Alamo Remembered
by Lincoln Rogers
Title
Alamo Remembered
Artist
Lincoln Rogers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This photo by Lincoln Rogers of the front of the famous and historic Alamo mission in San Antonio, Texas has been tinted, textured and aged to represent how the Alamo mission (the original foundation was laid in 1744) might be remembered and recalled many years in our own future. Aged effects have been added to give this Lincoln Rogers photograph the look of something that may be discovered in an attic or in the ruins of architectural rubble in our own distant future.
The famous 1863 battle is described on The Alamo website (www.thealamo.org) - On February 23, 1836, the arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army.
William B. Travis, the commander of the Alamo sent forth couriers carrying pleas for help to communities in Texas. On the eighth day of the siege, a band of 32 volunteers from Gonzales arrived, bringing the number of defenders to nearly two hundred. Legend holds that with the possibility of additional help fading, Colonel Travis drew a line on the ground and asked any man willing to stay and fight to step over — all except one did.
As the defenders saw it, the Alamo was the key to the defense of Texas, and they were ready to give their lives rather than surrender their position to General Santa Anna. Among the Alamo's garrison were Jim Bowie, renowned knife fighter, and David Crockett, famed frontiersman and former congressman from Tennessee.
The final assault came before daybreak on the morning of March 6, 1836, as columns of Mexican soldiers emerged from the predawn darkness and headed for the Alamo's walls. Cannon and small arms fire from inside the Alamo beat back several attacks. Regrouping, the Mexicans scaled the walls and rushed into the compound.
Once inside, they turned a captured cannon on the Long Barrack and church, blasting open the barrica
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Lincoln Rogers
Many THANKS to Elusive Moon Studios for featuring this in the group Forgotten by Time!
Lincoln Rogers
Many THANKS to Darren Fisher for featuring this in his group Photography and Textures Make Fine Art!
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