History
fromThe Atlantic
4 days agoI Have Some Questions for the New Florida U.S. History Curriculum
Florida seeks alternative U.S. history materials by rejecting AP curriculum content and replacing it with inaccurate, misleading claims.
The 13-day siege and Battle of the Alamo, 23 February to 6 March 1836, is among the most famous in American history, but, like any such event, it has inspired several myths, many accepted as historical fact. Disney's miniseries (1954-1955), especially Davy Crockett at the Alamo, and John Wayne's full-length feature film The Alamo (1960) popularized many of these myths as they were both often people's introduction to the story of the Alamo.