Responding to besieged Alamo commander William B. Travis’ grandiloquent plea for reinforcements, 32 men and boys—many of them members of the Gonzales Ranging Company—reached the old mission at 2 a.m. March 1, 1836.
In recognition of the heroism of those men—often now referred to as the Immortal 32—every year a delegation of Gonzales residents travels to …
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