Bill Text: TX HR292 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Honoring the memory and sacrifice of the heroes of the Alamo.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR292 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HR292-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.R. No. 292
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
 
         WHEREAS, For more than 180 years, across the Lone Star State
  and around the world, the Alamo and the brave men who gave their
  lives in its defense during the Texas War for Independence have been
  inspiring symbols of the struggle for liberty and the right of free
  people to self-determination; and
         WHEREAS, In 1718, Fray Antonio de Olivares established a
  Franciscan mission in what is now San Antonio, and in 1744, the
  cornerstone was laid for the world-famous chapel that survives to
  this day; the building's use as a mission ceased around 1765, and in
  1803, it was occupied by Spanish colonial soldiers who called it "El
  Alamo," after the surrounding grove of cottonwoods and in honor of
  their unit's home base in Mexico, Alamo de Parras; and
         WHEREAS, After the Mexican War of Independence, the Alamo was
  occupied by troops of the Mexican army until December 1835, when
  Texan rebels led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam seized
  control of the makeshift fortress; by February 1836, the Alamo was
  under the command of Lieutenant Colonel William B. Travis and
  Colonel Jim Bowie, who stood at the head of a group of some 200
  volunteers, among them the legendary frontiersman Davy Crockett;
  and
         WHEREAS, On February 23, 1836, the Alamo was besieged by
  thousands of Mexican troops under the command of General Antonio
  Lopez de Santa Anna, and for the next 13 days, the intrepid Texans
  within its walls held out with unparalleled fortitude and steadfast
  determination against overwhelming odds; in the early hours of
  March 6, the Mexican forces made a final assault, and the Alamo's
  defenders fought to the last man; and
         WHEREAS, Their courage, perseverance, and sacrifice inspired
  their fellow rebels, and six weeks later, on April 21, 1836, 800
  Texans and Tejanos under General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna's
  army at the Battle of San Jacinto, winning independence for a new
  nation and paving the way for the creation of the State of Texas;
  and
         WHEREAS, On March 6, 1836, the defenders of the Alamo lit a
  flame in the hearts of all Texans, a flame of freedom that burns as
  brightly as ever it did on the day they made their ultimate
  sacrifice; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
  Legislature hereby honor the defenders of the Alamo and encourage
  all Texans to forever remember their courage and heroism.
 
  Villalba
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 292 was adopted by the House on
  February 23, 2017, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
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