Gonzales to remember Alamo’s fall, Runaway Scrape with events

Gonzales will remember the fall of the Alamo — as well as the 41 lives lost from the community in the fighting — during the annual Alamo Day observance at the Gonzales Memorial Museum this Wednesday, March 6.

During the 5:15 p.m. Wednesday ceremony, the Crystal Theatre Young Texian troupe will perform the entirety of the Fletcher Clark-penned ballad of “The Immortal 32.”

On March 6, 1836, after 13 days of intermittent fighting, the Battle of the Alamo in San Antonio came to a gruesome end, capping off a pivotal moment in the Texas Revolution. To commemorate the losses of the 41 brave Gonzaleans that fought, a yellow rose will be placed in their honor at the foot of the Immortal 32 monument during an official roll call.

There were nine men from Gonzales already stationed in the Alamo mission when the Immortal 32 came to provide reinforcements for the Alamo defenders. Descendants from the families of those who perished will be present Wednesday to represent their loved ones who made the ultimate sacrifice for Texas freedom.

Then, beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at Texas Heroes Square, there will be one final event — a candlelight vigil to recognize and commemorate the sacrifice and hardships experienced by the families and community of Gonzales in the aftermath, known as the Runway Scrape.

Susanna Dickinson, the wife of fallen Alamo defender Almaron Dickinson, will “appear” to tell of the Siege and Fall of the Alamo along with Joe, the personal servant of Lt. Col. William B. Travis, commander of the Alamo, who accompanied her on her trip to Gonzales.

Clark will be present 15 minutes before the ceremony to perform his original music about the “Runaway Scrape” and about Gonzales’ place in the struggle for Texas independence.