06 MAR 1836
2200 hours, D-1, one hundred and seventy-seven years ago General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna ordered that the artillery barrage which had fallen upon the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Bexar for twelve days be halted.
via The LawDog Files: 06 MAR 1836.
Go read the rest of his post about The Alamo.
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