Re:Enough with the dead butterflies
by iamatworknow on Thursday June 01, 2017 @04:37PM
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I was in San Antonio, Texas last week and while not exactly on the same scale as the pyramids, The Alamo has a similar middle-of-nowhere isolated feel to it when represented in the media, while in actuality it's smack dab in the middle of downtown -- surrounded by hotels and gift shops.
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The Alamo was the most underwhelming historical anything I've ever visited. Not only is it in the middle of downtown San Antonio, it's also rather small, and San Antonio itself is a sticky tropical rainforest. Nothing like arid, lonely fort of the popular culture depictions of the Alamo.
Re:Enough with the dead butterflies
by aaron-lebo on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:37PM
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You're likely aware of this having visited, but all that remains of the original mission is the chapel and a few walls.
This is what it looked like at the time of the siege; the city ended up growing around it
You can actually go visit the sets used for the Alamo movies here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Village. Stick hot and sticky though :-D
Isn't the fact that it's small a big part of the historical significance?
Re:Enough with the dead butterflies
by aaron-lebo on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:39PM
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Not really. It housed 200 defenders, but it was undermanned at that capacity.
That's hilarious. I've never been to Texas so I've always seen the Alamo depicted like this:
http://cdn.history.com/sites/2/2015/05/ask-alamo-survivor-iS...
But it's actually this:
