Battle of the Alamoin a sentence
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People remember the Alamo as a heroic struggle against impossible odds — a place where men made the ultimate sacrifice for freedom.The Alamo = 1836 battle of the Texas Revolution for independence from Mexico
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We drove down to see the Alamo—"Davy Crockett and James Bowie got what was coming to them," Mom said, "for stealing this land from the Mexicans"—and over to Beaumont, where the oil rigs bobbed like giant birds.† (source)
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You have the same look Cassandra had in Troy, or Jim Bowie at the Alamo—as if you're under siege.† (source)
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I remembered the old 1960 movie The Alamo, starring John Wayne as Davy Crockett.† (source)
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"Welcome back to the Alamo," she hollered when I opened her door.† (source)
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He'd see it in terms of the captain deserting the sinking ship ahead of the women and children, giving up the Alamo, every stereotype you can think of.† (source)
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"Well, Call, I guess they forgot us, like they forgot the Alamo," Augustus said.† (source)
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Remember The Alamo!† (source)
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The G-man gets his wish and sees Kennedy in the flesh, before spinning back around and walking into the Alamo Grill for lunch.† (source)
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After all the lights were shut out, I would cover up my head, click on a flashlight, and read as long as the batteries lasted from You Were There books about the Alamo, the Creek Indian Wars, the Battle of New Orleans.† (source)
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Again—the glorious defense to the death of the Alamo against the hordes of Santa Anna is a fact.† (source)
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What do you expect from a place where children are taught about the Alamo before the alphabet.† (source)
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I treaded my way through the narrow halls of the building, which had been dubbed the Alamo, trying not to knock into anything.† (source)
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The Texas force, reduced to 187 men, retreated to an old Spanish mission in San Antonio called the Alamo.† (source)
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Y'all should've seen the big ol' fire jotun Santa Anna had with him at the Alamo.† (source)
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It was one of my favorite movies, and Davy Crockett was my favorite person in the Alamo.† (source)
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