'Davy Crockett at the Alamo' triggers lifelong interest

Who else remembers? Like a number Americans who were children during the 1950s, I first learned of the Battle of the Alamo on Feb. 23, 1955. How can I be so sure? Because that was the date Walt Disney’s “Davy Crockett at the Alamo” — the third in a series on the famed adventurer — aired on network television. I was reminded of that fact on a much more recent day, March 7, at a symposium sponsored by the Alamo Historical Society. Craig Covner, a respected artist and serious student of Spanish architecture, stated in his presentation that the TV...

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