(The Fall of the Alamo by Robert James Onderdonk)1...  ...st Thursday, the representatives of the people of Texas voted to declare independence from Mexico. During...  ...are inscribed the names of the slain defenders of Texas liberty--among them one of my wife's ancestors. I...  ...ing of bagpipes to honor thes...

(Image: Onderdonk's The Fall of the Alamo, photo b...  ...the Japanese people for the gallant defenders of Texas liberty who fell there in 1836.Now how did that h...  ...garding the contribution of Mexicans fighting for Texas in the 1830s) thus served to comfort Anglo-Texans...  ...amidst the social changes that...