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And the Alamo is trending. (Sigh). Here is some historic background on the former mission in San Antonio (1of11)pic.twitter.com/J1d5MmlAza

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

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

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

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

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

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