of history that they do not want us all to know about which is truly sad. After all, history does have a way of repeating itself. Book writer and author Michael Welch tells the whole truth about why the Battle of Alamo was fought then we were led to believe the John Wayne version. Thank you for keeping it REAL!!!🙏🏿💪🏿✊🏿👍🏿

[@Mark-vm7sc]

What part of the video did you find most surprising?

[@Tonia-ns2zv]

To what are you referring?

[@SleepyDaisy-ub9wt]

This is why free speech is so important.. if only one side is presented- it becomes known as fact

[@rogerbloxham5381]

Bless his heart, all that money spent on a PhD and he didn’t learn anything

[@jerrylyons9279]

CANNOT HELP HIMSELF, AS HE'S A DEMOCRAT.

[@Thomas-x4k8w]

Pathetic

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

We can only take solace in that he's up to his ears in student loan debt and will never have gainful employment with a history degree.

[@StephenEngdahl-mu9rr]

Thank you! Finally, someone besides me who will debunk the debunked. As director of the performance at the OK Corral in Tombstone from 2007-2013, I spent far too much time wasting my breath on all of the self-appointed history professors who flock to Tombstone with their first retirement check and their new cowboy suit to announce themselves as the next "first" one to tell us "real" history as opposed to the Hollywood version which they seem to think is always 100% wrong, blah, blah, blah... Tha cynical historian comes off like just another cowboy reenacter. Great job exposing his ineptitude.

[@texashistorytrust]

I like to ask historic site director friends what their favorite "I know the REAL history" story is. I imagine your Tombstone experiences along those lines would fill a book. A thick book. It's easy to blame the internet for the everyone's-an-expert phenomenon but, as you know all too well, people accepting movies and family lore as gospel polluted the waters long before everyone got that AOL disc in the mail.

[@les3449]

As a reenactor I resent being lumped with that a$$hOle.

[@catessc1]

Wander what Jesus thinks about what people have done with his history. Paul said it best. They seek their own righteousness. Not the truth of grace from the father.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

@@catessc1 well paul and jesus likely weren't real sooooo a god that showed up like 10k years after we were conscious? makes no sense if anything the hindus have it right they have been around a lot longer than jesus.

[@enriquezavala7772]

A clear thinking regarding history interpretation , congratulations. Enrique Zavala m.d.

[@CharlesCantu-s7f]

Thank you for setting the real history of our Texas correctly. Member of SRT, ancestor fought at the Siege of Bexar and San Jacinto. Survived both battles came back to the Alamo to help Juan Sequin gather the ashes for San Fernando Church. Our ancestor married into the Flores family . Where Floresville gets it's name. Thank you.

[@kenba3636]

And traitor Seguins ass left to Mexico 😂 the moron lost every thing to his white Texan brothers

[@petefuentes3698]

You should have fought in your island where you belong not in a foreign land squatting begot

[@petefuentes3698]

You should have fought in your island where you belong not in a foreign land squatting begot

[@rt3box6tx74]

I'm a new subscriber. Native Texan always looking for new sources of info. This gentleman you're referring to is one of many who are IMO attempting to force our well documented TX history narrative off course. Even my little Texas History book from the early 1900s makes reference to problems between Mexican and non-mexican settlers during the Empresario period when MX offered huge swaths of land to mostly Anglo men who could bring permanent inhabitants to the space along the El Camino Real. The goal was to civilized this zone of travel from NOLA to Santa Fe to inhibit Indian raids on trade between the two locations. Mexico and the Vatican had sacrificed many young, charismatic priests who inevitably failed at establishing missions for the same purpose. I delight in your bold resistance to "wokeness" in this era of offering even the politically driven history revisionists a place on the platforms. Texas is currently a popular target because typing it into a browser brings in millions of clicks. Most of the "historians" are perverting our history. Thanks for pointing out their foolishness. I've recently realized it could be a full time gig.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

this is called american mythology people much more credited than her have already debunked all this nonsense only texans care to fight it and fun fact the texans were fighting for slavery lol

[@joelester7704]

The scenes he showed from the John Wayne movie was not shot in San Antonio, but on the King ranch far to the south. They built a set to depict not only the Alamo but also the town of San Antonio de Bexar. I have been visiting the site of the Alamo for most of my 69 years, and as museums go, it does about as good a job of telling a very complex story in a concise fashion. Well done on setting his biased video straight. It has always made me unhappy when people want to take history and put their own spin on the truth.

