02/10/2020
I’ve always been fascinated with this man. Recently discovered that his sister flows down the maternal side of my family many generations back. We celebrate things like the Alamo, but we’re really celebrating the great providence of God in this continent. Michael Medved’s, “The American Miracle”, really explains this well, if you want a good read.
183 years ago today, on February 8, 1836, David Crockett arrived in San Antonio. He was 49 years old. He did not know it but he was less than one month away from dying at the Alamo. David considered this to be the best likeness of himself, a fact he confirms in writing at the bottom.