Remember the Alamo the Right Way: Dispelling the Myths About the Famous Battle

The Heroes on Both Side Deserve No Less

Paul Combs
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8 min readJun 3, 2021
Photo by JOSE GIL from Pexels

As a native Texan, I cannot remember a time when I didn’t know about the Alamo; it is a unique part of our identity as Texans. When I was growing up in the 1970s our history teachers hammered three key things into us: we were the only state that was ever its own…

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Paul Combs
Perceive More!

Writer, bookseller, would-be roadie for the E Street Band. My ultimate goal is to make books as popular in Texas as high school football...it may take a while.