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This is quite a growing
prosperous city in America's
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state of Texas. San Antonio
is drawing in a lot of residents
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and a lot of tourists
too. Mainly because of one
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fascinating story. It's
this place, The Alamo, which 200
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Texans were defending heroically
and where they all were killed
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by General Santa Anna's
huge Mexican army. And yet that
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disaster, the battle of
the Alamo inspired people to
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liberate this state to create
the Republic of Texas and lay
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the foundations of modern
America. It became quite a
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legend and today we're going to
get to know the most fascinating
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character at that event, the
legendary hero, Davy Crockett.
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His story will inspire you to
take on any challenges and give
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you a glimpse of something even
greater that could change your
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life forever.
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This is where a legend was born.
At this home site beside the
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Nolichucky River near Limestone,
Tennessee David, better known as
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Davy Crockett, was born on the
17th of August 1786. Davy was
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fifth of nine children born
to John and Rebecca Crockett.
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Davy's father, John Wesley
Crockett was a veteran of the
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American Revolution and fought
at the battle of King's Mountain
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Life in the wilderness was
difficult. This replica wood
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cabin with an engraved stepping
stone from the original cabin
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provides some idea of the
challenges the Crockett's faced.
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But they were a resilient,
self- sufficient and independent
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family. These early years were
filled with adventure, travel
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and hardship. Davy grew up in
the hills and river valleys of
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eastern Tennessee. His father
taught him how to fire a rifle
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and he became a crack
shot. As a youngster he eagerly
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accompanied his older brothers
on hunting trips and mastered
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the skills necessary for life on
the American frontier. There was
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no schooling in those
early years but Davy had already
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gained a reputation for story
telling and marksmanship at a
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young age.
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¤ Banjo Music ¤ And
this is it, the first rifle
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Davy owned and the very one he
used to develop his marksmanship
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hunting skills. He
affectionately called
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it Betsy. It's part of the
collection at the East Tennessee
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Historical Society in Knoxville.
In 1796 the Crockett's built a
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log tavern on the stage route
between Knoxville, Tennessee and
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Abingdon, Virginia. They
provided food and lodging for
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the wagon trains, drovers and
teamsters that passed this way.
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This reconstruction now
stands on the original site. The
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original tavern survived through
until the Civil War when it was
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used as a hospital and then as
a hospice for victims of small
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pox. The Crockett family battled
to make a living here and Davy
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spent his boyhood years doing
household chores, assisting in
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the family business and
exploring the woods around the
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area. At the tavern young Davy
would have heard many tales told
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by travelers which sparked his
own desire to explore America.
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It was here that Davy's father
enrolled him in the local school
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Well Davy's schooling lasted
just four days. He got into a
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fight with the school bully and
gave him a real good beating.
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He was afraid the teacher would
punish him and so decided to
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stay away from school. He would
head off to school each morning
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with his brothers but before
getting to the school house he
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meandered off into the woods to
occupy himself until the school
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day was over. Eventually the
school master wrote a note to
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his father inquiring why
young David wasn't at school.
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Mr. Crockett was extremely angry
that his son wasn't attending
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school and that the goods
he'd traded to pay for his son's
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education were going to waste.
There was a heated argument and
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the threat of heavy-handed
punishment. It was all too much
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for Davy and he ended up running
away from home. It would be
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years before he returned home
again. Davy was on his own at
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just 13 years of age. He
was willing to try his hand at
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anything to survive. He spent
the next three years wandering
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from town to town doing odd jobs
He was plow boy on a farm, a
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cleanup boy at a mill and he
helped drove a herd of cattle
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and team of horses to Virginia,
a distance of about 600 km.
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Around the time of his
16th birthday Davy returned home
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unannounced and his family
hardly recognized him at first.
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The Crockett family was thankful
to have Davy back. His father
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owed money to a local farmer
so Davy offered to work off the
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debt. He also caught up on
a little more schooling and
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divided his time between school
and work. He learned the basics,
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to read, to write and to add and
subtract. Davy fell in love with
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Polly Finley and they were
married on August the 16th 1806,
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the day before his 20th birthday
They lived for the next few
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years in a small cabin near
Crockett's parents. Davy and
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Polly had two sons and a
daughter. Davy was a skilled
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hunter and trapper and was able
to provide food and clothing for
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his family. He traveled around
the Mississippi Valley region
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as a fur trader where he also
became familiar with the local
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native Indians and their customs
In 1813 Davy became a U.S. Army
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scout. Creek Indian warriors had
massacred about 500 men, women
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and children at Fort Mims
in retaliation for white troops
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attacking and killing a party of
Indians while they were having a
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midday meal. Like most of
his friends and neighbors, Davy
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Crockett set out to avenge
the massacre. They attacked the
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Indian town of Tallushatchee
and massacred 200 men, women and
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children. Davy rose to the rank
of Colonel in the Indian wars
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that followed where he spent
most of his time working as a
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scout and hunter. There
were times when he would somehow
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provide wild food for his whole
regiment. Soon after he returned
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home from the war, his wife
Polly died from malaria after
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giving birth to their daughter.
