The Alamo Cenotaph
San Antonio, United States
<br><center> In memory of the heroes who sacrified<br> their lives at the Alamo, March 6, 1836,<br> in the defense of Texas.<br> “They chose never to surrender nor retreat.<br> These brave hearts, with flag still<br> proudly waving, perished in the flames<br> of immortality that their high sacrifice<br> might lead to the founding of this Texas.”<br><br> Erected by the State of Texas 1936<br> with funds appropriated by<br> the federal government<br> to commemorate one hundred years of<br> Texas indepedence<br><br> “From the fire that burned their bodies,<br> rose the eternal spirit of sublime heroic<br> sacrifice, which gave birth to an empire state”</center><br> <i>[An honor roll of the defenders is along the base of the memorial]</i>