The Alamo Mission was founded along the San Antonio river in the early 1700s by Catholic missionaries. At the end of the century the mission would be secularized and then abandoned. Following which, Spanish soldiers occupied the mission church as a fort during Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain, which it gained in 1821.
Remember the Alamo!
Remember the Alamo!
Remember the Alamo!
The Alamo Mission was founded along the San Antonio river in the early 1700s by Catholic missionaries. At the end of the century the mission would be secularized and then abandoned. Following which, Spanish soldiers occupied the mission church as a fort during Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain, which it gained in 1821.