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So as people come in here, and they can see how we would have cooked coffee, how we would cook meat over the fire, the kind of foods that we would have had here. parched corn and beef was the food they had to eat during the battle. and so what we try to do is just let people in on that side of history, give them — kind of a taste, the same emotional experience. what do you think was the mood of the people who were in this situation, waiting, in a sense, for the mexicans to come? this was home for them. this was the chance for a new life. and so in that, they were willing to fight for somethi...
How we would cook meat over the fire, the kind of foods that we would have had here. parched corn and beef was the food they had to eat during the battle. and so what we try to do is just let people in on that side of history, give them — kind of a taste, the same emotional experience. what do you think was the mood of the people who were in this situation, waiting, in a sense, for the mexicans to come? this was home for them. this was the chance for a new life. and so in that, they were willing to fight for something greater than themselves — which is kind of that, in — in my view, that...
For the mexicans to come? this was home for them. this was the chance for a new life. and so in that, they were willing to fight for something greater than themselves — which is kind of that, in — in my view, that's kind of the amazing feeling you get any battlefield site. this epic fight for freedom from mexico might be part of the folklore of san antonio, but hispanic influence is also a huge part of the city's current identity. we're only two and a half hours' drive from the border, and contemporary mexicana is celebrated here, like loteria. when you win, what do we say? loteria! what d...
Absolutely. so as people come in here, and they can see how we would have cooked coffee, how we would cook meat over the fire, the kind of foods that we would have had here. parched corn and beef was the food they had to eat during the battle. and so what we try to do is just let people in on that side of history, give them — kind of a taste, the same emotional experience. what do you think was the mood of the people who were in this situation, waiting, in a sense, for the mexicans to come? this was home for them. this was the chance for a new life. and so in that, they were willing to fight...