Then at the Alamo, Santa Anna was reported to have walked through the grounds after the defenders fell and required the mayor of San Antonio to point out William Travis and David Crockett.

That’s right - on this day in 1836, Antonio de Padua María Severino López de Santa Anna y Pérez de Lebrón - aka general Santa Anna was making his way to the Alamo with about 4000 soldiers.

Rivard Report, Bush Calls Alamo Santa Anna Statue Rumor ‘Flat-Out Racist’, Dec. 11, 2019. San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio historical review panel delays action on Alamo project, Dec. 4, 2019 ...

Rivard Report, Bush Calls Alamo Santa Anna Statue Rumor ‘Flat-Out Racist’, Dec. 11, 2019 San Antonio Express-News, San Antonio historical review panel delays action on Alamo project , Dec. 4, 2019 ...

SAN ANTONIO de BÉXAR, México, Feb. 25, 1836 - On this unusually balmy February day, His Excellency, Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, the President and Dictator of Mexico, attempted to extend ...

Santa Anna had told Mexico City he expected to take San Antonio by March 2; he ended up doing so on March 6. In the end, the siege at the Alamo ended up costing him all of four days.

Santa Anna must have known the Alamo would be no match for his forces. Built by Spanish priests with Indian labor, the mission was never meant to be a fortress.

OK, he might have thought it belonged in Mexico, which the general variously led or fought for. In fact, it was in service of his country, at the battle at Cerro Gordo in the Mexican-American War ...

The Santa Anna papers are in a binder that Davis had made for them in the 1960s, Livingston said. About 85 percent of the items in the Texas & Western Autograph & Artifact Auction were sold ...

SAN ANTONIO de BÉXAR, México, Feb. 29, 1836 - This Leap Year's Day witnessed a sight most shocking: His Excellency, Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna, the President and Dictator of Mexico ...

No, Texas has no plans for Santa Anna statue at Alamo By Madlin Mekelburg , PolitiFact Texas Dec 30, 2019 This Nov. 30, 2019 photo shows the church on the grounds of The Alamo in San Antonio, Texas.