{"id":9953,"date":"2013-03-11T08:22:33","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/?p=9953"},"modified":"2018-08-27T13:29:26","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T18:29:26","slug":"reliving-the-battle-of-the-alamo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2013\/03\/11\/reliving-the-battle-of-the-alamo\/","title":{"rendered":"Reliving the Battle of the Alamo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"720\" height=\"410\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y1HjnzR9cWA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/TheAlamoatNight1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"The Alamo at Night\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/TheAlamoatNight1-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/TheAlamoatNight1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>I got to spend Sunday afternoon with members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20130412223053\/http:\/\/www.mysalha.org\/rgardenertx\/index.html\" title=\"San Antonio Living History Association\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Living History Association<\/a>, who reenacted the historic battle of the Alamo and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/news\/local_news\/article\/Living-history-group-honors-fallen-Mexican-4343914.php\" title=\"Battle of the Alamo\" target=\"_blank\">showed onlookers what life was like 177 years ago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/johntedesco.net\/blog\/2017\/05\/02\/review-why-my-sigma-17-70mm-dc-macro-lens-is-always-on-my-camera\/\" target=_blank\"> A review of the Sigma 17-70mm lens for videographers<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>This was pure heaven for history buffs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got to spend Sunday afternoon with members of the San Antonio Living History Association, who reenacted the historic battle of the Alamo and showed onlookers what life was like 177 years ago. 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