Enough with the dead butterflies

Re:Enough with the dead butterflies by jitl on Thursday June 01, 2017 @05:33PM (#14465017)

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.

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Re:Enough with the dead butterflies by aaron-lebo on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:37PM (#14466785)

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

http://saaal-apwu.org/history/alamo-6.jpg

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Re:Enough with the dead butterflies by madebylaw on Thursday June 01, 2017 @06:29PM (#14465493)

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

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Re:Enough with the dead butterflies by exclusiv on Thursday June 01, 2017 @08:10PM (#14466278)

Isn't the fact that it's small a big part of the historical significance?

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Re:Enough with the dead butterflies by aaron-lebo on Thursday June 01, 2017 @09:39PM (#14466795)

Not really. It housed 200 defenders, but it was undermanned at that capacity.

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