[@BillTxn]

When the mission known as the Alamo was first constructed in the early 1700s, it was one of six (or seven, depending on the historical record you read) that were located in the area around San Antonio to "civilize" the Native American population. The missions were staffed primarily by Franciscan monks, but the purpose of the missions was to establish footholds for the Spanish government. The Alamo lay across the San Antonio River from the original village of La Villita, and the river served as a convenient barrier to prevent the Indigenous people from wandering into town. Draw your own conclusions about that circumstance.

[@1000YearHomes]

I am a photographer and ALWAYS ask if I can photograph inside of places of worship. And occasionally I'm told it is not allowed because they want people to be in an attitude of reflection and worship - the Alamo is a church with heroes buried under the stone floor. Photography is NOT allowed inside as a matter of respect. I don't believe photography was ever allowed inside. It has nothing to do with 'controlling a narrative'. It is about a living soul being in a solemn place where the dead still lay interred below our very feet. I've always felt this rule was about allowing people to be in the moment. Memories are often made shallow with the snap of a shutter. I was surprised to learn in this video that photography is allowed now. I will double-check the next time I visit.

[@texashistorytrust]

It is. Just no flash photography. I photographed the Sacristy walls while it was still closed to visitors (I was visiting with the conservator that day for an article about the state of the old stones) and it felt odd after decades of the “no photography” rule. You’re still supposed to remove your hat which, to me anyway, is an act of common decency but it’s not much enforced.

[@ricksavaiano5640]

Thank you so much for your thorough work in this matter. It seems to me that the fella who goes by the Cynical Historian should have his degree revoked for his lack of scholarly work in this matter. This guy may be cynical, but he certainly is biased.

[@michealclear3265]

Social progressive leftists don't have any credibility.

[@mikekenney1947]

I love debate. The ability to gut your opponent’s argument, politely is a skill set that is being degraded by clickbait mentality. That being said, my first visit to the Alamo in 1967 left myself and my two California compatriots non plussed. It seemed poorly kept, and the story presented seemed to have holes. Over the next 50 years I’ve returned half dozen times. Each time I have come better prepared on Texas history, and have been more impressed by the quality of the curation. It’s a treasure. Thanks for defending it.

[@chrisbotelho7212]

I visited the Alamo 25 or so years ago. I was disappointed that much of the site no longer existed and had been swallowed up by the city surrounding it. That said, I was able to picture in my mind how it was laid out. I enjoyed it very much. I am pleased to know they have done much to improve the whole experience. Hopefully I'll be able to get back and see it again.

[@red69hoss]

THANK YOU for straightening out this sad little stooge posing as a "historian." You're the best.

[@freemikelive]

I’m glad we’re seeing more of this fleshing out of Texas history. I remember sitting in junior high school history classes 20 years ago and the teacher would casually say how the only reason Texas independence and the Alamo happened was because white people stole the land from Mexico. I also had awesome Hispanic history teachers in high school that gave much more context but the former strain of thought is so prevalent, it’s seeping into popular KZbin for general consumption.

[@texashistorytrust]

In what part of Texas did you go to junior high? There's one history professor at UTSA who introduces herself as being a resident of "Yanaguana, occupied territory known as San Antonio." The stolen land narrative is prevalent everywhere. My comment sections are full of it, even if the video isn't about the Revolution!

[@freemikelive]

@ south south Texas in the Rio Grande Valley

[@terrybunton2586]

You go Girl, You rule and we Love Your honest and just commentary. Excellent facts against an obviously biased individual who is trying hard to deny truth for the sake of trying to sell books thru controversial means. what a pathetic effort..

[@mikeclark1830]

Thanks for the info, love all info on The Almo.

[@jongriffin3754]

Great presentation and right on point, as always. Thank you for fighting to keep our Texas heritage true and not what the pseudo historians want it to be. They just don’t get it.

[@texashistorytrust]

Thank you, Jon. Some of the DO get it and are taught by their advisors to despise it. Activist historians suck.

[@jerrylyons9279]

texas u. austin has historian documents that "heroes" were killed outside while trying to run away. also, believe it truly that it was fought over slavery.

[@davidlord7364]

The Alamo is a shrine to freedom from tyranny, I was there in 05 and it was an amazing experience. the etnhno/racial aspects are secondary.Mexicans and European Americans fought against Sant'Ana and his high handed dictatorial policies .Remember the Alamo!

[@eduardos7076]

"You can't have slaves." You tyrants!!

[@texashistorytrust]

“Except in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec which will net Mexico a shit ton of dinero if we invite Southern slave owners to turn it into an agricultural powerhouse.”

[@TravisWhite-m3r]

This guy has got to get out of his mommy’s basement and take his comic book collection with him…

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

Well he's likely up to his ears in student loan debt. If he had a real job, he wouldn't have time for a KZbin channel trying to stir up people with biased history tales. He better hope his single mother has a home to leave him or else he's going to be couch surfing or in some low income housing being unable to have gainful employment with a history degree.

[@williamaustin1]

Wow! So very well done. Nice to see and hear a true historian. Having studied the Alamo for over half a century, I found your History to be right on. God and Texas.

[@EricAustin-t5x]

I will say my family and I visited the Alamo in 2002 and were disappointed with the fact we could not take pictures of the inside. I am so glad that rule has since changed. I will have to take some time to revisit it one day soon.

[@gregdrawhorn6080]

I love this woman! She so rationally and "sweetly" DESTROYS this guy. That's why I try to support the site as much as possible.

[@texashistorytrust]

Greg, you’ve been around long enough to know to put “sweetly” in quotation marks! You have no idea how much your support means.

[@CaptRons18thcentury]

Thank you, I saw the video you are reacting to... and appreciate this view...

[@texashistorytrust]

Thank you much, Capt. Ron and Happy New Year!

[@clmora99]

Fun fact: Mexico abolished slavery decades before the US, which was a major cause of the Texas independence. Mexico demanded settlers release their slaves and the settlers revolted. ~San Antonio native

[@josealvarado2483]

Yep, they wanted freedom alright! Freedom to have slaves!

[@franciscorodriguez259]

Even Mexican Tejanos that fought on the Anglos side,we're not given credit or honored, and we're not allowed to sign The Texas Independence Declaration except for one person, I forget his name,maybe it was Seguin,not sure!!

[@GabrielUngacta]

Unlike the US Civil War, the Mexican Civil War slavery was not the main issue. For Texas it was an issue (there's no arguing that's a bad reason to fight). But remember, Santa Anna was also crushing rebellions in the Republic of the Rio Grande and the Republic of the Yucatan. Also in Mexico at the time, you HAD to be Catholic. No Protestantism allowed.

[@lephinor2458]

Texans also didn't have the right to worship there own religion, Santa Anna made himself a dictator for life, and generally Mexico during this time of history was an absolute shit show

[@clmora99]

Yeah that's the basic stuff they teach you in Texas history class in 6th grade. What they never tell you in all that propaganda is the white male settlers were on Mexican land and only wanted freedom for themselves and no one else

[@lonewolfvamilton2438]

Thank you I was born in Amarillo and am very interested in the history of my birth state

[@baylorattorney]

I read somewhere that there was a sole survivor who fought at the Alamo on the Texas side. When the battle was over the survivor, being of Spanish descent, claimed to be a prisoner of the Tejanos and Santa Anna let him walk. His name is unknown or lost to history. True?

[@baylorattorney]

See? Lol. 😊😊😊

[@baylorattorney]

@texashistorytrust I failed to address my question to you, so I apologize. Lol. I owe you 2. Lol. 😊😅

[@dolson555]

This is extraordinary. Thanks for your continued efforts to honor Texas.

[@texashistorytrust]

You're very kind to say so, D.O. Thank you for lending us your ear for half an hour.

[@barrybrowner2157]

You only hear what you wanna hear

[@peterthompson8014]

Texas doesn't deserve to be part of the United States.

[@amazingtexashistory]

Thank you for your work. As a 5th generation Native Texan, I really appreciate what you do.

