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A small chapel and a long barrack don't seem much to remember the Alamo (
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ally. Never mind the tacky tourist attractions nearby and the fact that the site is now
dwarfed by its big-city surrounds. A few hundred Texas freedom fighters battled and died
here during the 13-day siege of this fortified mission by Mexican forces, a fact that still
stirs the feisty independent spirit of locals and underdog-lovers alike.