And the Alamo is trending. (Sigh). Here is some historic background on the former mission in San Antonio (1of11)pic.twitter.com/J1d5MmlAza
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As most of us children in Texas schools learned, the Alamo was the site of a battle during the Texas Revolution. What was rarely if ever told to us was that the people fighting there flew the Mexican flag of 1824 — in honor of Mexico’s liberal constitution (2of11)pic.twitter.com/l6O0iCtlsA
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Southern American whites were allowed to be colonists in Mexico Texas but had to promise to learn Spanish, not own slaves (they did) and take up arms for Mexico if asked. Steven F Austin recruited colonists. Most ignored the agreement (3of11)pic.twitter.com/dfY0qpq8vW
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The rebels at the Alamo were part of the last state in Mexico fighting against Gen Santa Ana’s attempt to make Mexico into a dictatorship. Fighting against Santa Ana were southern American whites and Tejanos (including Juan Seguín) (4of11)pic.twitter.com/YEK2CjQEAL
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Juan Seguín left the Alamo to get helped but Santa Ana’s forces took it and killed the rebels, including many Tejanos (Mexican Texicans). Santa Ana let the woman and children go (5of11)pic.twitter.com/IWePBqbsSc
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Juan Seguín however joined with other southern American whites and defeated Santa Ana at San Jacinto, starting Texas efforts to become an independent nation. Rebels yelled ‘Remember the Alamo!’ (6of11)pic.twitter.com/4JXActXpKw
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Juan Seguín would become a hero to the Republic of Texas and became mayor of San Antonio. More southern whites moved into Texas looking for a fight and discriminated against Tejanos. They also viewed Seguín as racially inferior (7of11)pic.twitter.com/VNIZ2jPXem
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The climate was so bad for Seguín that he and other Tejanos went to fight for Mexico during the Mexico US War. (8of11)pic.twitter.com/4ffazcZGHj
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The Alamo become a symbol of myth and frontier bravery. Think John Wayne in the movie ‘The Alamo.’ It was told with an Anglo-centric narrative and Mexican American scholars say the Alamo became a symbol of white nationalism (9of11)pic.twitter.com/nkUHvzRWWh
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The story of Tejanos at the Alamo was dismissed. Mexican American children (including myself) were taunted by white kids with ‘Remember the Alamo’ since now the descendants of the original Tejano settlers were ‘othered’ https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=136895819 … (10of11)
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Today hundreds of thousands of people visit the Alamo, including some Mexican Americans who take selfies at the Alamo while giving it obscene gestures. Others go and pay homage to Juan Seguín. (11of11) ENDpic.twitter.com/cuGHaEZdL8
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