Alamo Help Wanted: Only Fantasists Need Apply
Dan Patrick fired the Alamo Trust CEO for introducing truth to balance white supremacist lies about Texas history.
According to Chris Tomlinson, William Physick Zuber is surely smiling in heaven as he was the author of the biggest Alamo lie of all.
He claimed that Col. William Barrett Travis drew a line in the sand with his sword and asked the men in the Alamo to cross over if they were ready to die for Texas independence.
Historians have long questioned the story’s authenticity since Zuber first published his tall tale in the Texas Almanac in 1873, nearly four decades after the battle.
Author's summary: Alamo's history distorted by lies.