Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annette Gordon-Reed wants people to remember the Alamo — for its complexity ... Since her first book on the subject, “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings ...

So while it’s not as iconic or recognizable as the Alamo, this structure, just a mile away, can definitely hold its own chapter in a San Antonio history book.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna set out to reclaim the Alamo Mission in a bid to regain control of the city of San Antonio and crush the Texas rebellion against Mexican rule during the Texas Revolution.