Moving back to San Antonio at the end of February, I wondered if the Alamo would be hosting one of their annual siege reenactments.
Since the Alamo usually has a reenactment for each day of the infamous thirteen-day siege, February 23 through March 6, surely something exciting was happening!
Sure enough, our first weekend back in San Antonio coincided with Santa Anna’s arrival.
Arriving at the Alamo, we found the local soldiers and their families milling about the plaza.
Well aware of a possibility of attack, Travis sent a lookout to the bell tower of the San Fernando Cathedral.
Celebrating George Washington’s birthday with a fandango at Plaza de las Islas, in front of San Fernando Cathedral, beautiful dancers brought an entertaining break from growing tensions of Santa Anna’s dictatorship.
Lively stepping to the guitars and castanets of the happy Fandango. the ladies and gents flirted with each other, as typical for this popular dance.
Suddenly cries of alarm rang out because the lookout guard announced that the Mexican army was almost two miles away.
{{{In reality, Santa Anna’s troops arrived the next morning, when everyone was asleep and somewhat drunk from the party, but time must be compressed when telling a story on a stage.}}}
Arriving with 1500 soldiers, Santa Anna took control of San Fernando Cathedral, from which he flew the flag of no quarter from the bell tower…no prisoners would be taken. All will be killed.
Travis responded by firing their largest cannon…alas, with only about two hundred defenders the thirteen day siege began.
Arriving with a troop
After the event there were lots of interactive experiences for the kids, which my kids participated in.
Here is a sample schedule from 2019 the most recent available since this blogging.
This well-done event made a wonderful homeschool field trip in our new hometown.
