Who Fought At The Alamo, And Why Did They Fight?
“…One of the great tragedies of the Alamo story is that, until recently, the contributions of the Hispanics who fought for Texas Independence were forgotten or purposely omitted. Forgotten or omitted by all except those families whose family members paid the ultimate price for their beliefs on that cold March morning when Santa Anna’s men came over the walls. The memory of those Tejano defenders has been kept alive and nurtured through the ensuing years by their families who remember with just pride and reverence what they did there that day. Perhaps that is what makes the Alamo so special. This was not a battle fought, as some would have us believe, over racial issues. After all, there were Hispanics fighting for Texas and Anglos fighting for Santa Anna. It was a battle fought over what men believed to be right. Those beliefs of what is right and wrong transcend race to the point where men of different races and cultures will together lay aside their differences to fight and die for