[@hermanjames5009]

I've said all I'm going to say cuz I'm a fifth-generation texting so I know a little bit about it I don't go to KZbin to find out my history your smart Wenatchee dumbass

[@didisquid7]

Does this guy even realize Texas is about 50% hispanic or greater. We don't worry about our neighbors like the GOP crazies. We work, live, and freely intermingle, intermarry, etc. They were here before us. DFW is actually over 50%. San Antonio is off the charts!

[@ediek813]

GOP "crazies" freely intermarry and intermingle also, btw.

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

I'm not a Republican but I in no way embrace illegal immigration. Anyone telling me they tolerate illegal immigration is in essence a treasonous rat.

[@brianbonilla4830]

Remember The Alamo!

[@marthagomez7335]

You lost there

[@EskayDuro]

​@@marthagomez7335Yeah, but you lost it all huh?

[@marthagomez7335]

@@EskayDuro you lost at the Alamo hahaha 🤣

[@marthagomez7335]

@@EskayDuro you lost your so called independence, you lost your slaves, you lost the civil war, you lost land you stole that was distributed to neighboring states. You will NEVER be independent! You lost, lost, lost! Now you are being invaded.

[@EskayDuro]

@@marthagomez7335 And you lost Texas. Then Colorado, New Mexico and Alto California. HaHa 😄

[@jaynesager3049]

I visited the Alamo in the Eighties. This makes me want to go back. I’m sure a person could spend weeks there and not see it all.

[@TexasTough1836]

Stop watching anyone who says they are cynical. Reminder the Alamo.

[@alpaz7634]

How many us citizens that fought in the invasion of Texas was BORN in texas? If Spain allowed settlers in 1820 “through the efforts of Moses Austin who petitioned the Spanish government for permission to bring Anglo families to settle in the region” THEN.. “in 1829, after Mexico abolished slavery. In response, President Anastasio Bustamante implemented the Laws of April 6, 1830, in which, among other things, prohibited further immigration to Texas from the United States“.. But they continue coming ILLEGALLY…! 1836 revolt and battle of the Álamo. If they started arriving 16 years ago… How many that fought in the invasion of Texas was BORN in texas? NONE ! Now Call that a revolution.

[@alpaz7634]

Revolt ution I call that an INVASION!.

[@JNdlG1211]

Yup, illegals

[@c.w.johnsonjr6374]

Just a heads up, The Insecure, I mean Cynical Historian, is preparing a response in which he calls you “a reactionary.”

[@texashistorytrust]

Oh goody! I want to be hopeful that he'll correct some of his mistakes or intelligently point out some of mine but if he's just gonna call me names....big shock there. Where did he announce this?

[@c.w.johnsonjr6374]

@ His BlueSky account. After following him for years, I doubt he’ll correct his mistake. The title “How Reactionaries Pretend to Defend History.”

[@andrewvv9590]

Wow this video is a breath of fresh air! There’s not enough people corrected the “cynical historian” on KZbin.

[@texashistorytrust]

Thank you! I’ve wondered myself why there’s not more reactions to his history content. It’s impossible to refute him in the comments of his videos, since he deletes criticism comments and is proud of it. If you can’t stand a challenge to your work, your work ain’t that good!

[@texanamerican101]

Love how you wrecked the "Dr" politely with facts... Funny how the Dr left out soooo many facts, accidental, I think not.

[@TexasTrosper]

Obviously he has not studied the history of Texas. Doesn’t he know we wouldn’t have won the Texas fight for independence without Mexican citizens joining the rebels?

[@texashistorytrust]

He does (I think) but claims the Tejano fighters are ignored in the Alamo's interpretation. That, of course, is patently false.

[@ontheroadwithtex7991]

I can't say with authority how many Texans in February of 1836 were citizens of Mexico, but certainly a large number of them were. While Hispanic Texans in 1836 were only about 8% of the population, many of the "foreign immigrants" had become citizens by virtue of obtaining "sitios" (plots of land) through empresarios--the first thing they were required to do by the "Colonization Law of 1825" was to register themselves and swear allegiance to the Mexican Constitution of 1824 before their local "ayuntamiento". This made them de facto citizens, as they could vote and hold public office.

