The Spirit of Sacrifice

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20163785

Description

Rising majestically 60 feet in the air on Alamo Plaza in front of the storied Alamo in San Antonio is the Alamo Cenotaph which depicts the "Spirit of Sacrifice" as a memorial to the more than 180 heroes who refused to surrender to General Santa Anna's forces at the Alamo. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition February 27, 1954.

Archival Date

1954-02-27

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-3192

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

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License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License

Subjects

Portrait photographs; Buildings; Sculpture; Equestrian statues