In 1815 Davy married a widow
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named Elizabeth who had enough
of an inheritance of property
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and cash to make Davy a wealthy
man. Davy and Elizabeth had
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three children of their own. The
Crockett family moved to west
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Tennessee in 1817 and settled
in Lawrence County near the town
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of Lawrenceburg. Here Davy
enjoyed success in business and
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politics. Along with the
Crockett farm, Davy operated a
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gristmill, a distillery,
owned an iron ore mine and a gun
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powder factory. The Crockett's
businesses were located here
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along the banks of Schole Creek
near the beautiful Crockett
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falls later named in honor
of Davy Crockett. In addition to
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being a family man and running
these businesses, Davy was also
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a justice of the peace as well
as being active in politics and
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military affairs. The up
and coming politician set up an
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office like this and
became the town commissioner of
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Lawrenceburg in 1818 and
was elected colonel of the 57th
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Militia Regiment in the county
that same year. From here he
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successfully ran for a seat in
the Tennessee Legislature as the
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representative of Lawrence
County. Davy Crockett spent five
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years here, one of the longest
blocks of time he spent in any
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one location. And a life-size
bronze statue of him in
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Lawrenceburg Town Square
pays tribute to the backwoods
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statesman and politician whose
many business ventures brought
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him to this community The statue
bears Crockett's most famous
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quote, Be sure you are right,
then go ahead. Davy took a
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break from politics and
business and returned to his
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favorite activity, hunting bears
in the woods of Tennessee and
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selling their pelts, meat
and oil for a living. He even
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claimed to have bagged 105
bears in a seven month period
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during the winter of 1825-26.
His love for hunting dangerous
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animals and the tall stories
he told about it later played a
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major part in making him a
frontier hero. Davy Crockett was
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still an enormously popular
political figure. But now his
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ambitions went beyond the
Tennessee State Legislature.
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He set his sights on Washington
and in 1827 he ran for U.S.
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Congress and was elected to the
U.S. House of Representatives
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for three terms between
1827 and 1835. His quick wit and
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natural leadership abilities
allowed him to move from the
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humblest of settings to the
halls of Congress. Crockett was
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a colorful character who told
far-fetched stories and wore
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leather clothes with a squirrel
skin hat. He became an admired
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figure in Washington and was
highly esteemed by his fellow
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congressmen. He championed the
cause of the poor land settlers
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and fought to protect their
rights to the land they had
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worked. Even in Washington, Davy
Crockett was larger than life
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and was always where the action
was. He was on hand and helped
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foil an assassination attempt
on President Andrew Jackson.
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On the 30th of January 1835 the
two men were part of a crowd of
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lawmakers leaving the U.S.
Capital after a state funeral.
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As President Jackson passed near
the east portico a crazed gunman
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named Richard Lawrence emerged
from a throng of spectators and
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shot at the President
with two pistols both of which
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miraculously misfired. Davy
Crockett bravely tackled the
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would be assassin, wrestled him
to the ground and disarmed him.
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It was the first time someone
had attempted to assassinate an
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American president. But despite
saving the president's life
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Crockett had
serious disagreements with
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Andrew Jackson particularly over
the president's Indian Removal
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Act. Crockett fiercely
opposed the president's plan to
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forcibly remove the native
American tribes from their
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ancestral lands and relocate
them somewhere else. His feud
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with the president would bring
about the end of his political
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career. Jackson campaigned
against Crockett and stood his
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own candidates against him. In
1835 Crockett narrowly lost his
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seat in Congress. He was
bitterly disappointed and
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allegedly told his constituents
that they could do what they
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liked but that he was leaving
and going to Texas. And go to
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Texas he did. With a
few followers in tow he left
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Tennessee and made his way
to Texas and arrived here at the
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Alamo on the banks of the
San Antonio River on the 8th
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of February 1836. The Alamo was
originally a Spanish Catholic
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mission and fortress built in
1718 called Mission San Antonio
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de Valero. The mission was part
of Spain's strategy to colonize
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and maintain control over this
territory. Spain established
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five missions along the
San Antonio River. Mission San
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Antonio de Valero with its
stone church, convent and houses
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served as the religious,
cultural and commercial center
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for the region. In the
early 1800s Spanish troops were
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stationed here. The garrison
stood in a grove of cottonwood
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trees and the Spanish soldiers
gave it the name El Alamo, the
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Spanish word for cottonwood
and to remind them of their home
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town in Mexico. When Davy
Crockett arrived here there was
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serious trouble brewing. In the
early 1800s a lot of American
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settlers arrived in San Antonio
and began to settle in the area.
