Funny enough, I was taught next-to-nothing about the Alamo growing up. I think it was mentioned maybe once in all 12 years of grade school. I don’t know that it has the same cultural currency it once did, at least outside of Texas.
We were taught largely that the Mexican-American War was started because of illegal immigrants from the USA going to then-Mexico and throwing a fit, including many Southerners who brought their slaves with them, and Mexico was cracking down on enforcement of anti-slavery laws.
And what do US students learn about the Alamo?
To remember it.
But not to know why it happened, right?
The texan forces got their asses kicked by Santa Ana, right?
Yes but the oil burned for 8 days straight, or something.
Funny enough, I was taught next-to-nothing about the Alamo growing up. I think it was mentioned maybe once in all 12 years of grade school. I don’t know that it has the same cultural currency it once did, at least outside of Texas.
We were taught largely that the Mexican-American War was started because of illegal immigrants from the USA going to then-Mexico and throwing a fit, including many Southerners who brought their slaves with them, and Mexico was cracking down on enforcement of anti-slavery laws.