The 185-year-old Battle that Still Dominates Texas Politics
The 185-year-old Battle that Still Dominates Texas Politics George P. Bush wanted to revamp the Alamo site. Then his own party turned against him. Dan Phillips, a member of the San Antonio Living History Association, patrols the Alamo during a pre-dawn memorial ceremony to remember the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and those who fell on both sides, in San Antonio. | AP Photo/Eric Gay By RICHARD PARKER Link Copied Richard Parker is the author of Lone Star Nation: How Texas Will Transform America and an award-winning journalist who chronicles the American Southwest. Researcher Glorie Martinez contr...
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