Salute!!

Ray Shahan

"Life is what happens while you're busy making other plans", John Lennon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hurt [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:16 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      OT: Something For My Fellow Citizens of the Country Of Texas
> Who Are Displaced - The Fall Of The Alamo
>
> 'Commandancy of the Alamo
> Bexar, Feby. 24th, 1836
>
> To the People of Texas & all Americans in the World-- Fellow Citizens and
> Compatriots--
>
> I am besieged by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under Santa Anna--I
> have
> sustained a continual Bombardment & cannonade for 24 hours & have not lost
> a
> man--The enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise the
> garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken--I have answered
> the demand with a cannon shot, & our flag still waves proudly from the
> walls--I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name
> of Liberty, of patriotism & everything dear to the American character, to
> come to our aid with all despatch--The enemy is receiving reinforcements
> daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in four or five
> days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long
> as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own
> honor & that of his country--Victory or Death.'
> -- William Barret Travis Lt. Col. comdt.
>
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>
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