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What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 10, 2009 8:41 PM
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Just curious. For the 2004 film, made by Disney, they created a replica of the Alamo east of Austin, TX near Hamilton Pool Park. The same site was used in tonight's show. Why wasn't the "other" Alamo, the one built for John Wayne's version in 1960 near Brackettville, TX used? As was pointed out in tonight's show, the 2004 version is not all that accurate, where I've been told the other was spot on.
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Re: What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 11, 2009 2:24 AM
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Den- Maybe the John Wayne version is no longer there- it would be almost 50 years old- I don't know ? What I wondered about is why did the "Texians" build such a large fort , with so few men to defend it ?
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Re: What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 11, 2009 2:26 AM
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Duplicate- sorry.
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Re: What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 11, 2009 9:53 PM
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the john wayne alamo is still there and is open to the public. it is more accurate from a dimension standpoint but the disney one is more accurate in general appearance.
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Re: What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 12, 2009 1:17 AM
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John Wayne's Alamo..
horses jumping an 8 foot wall.
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They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
Benjamin Franklin
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Re: What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 13, 2009 6:24 AM
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>... What
> I wondered about is why did the "Texians" build such
> a large fort , with so few men to defend it ?
My understanding is that it was not built as a fort it was built as a mission. It's use of a fort was a matter of expediancy.
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Re: What Went Down - The Alamo
Oct 18, 2009 11:54 PM
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Fun show! My students and I hope to see more episodes in this series--Lincoln, WWI, Boston Tea party . Informative and entertaining.
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