Contrary to debunkers belief, the Alamo defenders were not strictly Anglos. These reenactors portray some of the Alamo’s Tejano volunteers in the 1836 battle.
A snap by San Antonio author and retired Air Force veteran Celia Hayes who notes they are a “titch older” than the men they portray. And porkier, I might add. Don’t the young (and fit) care about these things?
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Good to see that the Tejanos role in the Texas Revolution is being recognized. For far too long they had been forgotten. I believe the last messenger from the Alamo was a Tejano who was chosen because he was the fastest horseman among the defenders.
As for the re-enactors generally being older and fatter then the persons they potray, the fact is most young people are too busy getting established with a career and a family to have the spare time and money available to re-enact. That often times only becomes available in middle age.
Probably true about reenactors, though even the young “getting established” manage to find plenty of time for other pursuits. History just appears not to be of interest to them.
As for Tejanos in the revolution, they have never been forgotten by native Texans who know their history which really is most of them. The “forgetters” have been the outsiders, some of whom came here after the revolution and stayed or didn’t, and some who never came here at all, including Hollywood and its silly depictions.
I never heard the fastest horseman idea. Juan Seguin (the reenactor on the left portrays him) was sent out as a messenger, so were a number of Anglos. Seguin came back after San Jacinto and collected the ashes and bones of the defenders and had them buried with honors. He had his own problems later, some blamed on the haters of all Mexicans, whether living south or north of the border, but some were of his own doing.