Texas flag flying over the Alamo.
Source: Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Layout of the Alamo in 1836
The Church "the Alamo" is the bottom right. The Church and Long Barracks ar all that remains of the orgianal buildings.
One of the Defenders Cannon.
The Alamo (the small building in the trees) as seen from the Tower of the Americas.
The Alamo Memorial in front of the Alamo.
This line of stores featuring Ripleys Believe It or Not is across Alamo Plaza from the Alamo. The west wall of the Alamo was just a little further west than the storefronts.
Sometimes Texas thinks it is still an independent republic. The building is just north of the Alamo. The tower is approximately the NW corner of the mission yard wall.
The Defenders
“The Alamo Regiment,” the 141st Infantry since WWI, carries the Lineage and Honors the defenders of the Alamo and has served in many places since then. The Bricks around the monument have the names of those who died in action.
