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Bodies of Heroes Slain at the Alamo Were Burned

ON THIS SPOT BODIES OF HEROES 
SLAIN AT THE ALAMO WERE BURNED 
ON A FUNERAL PYRE FRAGMENTS 
OF THE BODIES WERE AFTERWARD 
BURIED HERE THIS TABLET IS THE GIFT 
OF RELATIVES OF GREEN B. JEMISION 
AND OF OTHER FRIENDS 

DE ZAVALA CHAPTER TEXAS LANDMARKS ASSN

Reprinted with permission from Sarah Reveley's article Hallowed Ground: Site of Alamo Funeral Pyres Largely Lost to History in the Rivard Report.

Submitted by @LostToHistory.

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