As Biography.com notes, on this
day in 1786 legendary American frontiersman David Crockett was born.
Davy Crockett was a
frontiersman, legendary folk hero and three-time Congressman. He fought in the
War of 1812 and died at the Alamo in the Texas Revolution.
You can read the rest of the
piece and watch a video clip via the below link:
Note: Davy Crockett was a
childhood hero of mine. As a child, I loved the Walt Disney TV series about him with Fess
Parker (seen in the below photo) as Crockett, and I loved the John Wayne film The Alamo with the Duke (seen in the above photo) portraying Crockett. Those portrayals, although somewhat historically inaccurate,
led me to read accurate historical accounts of the great man.
I was pleased to recently travel to San Antonio, Texas, where my daughter lives with her Air Force husband. While
there we visited the Alamo, where Crockett met his end in heroic fashion. The
night before we visited the Alamo, we all watched John Wayne’s The Alamo.
And last week, I watched on
cable TV a newer version of The Alamo, with Billy Bob Thornton (seen in the below photo) as Davy Crockett.
I liked the film, which was also about Sam Houston and the Texas Revolution, and
I liked Billy Bob Thornton’s portrayal of Davy Crockett.
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