Alamo

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• The word Alamo is Spanish for cottonwood tree
• Alamo Mission in San Antonio, a building in San Antonio, Texas which was the focus of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836
• Alamo Beer, a brand of beer from King of the Hill
• Alamo Rent A Car
• Alamo, a punk house in Minneapolis
• Alamo Village, a movie set turned tourist attraction, in Brackettville, Texas.

Cities

• Alamo, California
• Alamo, Georgia
• Alamo, Indiana
• Alamo, North Dakota
• Alamo, Tennessee
• Alamo, Texas
• Alamo Heights, Texas
• Alamo Township, Michigan
• Alamo, New Mexico
• Alamo, Nevada

Movies

• Several movies were inspired by the battle:
  • The Alamo, 1936
  • The Last Command, 1955
  • The Alamo, 1960
  • The Alamo, 1987
  • The Alamo, 2004

• Several other movies featured scenes from the battle:
  • The Man from the Alamo, 1953
  • Davy Crockett, The King of the Wild Frontier, 1954