[@jimchoate6912]

That in a nutshell says it all. Thank you. Texans has always hated Mexicans and texicans, to this day.

[@ontheroadwithtex7991]

@@jimchoate6912 To which comment are you replying?

[@chuniquepaceno470]

Given that the Alamo was originally a mission, I think it's viewing as a shrine ("a place regarded as holy because of its associations with a divinity or a sacred person or relic, marked by a building or other construction)" extends a bit beyond 1837...like all the way back to its founding in 1718 by the Spaniards. On the topic of misrepresenting things, I had a similar experience when I had the opportunity to visit the Atomic Memorial at Nagasaki, where the impression a visitor is left with is that one fine day the United States simply decided to drop an atomic bomb there...no context whatsoever of the events that preceded that terrible day.

[@queasylagumo]

Thank you. The idea that the defenders of the Alamo weren't heroic never sat well with me. Thanks again for clarifying what actual was.

[@richardlinneman594]

I am glad you are here to clear up the inaccurate information given by Cynical Historian. It is sad that you have to and that he could not have done a more accurate review. It is sad that people do not do due diligence to their work. In finding these inaccurate reviewing of Cynical Historians work with something you are so familiar with, it then calls into question everything else he has posted.

[@texashistorytrust]

My thoughts exactly! I’d seen several of his videos before the Alamo one popped up and was surprised at how many red flags it raised for me. Surprised and disappointed.

[@kenhawkins623]

I have some advice for this gentleman don’t go to the Alamo and give them your opinion it’s not gonna turn out good

[@EddysFunFinds]

Thank you so much for making this video. Your knowledge and eloquent way of communicating the facts was wonderful. We need more of this for every single event or site out there that has been targeted by these revisionists.

[@michaeltaylor8501]

Decent video. 😎👍 I just left a comment on the Cynical Historian's video being referred to here in this video - with a link to this video (in case he & others who have seen his video haven't yet come across this video).

[@texashistorytrust]

I bet you he deleted your comment. He brags about his comment deleting prowess!

[@michaeltaylor8501]

@texashistorytrust Could be. Some folk prefer lies, eh? 🤔

[@texashistorytrust]

@@michaeltaylor8501 I just looked. It's not there. Bonus: my video now has more views than his video.

[@michaeltaylor8501]

@texashistorytrust I'm glad that more folk are hearing the truth.

[@USA-RE3]

Thank You Michelle!! When someone visits historical places and museums with the intention to find reasons to create videos with a divisive narrative, their opinion is just that: "Cynical". *Our family last name IS on the monument. R.Esparza 💫🇺🇸💫

[@texashistorytrust]

@@USA-RE3 Amen and amen! So thrilled to see the Esparza family in the comments! 💜 I did a series on the Alamo siege and battle, quoting Enrique extensively with his portrait on the screen often. His eyes haunted me the entire time I edited that series. He witnessed such atrocities as a child yet lived a full and productive life. That’s its own brand of heroism.

[@David-nx2vm]

I used to watch Cynical Historian’s content, until I watched a few of his videos that covered topics I had personal knowledge of and saw he was inaccurate and agenda-driven. Excellent response video.

[@texashistorytrust]

Same here. I watched a few of his older videos that were outside my history wheelhouse and found them interesting. When he got into my knowledge zone, I was genuinely surprised by the bias. In retrospect, I guess I shouldn't have been. (And thank you for the kind words!)

[@randymccracken2722]

It's always refreshing when a historian who knows the facts thoroughly presents those facts as opposed to a woke historian whose desire seems to be to promote his own political agenda. Thank you!

[@Jpm463]

He should rename his channel to "Trolling History".

[@ColonelHoganStalag13]

Well then it would be aptly named. He seems to have difficulties in setting his indoctrination and emotions from the work. And by work, I mean surfing the net as that appears to be the limit of his "work".

[@davidkumpe656]

Thank you ma’am, you’re a true Texan, there will always be other cynical people that try to tarnish Texas history.

[@SiebenbuergerSxn]

Excellent, thorough and fair-minded presentation of the facts, as usual. Your videos are always a delight to view.

