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Post by neferetus on Apr 15, 2006 12:11:39 GMT -5
Twin trunk Cypress tree on the Riverwalk. During the battle of Bejar, December, 1835, a Mexican sniper is said to have picked off Ben Milam from its branches.A tile plaque, commemorating the 'Sniper Tree'.
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Post by neferetus on Apr 15, 2006 12:19:23 GMT -5
Ben Milam was shot by a sniper in front of the Veramendi Palace. The Veramendi Palace was torn down in 1910 during the widening of Soledad Street.
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Post by neferetus on Apr 15, 2006 12:21:07 GMT -5
The Ben Milam Memorial, in Milam Park, Near the Spanish Governor's Palace.
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Post by neferetus on Apr 15, 2006 12:25:22 GMT -5
Present-day La Villita. The house down at the end of the street, to your right, is the Cos House. Here, Gereral Martin Perfecto de Cos signed capitulation papers with Burleson and Johnson, December 9, 1835. Cos House Marker The Cos House.
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Post by Greg C. on Apr 15, 2006 12:57:32 GMT -5
i have an alamo documentary with the reenactment of the siege of bejar on it.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Apr 15, 2006 21:17:36 GMT -5
Me too
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Post by neferetus on Apr 16, 2006 2:39:34 GMT -5
Texian scout Hendrick Arnold helps Ben Milam lead an unscheduled charge on the defenses of Bejar, from the Joseph Musso murals in the now closed TEXAS ADVENTURE. (The new owner of the building says that he would like to keep the murals.)
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Post by neferetus on Apr 16, 2006 3:27:23 GMT -5
These photos of the San Antonio Living History Association's SALHA) reenactment of the battle of Bejar in December, 2003 may be similar to the documentary you're talking about on THE ALAMO: A TRUE STORY OF COURAGE DVD. Soldados defend their barricade on Main Plaza. New Orleans Greys charge across Main Plaza. Ben Milam is carried lifeless from the field, after being shot by a sniper.
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Post by Greg C. on Apr 16, 2006 8:02:27 GMT -5
has anyone gone to see it?
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Post by neferetus on Sept 22, 2006 13:00:40 GMT -5
New Orleans Greys battle from the rooftops of Bejar in this Gary Zaboly drawing from TRUE WEST magazine.
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Post by neferetus on Sept 30, 2006 12:47:22 GMT -5
A portrait of Welshman Ben Milam, from the Henry McArdle scrapbook.
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Post by neferetus on Oct 2, 2006 12:40:32 GMT -5
Ben Milam calls for volunteers to storm Bejar, in this 1900 painting by artist Henry McArdle.
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Post by Greg C. on Oct 2, 2006 16:51:17 GMT -5
A tile plaque, commemorating the 'Sniper Tree'.[/quote] ive never heard of this "sniper tree". do you have any more information on it?
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Post by Bromhead24 on Oct 2, 2006 18:27:05 GMT -5
I had a very fine meal there..
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Post by neferetus on Oct 3, 2006 12:56:32 GMT -5
] The ancient twin Cypress 'sniper' tree. Strange that it has survived when so many other historical sites around San Antonio are no more.
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Post by Bromhead24 on Oct 3, 2006 18:09:35 GMT -5
It probably only survived by accident.
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Post by neferetus on Oct 12, 2007 15:32:50 GMT -5
The tree is located near Soledad and Houston streets on the San Antonio River. Here's a shot I took of it looking across the river to where the Veramendi palace once stood.
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Post by neferetus on Oct 12, 2007 15:34:15 GMT -5
Here's a shot of the 'sniper tree' taken from the Veramendi Palace side of the river. ( Photo courtesy of Jeff Dane)
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