SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: On Tuesday at 7 p.m., the KSAT Explains team will host author Chris Tomlinson for a live discussion about the myths and truths about the story of the Alamo. Watch in the video player above or on KSAT.com/tv at 7 p.m.
Most people have heard about the Alamo and the battle that took place on its grounds. But over the years, more people have become familiar with the myths than with the whole, complicated story.
Perhaps there’s no better moment in time to scrutinize how we’ve told and retold the story of the Battle of the Alamo. For the past several years, more Americans have become critical of how we remember historic events and people. Confederate monuments across the country have come down. Without a doubt, more people today know about the Tulsa Race Massacre than did five years ago.
This summer, a trio of Texans released a book boldly titled Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth. As the title implies, the book interrogates the stories that have come to be associated with the men who defended the Alamo, and questions what they were really fighting for.
In Forget the Alamo, Chris Tomlinson, Bryan Burrough and Jason Stanford argue that how we view the Alamo’s past has more to do with perpetuating white supremacy than most would care to admit. For that reason, the book’s release has been polarizing. Just look at the Amazon reviews.
The book’s release also comes just a couple of months after a new Alamo redesign plan was approved by San Antonio City Council members. The plan had to be revised after the Texas Historical Commission voted in September to block the relocation of the Cenotaph, a monument that pays tribute to the fallen Alamo Defenders. The plan to repair and move the monument several hundred feet south was one of the most controversial elements of the previous redesign proposal.
Join us tonight at 7:00 p.m. for a special KSAT Explains livestream about the Alamo myths. We’ll take a look at the history of the Spanish mission and how its been portrayed in movies and film. Forget the Alamo author Chris Tomlinson will also join us live for a Q&A.
You can catch the livestream here, on KSAT’s Facebook page or the KSAT TV app.
Watch KSAT Explains: The myths, truth and battle over how the Alamo is remembered in the video player below.
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June 29, 2021 at 11:49PM
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