So....recently I learned why "Remember the Alamo" is so important

Went to San Antonio for the first time (with Mrs. udtiger - no pics) and went to the Alamo.

Don't know what I was really expecting, but what I wasn't expecting was the weight of the place and what happened and why it is important.

As a born and bred Louisianaian, I have a natural antagonism to Texans (nothing personal, just ingrained [and, likely, borne of envy]) so other than knowing the story, the Alamo had no significance for me.

Until my visit.

Those men died for independence...for self-determination...against overwhelming odds. They were slaughtered - fighting to the last man.

In the mission building, there are flags with a smaller flag reflecting the number of people from those states/countries that came and gave their lives for that independence.

States like Pennsylvania, Vermont, Ohio, Tennessee and countries like England, Ireland and Denmark (yes, one from Denmark).

This was only 60 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Revolutionary fervor was still present in the American heart.

Bravery. Self-sacrifice. For an ideal.

I did not think I would be moved by the experience, but I was. I think mainly because that devotion really does not exist today. That fighting spirit is in short supply, as evidenced by the way the leviathan government rolls unopposed.

This was hundreds against thousands. The equivalent of fighting F-15s.

They were heroes to their cause. We could sure use them today.