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nouna siege and massacre at a mission in San Antonio in 1836; Mexican forces under Santa Anna besieged and massacred American rebels who were fighting to make Texas independent of Mexico
Definition that contains alamo
- bowie United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
- crockett United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
- oppenheimer United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)
- davy crockett United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
- san antonio a city of south central Texas; site of the Alamo; site of several military bases and a popular haven for vacationers
- james bowie United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
- jim bowie United States pioneer and hero of the Texas revolt against Mexico; he shared command of the garrison that resisted the Mexican attack on the Alamo where he died (1796-1836)
- david crockett United States frontiersman and Tennessee politician who died at the siege of the Alamo (1786-1836)
- robert oppenheimer United States physicist who directed the project at Los Alamos that developed the first atomic bomb (1904-1967)