Immortal 32 honored with wreath-laying ceremony

Link to video of ceremony

Jose Torres

Posted Saturday, February 27, 2021 2:45 pm

William Barrett Travis' letter from the Alamo

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The People of Texas

and

All Americans

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Commandancy of the Alamo—

Bejar, Fby. 24th 1836—

To the People of Texas &

all Americans in the world—

Fellow citizens & compatriots—

I am besieged, by a thousand

or more of the Mexicans under

Santa Anna—I have sustained

a continual Bombardment &

cannonade for 24 hours & have

not lost a man—The enemy

has demanded a surrender at

discretion, otherwise, the garrison

are to be put to the sword, if

the fort is taken—I have answered

the demand with a cannon

shot, & our flag still waves

proudly from the walls—I

shall never surrender or retreat

Then, I call on you in the

name of Liberty, of patriotism &

& every thing dear to the American

character, to come to our aid,

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with all dispatch—The enemy is

receiving reinforcements daily &

will no doubt increase to three or

four thousand in four or five days.

If this call is neglected, I am deter

mined to sustain myself as long as

possible & die like a soldier

who never forgets what is due to

his own honor & that of his

country—Victory or Death

William Barret Travis

Lt. Col. comdt

P.S. The Lord is on our side—

When the enemy appeared in sight

we had not three bushels of corn—

We have since found in deserted

houses 80 or 90 bushels & got into

the walls 20 or 30 head of Beeves—

Travis

Link to video of ceremony

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Monument inscription and names of Immortal 32

In Memory of the Immortal 32 Gonzales men and boys who on March 1, 1836 fought their way to the beleaguered Alamo to die with Colonel William B. Travis for the Liberty of Texas. They were the last and only reinforcements to arrive in answer to the final call of Colonel William B. Travis.

Names and ages of the Immortal 32:

George C. Kimble, 33, commander

Albert Martin, 28 (also Old Eighteen)

Isaac G. Baker, 21

John Cain, 34

George W. Cottle, 25 (brother of an Old Eighteen)

David P. Cummins, 27

Jacob C. Darst, 42 (also Old Eighteen)

John Davis, 25

Squire Daymon, 28

William Dearduff, 25

Charles Despallier/ Espalier, 24

Almaron Dickinson (also Old Eighteen)

William Fishbaugh

John Flanders, 36

Dolphin Ward Floyd, 32

Galba Fuqua, 16

John E. Garvin, about 40

John E. Gaston, 17

James George, 34

Thomas Jackson (also Old Eighteen)

John Benjamin Kellogg II, 19

Andrew Kent, 44

William Philip King, 16

Jonathan L. Lindley, 22

Jesse McCoy, 32

Thomas R. Miller, 40 (also Old Eighteen)

Isaac Millsaps, 41

George Neggan, 28

William E. Summers, 24

George W. Tumlinson, 22

Robert White, 30

Claiborne Wright, 26

Gonzales men who fell at the Alamo

Daniel Bourne 26

George Brown 35

Jerry C. Day 20

Almaron Dickerson 26

Andrew Duvalt 32

John Harris 23

Wm. J. Lightfoot 25

Marcus L. Sewell 31

Amos Pollard 33

Survivors of the Alamo Massacre

Mrs Almaron Dickerson and baby daughter of Gonzales. (1936)

The Sons of the Republic of Texas Chapter 29 held a wreath-laying ceremony Saturday, Feb. 27 to commemorate the "Immortal 32" who travel from Gonzales to stand in defense of the Alamo in 1836.

The ceremony was held at the Immortal 32 monument in front of the Gonzales Memorial Museum. It including the reading of William Barret Travis’ letter from the Alamo, which led to the Immortal 32 heading off to the Alamo.

Immortal 32 Wreath ceremony