[@markuhlig8626]

well i do appreciate your reaction vid, recently the alamo folks contacted my parents apparently i had a relative at the alamo.. i need to inquire about how that is. ww2 is my personal favorite , i was on the lex in corpus for a while, loved it, anyways thank you keep up the good work. i will say this though history is and always will be written by the victors, oh and you look very familiar

[@TheDrRJP]

Great job. Thorough and concise to debunk this know-it-all who's not a real historian.

[@stevenesparza2003]

My distant relative Gregorio Esparza was the only defender buried. His brothers fought with Santa Anna and got his permission to bury him. He had a wife, daughter and 3 sons who lived after the battle.

[@texashistorytrust]

Another Esparza descendant! I did a 6-part series on the Alamo siege for this channel, drawing heavily on Enrique's reminiscences. Always happy to see the Esparza crew in the comments and at the Alamo.

[@terrymann5139]

Well played Mam. You checked the little lefty at every turn.

[@jacksmith-vs4ct]

they ran stop being a baby

[@richardmason7840]

Thanks, woman. appreciate your video. Be blessed !

[@texashistorytrust]

Muchos gracias, mister. Appreciate you watching!

[@keithroute8906]

I visited the site sometime around 2007. I remember that the ruins, such as what was left of walls lent me to believe the entire complex was way larger originally than what was rebuilt or preserved. Whatever was the case, they were not prepared or equipped for the Mexican force that overcame the site. That loss was a hard pill to swallow, of course there will be controversy in how history was written, lied about, sworn to and argued about. Nice work trying to sort out things, not sure about what is true but you had your facts straight and pointed out some errors or mistakes in the other persons point of view.

[@Reneemfenn]

I live in San Antonio I love reading Santa Anna’s educated officers personal journals.

[@rollyherrera623]

Im related to Blas Maria Herrera; The Paul Revere of The Alamo..My ancestors were Spanish Cowboys here by land grants...

[@Txwjs]

As a native Texan, thank you! Thank you for clarifying all of his misconceptions. I don’t even want to mention his site or do anything to give him foot traffic. I am affronted that he would make these claims without really researching his statements before posting them. Shame on him! Thank you for proofing, fact-checking and reporting true historical information. Remember the Alamo!

[@johnboomerboy3042]

My wife and I had a romantic get away in San Antonio before the start the 2018 renovation. She was moved to tears and I was deeply affected by the story of the men and their families. It was particularly poignant for her since I was a Marine during Viet Nam and she lived in dread of my getting rotated into a hostile fire zone. But these women were in the only room with a roof and had to listen to their men being mercilessly slaughtered. To his credit, Santa Ana gave them blankets, food and an honor guard when it was over. If they didn’t have their children to consider, they probably would not have left without cutting his throat or died trying. I am proud of those men who paid the price for Texas freedom. May their memory be eternal.

[@leahunverferth8247]

Thank you for this. Very helpful!

[@Wireman68]

The Cynical Historian sounds like a woke Leftist.

[@Rollin_L]

I have to say, I greatly appreciate this presentation, the facts given and the false claims debunked. Michelle Haas has done a great service with this, and her style in correcting the record strikes the perfect balance between establishing the facts and putting this "historian" in his proper place. Very tastefully done. I've been to the Alamo several times, beginning in 2009. It's been about 5 years since the last visit, so I've not seen the recent changes. But I will say that I have always found the displays to be extremely fair and balanced as to the history and the figures involved. If we are going to allow the likes of the Cynical Historian to be given credibility on such falsehoods, we may as well begin trashing America's founding and start surrendering ourselves to King Charles III for Treason against George III.

[@richardbale3278]

I have a few problems with the mythos of the Alamo. First and foremost is that, militarily speaking, the whole thing was just nonsense. The Texicans were stupid for defending a position of little strategic value, against a force that they should have known they could not beat. Santa Anna went all dumbass by deciding to take the fort, rather than just leaving a detachment large enough to starve the bastards out, while using the bulk of his force to pursue the other rebels. As a kid in Texas, I was constantly shoveled the notion that the Texas rebels were a divine cadre of noble freedom fighters. Yes, they fought for freedom; freedom from taxation on the land that they had been given, freedom from obeying their legitimate government, and freedom to keep their slaves. Should the Alamo be a monument to such people? By all means! My ex Army self thinks that anyone who puts up a good scrap deserves recognition. So go ahead and honor Crockett and Bowie. Keep intoning Tavis' "Neither retreat nor surrender" dispatch as if it's the bleeding Beatitudes. But one thing that should also be done? Raise a monument to the Mexican soldiers who valiantly died at the Alamo defending their country.