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Before long there were more
Americans than Mexicans living
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in Texas. In 1821 the country of
Mexico won its independence from
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Spain and so Texas became part
of Mexico. But the Americans
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living here in Texas didn't
want to be part of Mexico and so
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decided to break away and become
an independent republic. A group
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of rebellious Texans captured
the Alamo and prepared to defend
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it. A powerful Mexican general
named de Santa Anna took control
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of the government and gathered
an army of several thousand to
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march on Texas and take it back
including the Alamo. When the
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Texans heard that General Santa
Anna was coming there with a
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large army there was a lot of
debate on what they should do.
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Should they abandon the Alamo
and retreat or stay and fight
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and defend the fort. The head
of the Texas army, General Sam
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Houston wanted to retreat and
abandon the fort and remove the
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cannons. He said it couldn't be
defended. However, James Bowie
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the famous frontiersman and
knife fighter, decided he would
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stay, defend the fort and fight
for freedom. The rest of the
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soldiers also chose to stay and
fight. Davy Crockett decided to
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join them and defend the Alamo.
He would fight for freedom.
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Because of his reputation and
exploits Crockett's presence was
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a great morale boost to the
Texans. Having Davy on their
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side gave them a lot of
courage. The Alamo compound was
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surrounded by a wall about four
meters high. Inside the fort
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there was a chapel, a barracks
for soldiers, a hospital room, a
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large courtyard and a horse
corral Cannons were placed along
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the walls and on top of the
buildings. Travis, James Bowie
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and their men made preparations
to defend the Alamo. General
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Santa Anna and his troops
arrived at the Alamo on February
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23, 1836. They laid siege to the
fort for 13 days and began to
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bombard the former mission
with cannon shot in an effort to
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systematically destroy its
protective walls and reduce them
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to rubble. Then in the early
morning of March 6, 1836 Santa
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Anna's men launched a major
attack. At first the Texans kept
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them out and successfully
repulsed two attacks. However
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there were just too many
Mexican soldiers. Santa Anna's
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troops regrouped several times.
They continued to attack until
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they could climb the walls.
The Alamo fighters then moved
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further inside the mission. This
allowed the Mexicans to get over
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the wall. Once the Mexicans were
inside they battled the Alamo
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fighters hand to hand and from
room to room. Some say that when
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the Alamo fighters ran out of
bullets Davy Crockett led them
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as they wielded their guns
as clubs and continued bravely
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fighting inside the Alamo to
the very end. The battle of the
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Alamo lasted only one-and-a-
half hours. Every Alamo defender
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was killed. James Bowie who had
been ill was killed in his bed
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and Davy Crockett... Well early
reports from witnesses had him
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falling in battle while still
wielding his rifle surrounded
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by a heap of enemy corpses.
Although the Texans lost the
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battle, their bravery, their
example inspired and galvanized
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the rest of Texas against Mexico
and General Santa Anna and the
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time they held out during
the siege, those 13 days, gave
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General Sam Houston enough time
to build his army so that a few
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weeks later he led the Texans to
victory over Santa Anna's army
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and Texas won its independence
becoming a republic and
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eventually part of the United
States of America. The story of
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Davy Crockett and the Alamo soon
grew into a famous legend. His
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achievements made him famous in
his own lifetime, but after his
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death his exploits were
often exaggerated to mythical
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proportions. Books, stage plays,
poems and songs elevated him
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into the great American super
hero. It was said he could wade
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the Mississippi River, leap over
the state of Ohio, ride on a
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bolt of lightning killed a
bear when he was only three and
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could wrestle wild cats. Of
course that was the legend, all
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myth and exaggerated beyond
reality. Then came movies and
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television. Hollywood and
Disney combined to inflate Davy
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Crockett's legend even further.
