Episode #1: Aftermath at the Alamo

This is Lesson 1 in a sixty lesson course on the saga of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas told by the world's leading expert on the Texas Revolution, Dr. Stephen L. Hardin of McMurry University. Dr. Hardin starts in medias res with the Fall of the Alamo, describing the gruesome scene and the ordeal of the survivors that fateful morning of March 6, 1836. But what avalanche of events lead up to that moment in time? And what would be the consequences of that famous fight? Why did the soldiers at San Jacinto cry out "Remember the Alamo!" as they charged the army of Santa Anna? This series will tell us what lead up to the Texas Revolution, how it all went down, and the short but exciting history of the Republic of Texas. This series was produced for Dr. Frazier in 2016.