I am sorry, but the video touched a couple of nerves with me. If anyone wants to learn more about the Alamo, I urge you to purchase and read the William C. Davis book "Three Roads to the Alamo." The book provides the true history of David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis and how they got to the Alamo and dispels many 1950's myths I (and many of you) grew up with.
Like many of you I grew up in the 1950's watching Fess Parker play both Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone on tv. For many years I thought they were the same person. I also watched and enjoyed the John Wayne movie version. Much of this programming were based on popular myths.
As the book referenced above explains, there was no such person as "Davy" Crockett. There was a David Crockett. Hunter and Congressman from Tennessee. "Davy" is a Walt Disney creation sold to us kids in the 1950's. There was also an actor in the 1830's in the play "Lion of the West" who may have used the name "Davy."
Also surprising from the book I learned that James Bowie and his brother were two of the largest land swindlers in U.S. history. Much of the land involved in the 1803 Louisiana Purchase by Thomas Jefferson was once owned by Spain, but later deeded over to France under Napoleon and sold by France to the U.S. James Bowie and his brother forged so many false deeds in Louisiana, that for many years a fake deed was referred to as a "Bowie" claim.
I visited the Alamo about ten years ago and the new museum does look to be an improvement over what I experienced. Sorry for my rant.
Michael Briggs