an American call to arms is 'Remember The Alamo, quite a few Brits died in this engagement,
a monument will be laid at the battleground to commemorate four Scots who were among those who died for liberty and Texas. John McGregor, Richard W Ballantine, Isaac Robinson and David L Wilson all died at the hands of a 3,000-strong Mexican army.
at night Davy Crocket [of Scots decent] used to play his fiddle and all the defenders sang as loud as possible to show their spirit to the Mexican Army, now they had about run out of songs when the Scots decided to sing ‘Green Grow the Rushies Oh’ which became the defenders favourite… now it is said this is why Mexicans called Americans ‘Gringos’ or ‘Green-Grows’
whether this is true or not matters not, but it makes me smile
it is said that while only four Scots are named up to two dozen from Scots families were among the defenders,plus a good number of Irish, Welsh and English…
‘Remember The Alamo’
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