Picture this: Davy Crockett, the American Legend and adventurer defending the Alamo, waving gallantly the Alamo flag in a staunch defense over the Mexican forces of President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. This may have been the last scene of heroism before the compound-garrison of about a few hundred men succumbed to the overwhelming thousands of forces of the Mexican president. The year was 1836, a year that will always be marked with bloodshed paired with liberty and victory thereafter.

While it may be sad to know that the capture of the Alamo meant the death of almost everyone in it, including accounts of the legendary Crockett succumbing to enemy gunfire, their deaths may have meant the loss of the stronghold for Texas to be relieved of independence from Mexican rule. However, this was short lived as the heroes and carriers of liberty carried on the meaning of the fallen Alamo flag, bringing in thousands of defenders and vengeful individuals out to seek revenge for their fallen comrades. In a month’s time after the fall of the Alamo, the tyranny of the former Mexican rule was revoked and returned to the rightful federal sovereignty of the American people.

The mark of 1824 on any Alamo flag is a reminder that all things had to take place after the constitution of the 1824 was abolished to give way to an almost dictator like government. The revolution that took place in Texas marked the beginning of a 12 year strife which would see the loss of many souls from both guardians of freedom and oppressors of liberty. Where one man fell to defend what is universally just and free, hundreds more were inspired to heed to the call for that final push to victory in the battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836, formally ending the war with the defeat of President Santa Anna. The lone star state of Texas is truly a holder of this grim, yet glorious past of unforgotten heroism and accounts.