March 6 @ The Alamo

[jmatt]

The real Alamo.

Do they still do the toast at sunrise?

And is it still just an informal gathering of folks to show respect or has San Antonio turned it into some sort of circus?

 

[Brak]

I don't know about a toast but every year there is something in the paper about it so I know it is occurring. It seems very respectful but I've never been.

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[LCHorn]

I'm a little vague on why we honor dead Mexicans. Is this necessary or political correctness run amok?

 

[TexonLongIsland]

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[jmatt]

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[alden]

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[gardere_owns_OU]

because more than 3/4 of san antonio wanted the Mexican army to win.

 

[pulque]

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[huisache]

San Antonio had been a hotbed of secessionist sentiment long before the anglos showed up. It was one of the anchors of federalist, as opposed to centralist, fervor from the birth of the Mexican Republic.

Nobody knows how the town lined up during the uprising that succeeded but Sequin was the leader of the military wing of Santa Anna's opposition and was a community leader; as was Juan Navarro, who also supported the rebels.

I have no problem with honoring the men in the Mexican army; they died for their country just as surely as did Seguin's men or the volunteers from the states.

 

[pulque]

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[huisache]

True, Pulque, but the other poster suggested that SA was pro Santa Anna and what Spain and Mexico did in re Texas is not germane to that question.

When they got around to sending General Mier y Teran up here for a look, he reported back that the best land in the country was up here and that they were going to lose it because of a flawed immigration plan. The government in Mexico City did attempt to change that plan by getting immigrants from elsewhere and restricting further immigration from the US and trade with it. The successful revolt of 1835-6 was a reaction to that plan.

The people in SA were of mixed opinions about that. The commercial classes were opposed to the Mexican centralists' plan because their chances of getting really prosperous from trade with the US were pretty good as compared to being stuck with trading with the rest of Mexico, which was far away and money poor and extremely poorly governed. They were keen to the idea of separating.

The local cattle people in the area were probably susceptible to arguments for separation because of the potential for the cattle markets in the US. Mexico already supplied its needs for beef from its internal markets.

And my point about SA being a hotbed for secessionist activists is supported by the historical record. Santa Anna's only previous experience here was as a junior officer in Arredondo's army putting down a prior revolt----and the battle where that occurred had more casualties than any othe battle in the state's history.

so, to return to the original subject, it is doubtful that 3/4 of the SA population supported the dictator.

 

[AustinTejasFan]

"Sequin was the leader of the military wing of Santa Anna's opposition and was a community organizer; as was Juan Navarro and Barack Obama"

F U Sarah