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Post by Seguin on Aug 14, 2011 23:25:52 GMT -5
Welcome aboard, boba!
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Post by daverothe on Sept 14, 2011 9:52:44 GMT -5
Hi All,
I have recently returned from Iraq and am set to retire from the military in about a year.
I was born and raised in San Antonio and spent countless hours at the Alamo studying and researching the battle. My family has always rumored that we are related to Richard Starr, one of the defenders from England, but no proof has been found yet.
I also love archaeology......especially when it comes to the Alamo. I look forward to reading the columns and participating in topics.
Mark Lemon, your book is AMAZING. It really opened my eyes and gave me a new perspective on a lot of things! Outstanding job!
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Post by alamofan on Nov 28, 2011 8:59:55 GMT -5
Hello,my name is Chris Meinsen and I am new to this forum but I have been an Alamo fan all of my life and I am glad to be here.
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Post by Allen Wiener on Nov 28, 2011 9:32:21 GMT -5
Hi Chris! Welcome aboard. I look forward to reading your posts and hope you enjoy ASF. Don't forget to check out our FAQ.
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Post by Jim Boylston on Nov 28, 2011 10:39:31 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Chris!
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Post by jamesg on Mar 24, 2012 17:13:50 GMT -5
All, Thankyou for allowing me to Join Your ranks. I am James D. Gray . The Revoultion 1835-1836 and Republic of Texas is a Passion for me. I do subcribe to Alamo Journal and have had a article in there once. I have a Big Passion for the Ranging Corps of Texas as I had Ancestors that served under Capt John J. Tumlinson. I have a article of 3-Legged Willie's Ranger Days published on the Texas Ranger Museum "Dispatches" about his Ranger days You can find it on line at the Museum website Winter Issue#2. I Had my GGGGrandfather Daniel Gray put in the Handbook of Texas. For awhile I was giving some input to the Alamo de paras forum. I am married and Retired MasterChief from Navy in 1999 in the SWCC community of Naval Special Warfare. and a Editor of Warboats.org. I am rarely confrontational on Blogs but don't believe in surrendering. I look forward to reading all the articles and hopefully contribute intelligentlly. Cheers, jim Gray
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Post by Hollowhorn on Mar 24, 2012 18:18:16 GMT -5
I am rarely confrontational on Blogs but don't believe in surrendering. This place was made for you. ;D
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Post by Jim Boylston on Mar 25, 2012 8:46:33 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum, Jim!
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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 25, 2012 9:10:17 GMT -5
Welcome! Feel free to weigh in!
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Post by loucapitano on Mar 25, 2012 11:26:28 GMT -5
Welcome Jim - you'll find this forum very interesting and certainly provocative. Plus, we often get into other areas of historical interest that adds so much to the conversation. Your skills and experience are most welcome. Hope you're a baseball/sports fan too. Lou from Long Island
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Post by Rich Curilla on Mar 27, 2012 0:50:22 GMT -5
Welcome, Jim. I'll look forward to your posts.
Rich Curilla The Pennsylvania Texian.
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Post by jmolini on Mar 27, 2012 13:14:43 GMT -5
Hello all - been meaning to introduce myself for awhile..was having too much fun just reading past and present posts that it kind of slipped my mind..so I thought I'd better get on the good foot and introduce myself...my name is John Molini, most folks call me Moe.. by day I'm the Manager of Art Packing here at the Art Institute of Chicago , a position I've held for the last 27 years..besides my work here, for the past 20 years every July I teach a course at a Conservation Center in NW Illinois, been published, most famous for inventing a crating system that allows the safe handling and transport of pastels, lecture occasionally though not as much, have grown to hate flying, too much of a hassle for the time and the dough involved....plus can they make the seats any smaller??? on most Saturdays, sporadic during football season, I'm in my basement working on a model of the Alamo that's about 11 1/2 feet long and about 8 1/2 feet wide..while the whole story of the Alamo is intriguing, inspiring, provocative and constantly evolving, in a good way, it is the physical appearance of the Alamo from October of '35 up to the siege that intrigues me the most..found Mr Zaboly's book to be very thought provoking don't agree with everything but I must admit I enjoy a good healthy stirring of the pot every once in a while..having said all that..I'm very interested to see what the consensus is amongst this esteemed body on what Cos did to fortify the mission and what the defenders did..especially an area I find the most interesting, the North Wall..thanks and keep up the most excellent work...
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Post by Jim Boylston on Mar 27, 2012 14:23:05 GMT -5
Thanks for the intro, Moe, and a belated welcome to the forum!
There's plenty of discussion on the physical aspects of the Alamo here, and lots of folks with opinions that make for lively debate. Feel free to jump in...post on an existing thread or start a new one.
Don't be a stranger!
Jim
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Post by Hollowhorn on Mar 27, 2012 14:23:47 GMT -5
especially an area I find the most interesting, the North Wall..thanks and keep up the most excellent work... You need to get the last three issues of the Alamo Journal. Now!
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Post by Allen Wiener on Mar 27, 2012 16:00:27 GMT -5
Glad to have you aboard, Moe. That's an impressive resume! Hope you'll weigh in with your own thoughts on the physical Alamo as well as other topics. Like so many other things about the Alamo, the appearance of the place remains forever (apparently) debatable. I think the majority of the fortifications were done by Cos, but some work was probably done by the defenders, although it's unclear how much. Recently, a message from Travis was uncovered in which he refers to wood that had been acquired, possibly for cannon emplacements or similar construction. The defenders seem to have been at work almost every night shoring up one or more sections of the north wall, which would then get pounded by the Mexicans during the day.
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