[@Mark-vm7sc]

Nothing worth defending? San Antonio was the key to controlling one of two routes to the colonies. Also, you don’t seem to know that Santa Anna’s winter forced march through the mountains of northern Mexico caught the garrison unaware. They believed they had another month to be either reinforced or withdraw. Tell me about the country Mexican soldiers were “defending”. What had changed about the political structure in the previous year?

[@ontheroadwithtex7991]

Mexican soldiers were "Defending their country"? Like they did at Zacatecas, I suppose. Or like they did in brutally putting down revolts in San Luis Potosi, Queretaro, Durango, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and the parts of Coahuila y Texas that were Coahuila; they had tried to suppress opposition to Santa Anna in Yucatan but couldn't catch the rebels in the jungle so they declared victory and went back to Mexico City, only to see the Yucatan secede from Mexico in 1841, as they had done before in 1823. There were two flags flying over the Alamo, as described by witnesses in San Antonio: the 1824 Constitution flag and the state flag of Coahuila y Texas. These flags symbolized what the defenders were fighting for: a restoration of the federal republic of Mexico (under the constitution to which they had sworn allegiance), and the restoration of their sovereign state of Coahuila y Texas (which had been undemocratically dissolved--along with all the other Mexican states--by the "Siete Leyes" proclaimed in December of 1835). The defenders of the Alamo had no way of knowing that on March 2nd of 1836, 175 miles and three rivers to the east, a Texan convention had declared Texas independent from Mexico and established the Republic of Texas. Laws passed in 1830 did restrict American immigration into Texas and restricted the importation of African slaves into Texas. The tension this caused was moderated, however, by an exemption to slavery in Texas (aided somewhat by the sugar interests in southern Mexico which were dependent on African slaves, and who also got exempted from the law). The halt to immigration was pretty much ignored as was the cancelling of the 10-year exemption from property taxes promised to Texas settlers. What prompted rebellion in Texas came almost 6 years later with the proclamation of the Siete Leyes. The Texans needed the Constitution of 1824 and the authority of the legislature of Coahuila y Texas to retain their original agreements with Mexico.

[@markcole5108]

The only flag known to be flown at the Alamo is the New Orleans Greys’ flag that is now in a museum in Mexico. It is not known with certainty whether the 1824 flag or a Texas Coahuila was flown. If it was the 1824 flag, it would make sense for Santa Anna to want it destroyed.

[@markcole5108]

It did make sense for the Alamo to be taken by force. It contains as many as 18 cannon, which was significant. It also would have required a significant number of Mexican soldiers to keep the fort under siege, which would have tied up at least a quarter of his army. There was a council of war held before the assault and several officers recommended that the assault be delayed a few days more so heavy siege artillery could arrive to destroy the fort at range. It probably would hav saved unnecessary losses had they waited but the decision was made to carry out the assault because there was a concern that 300+ men from Goliad would arrive to help defend the fort.

[@shamsam4]

He's just dreadful. Thank you for this.

[@rachelreyes4128]

I love this! He needs to take his video down I have second hand embarrassment for him…Almost lol 😁

[@samlindsey1078]

Thank you ma'am, for making this video to correct the preposterous false narrative that goofy, ignoramus, put out. The Alamo is sacred to ALL true Texans, of ALL backgrounds, skin color, etc. I don't know where that fella is from, but I would bet he has no appreciation for any historical significance it may have. You did a fine job of setting straight, thank you again.

[@texashistorytrust]

@@samlindsey1078 Thank you kindly, Sam! I appreciate you saying so. He’s from Nevada and educated in New Mexico or vice versa. Six of one, half dozen of another, I reckon.

[@TM-vv8ni]

This guy gives me the creeps. Feel like he is trying to give me candy in the park when I was 9.