He was the subject of 17 movies
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and 12 television series over
a relatively short period of
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time. There's an interesting
scene of the 2004 movie The
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Alamo. Davy Crockett and James
Bowie are waiting for the enemy
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to attack knowing they
face certain death and Crockett
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confesses, If it was just me,
simple old David from Tennessee,
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I might drop over that wall
some night and take my chances
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running away, but that
Davy Crockett fella, they're all
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watching him. Crockett realizes
that he's a living legend to the
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men of the Alamo. Now while he
recognizes that deep down he's
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just simple old David, he also
knows that the soldiers identify
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him with the man who rides
lightning bolts wades rivers
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and leaps mountains. His
influence and power comes from
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that association and so he's no
longer free to just act any old
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way he wants to because others
depend on him to be more. They
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look to him as a source of
courage, they depend on him,
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they're watching to see if
he's the real deal. When I think
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about the line in that movie,
They're all watching, I think
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about its implications for a
Christian. Will I be that person
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who thinks only of himself or
will I take into consideration
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how my actions affect others?
Do we realize that others are
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watching us and that what we
choose and how we behave could
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have a profound effect on them.
Many historians credit Crockett
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with boosting the morale of the
defenders at the Alamo when he
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arrived to support them. His
presence and example encouraged
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them to take a stand, to
hold out for as long as they did
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giving General Sam Houston the
precious time needed to gather
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his army, the army that would
eventually defeat Santa Anna and
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propel Texas to freedom
and independence. You see as
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Christians we are associated
with someone bigger than
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ourselves but he's not a legend.
He's God, he's real. Sometimes
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we may be tempted to drop over
the wall in order to serve what
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we may think are our own best
interests. But we shouldn't do
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it, because those who are
identified with Christ never
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know who is watching. We should
never betray the kingdom we
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represent with our own selfish
actions. Others are looking at
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us to see if Christianity is
indeed the real deal and we can
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only give courage and comfort
to the extent that we live up to
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the image, the image of Christ.
No doubt Paul had this in mind
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when he told Timothy in 1
Timothy chapter 4 and verse 12
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Jesus highlighted this same
principle earlier when he spoke
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about his followers being the
light of the world. Here's what
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he said in Matthew
chapter 5 and verse 16.
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And the apostle John
echoed the same principle:
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God asks his followers to live
good and upright lives, to stand
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for principle, to do what is
right and honorable, to bring
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light, hope, peace, truth and
happiness to people around them.
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God wants people to be able to
clearly see the difference that
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he can make in a person's life.
God wants people to see first
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hand the benefits that his
principles bring to a society
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and that's why he asks his
followers to do the right thing.
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Davy Crockett gives us just a
tiny insight into this. He was
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the provider who gave his life
for freedom, but Jesus is the
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great provider and he made the
ultimate sacrifice, not just for
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Texas, but for the whole world.
He gave himself up on the cross
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in order to offer freedom to
every sinful, broken person on
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this planet. On that cross he
was laying out forgiveness. He
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was taking on the results of
all our sins. He was laying out
00:24:27.26\00:24:30.90
his perfect life. The cross
of Christ did indeed result in
00:24:30.93\00:24:36.77
freedom in a great kingdom
of independence and that freedom
00:24:36.81\00:24:41.64
can make a big impact right
now. It enables broken people to
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heal. It enables wounded people
to feel strong and confident.
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You see, Jesus does forgive sins
He does wipe out the darkness of
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the past. But he also offers us
a new life. After that there's
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something so powerful that comes
out of his life given up for
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each of us. We can move way out
of whatever darkness, whatever
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problems are putting us down. We
can get into Christ's kingdom,
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the kingdom of heaven. That's
the independence that Jesus gave
00:25:17.51\00:25:21.65
himself up for. That's the kind
of freedom he can bring us. Why
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not reach out and accept that
gift of freedom right now as we
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pray. Dear Father, thank you for
00:25:31.73\00:25:36.36
understanding so well about the
things that keep us in bondage.
00:25:36.40\00:25:40.44
Thank you for offering us an
escape, a way out. We need Jesus
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Christ in our lives. We need
his forgiveness and also his
00:25:46.14\00:25:50.15
empowerment. We claim his
strength inside our hearts. We
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claim his ability to overcome
every one of our obstacles
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in his name, Amen.
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people all over the world. He
was a man who came from humble
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