Many Views of the Alamo

Visiting The Alamo







Several years ago Chuck and I visited the Alamo. The visitor's center had a poorly interpreted display, largely featuring Bowie knives. We were delighted to see that they had added a new display and film in one of the wings. The Bowie knives are still in the visitor center (along with countless tourist trinkets)but the new display has great time lines and some well interpreted artifacts. We went to the Alamo after seeing the story on the IMAX screen.

I talked to the new historian at the Alamo. He was pleased with how the display had turned out and the efforts of the Daughter of the American Republic of Texas to improve the Alamo experience. It was a perfect experience on a rainy day. My favorite part of the Alamo is the Live Oak pictured above. I love that variety of oak and could photograph every one of those beautiful trees. (Unfortunately they would all look like the one above.) LBJ had a tree just like that in his front yard overlooking the river. He used to meet with his cabinet under its branches.