The first night in the dark, cold barrack of the Alamo was the hardest. Adina De Zavala had no bed or even a chair to sleep on. Rats skittered nearby. The electricity and telephone lines had been cut.

We rightly recognize slavery as a grievous wrong, but to declare the Alamo battle was fought because of slavery is to flatten ...

SAN ANTONIO — In recognition of Black History Month, the Alamo hosted a virtual event Tuesday discussing the history of slavery in the era of the Texas Revolution. The Alamo is widely considered a ...

Plans for an ambitious makeover of the Alamo historic site have stalled for years amid political squabbling. (Eric Gay/Associated Press) For a great number of Texans, the Alamo is the holiest of ...

Before the battle at the Alamo, a band of Texians seized control of San Antonio from the Mexican forces sent to hold what was ...

SAN ANTONIO — The Alamo is set to host a new event that sheds light on the untold stories of women who survived and helped shape Texas history. This event, which has been months in the making, aims to ...

Chris Tomlinson was driving to Austin when his phone rang. The Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express-News columnist was on his way to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum to promote “Forget ...

The president and CEO of the Alamo Trust, Kate Rogers, has resigned under pressure from Texas’ lieutenant governor, Dan Patrick, who took issue with views she expressed in a 2023 doctoral dissertation ...

No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational event of Texas history partakes of the iconoclastic spirit of our time. The book, titled “Forget the ...

The CEO of the nonprofit managing the Alamo resigned after a powerful Republican state official criticized her publicly, suggesting that her views aren't compatible with the history of the Texas ...

As a former student of Texas public schools, much of what I remember from Texas history class boils down to this: General López de Santa Anna, of Mexico, was evil incarnate — my old friends and I ...

For a great number of Texans, the Alamo is the holiest of holies, a place, a totem, a shrine that physically embodies the values — courage, independence, liberty — they hold precious. That veneration ...