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 |
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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 | ||
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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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||