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Featured Article. The Alamo: 13 Days of Glory. February 23, 1836, began the siege of the Alamo, a 13-day moment in history that turned a ruined Spanish mission in the heart of downtown San Antonio, Texas, into a shrine known and revered the world over.
According to a chronology on the website of the Alamo, www.thealamo.org, former U.S. Rep. David Crockett arrived Feb. 8, 1836, in San Antonio de Bexar. The siege of the Alamo began Feb. 23 of that year; Crockett died as a result of its fall March 6, 1836. âI've never heard of this âCrockett hut' before,â says Bruce Winders, historian and curator for the Alamo.