Stories Bigger Than Texas: The Alamo Podcast
Episode 41: Presidential Connections To The Alamo

The recent Independence Day in the United States creates a time of reflection. The country is 248 years old. Texas has been apart of it for about 179 years.

Today we reveal all the U.S. Presidents who have been to the Alamo or impacted its history: the speeches they gave, the photos they took, and how their connections here have continued the site's enduring legacy. Featuring the Alamo's Researcher Thomas Ledesma.

Alamo Historians visit James K. Polk ancestral home: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9EOgK1lIP2A
Verbatim of Richard Nixon's 1960 speech at the Alamo: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-the-vice-president-the-alamo-san-antonio-tx
Verbatim of John F. Kennedy's 1960 speech at the Alamo: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/remarks-senator-john-f-kennedy-the-alamo-san-antonio-tx
Verbatim of Gerald Ford's 1976 speech at the Alamo: https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/0122/1252798.pdf
Associated Press photo of Gerald Ford eating tamales: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/26/dining/food-fails-presidential-edition.html
Hand-drawn flyer advertising Jimmy Carter's 1976 visit: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth249332/
Bill Clinton's 1996 speech at the Alamo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfDrjal1Ltk
Laura Bush recalling childhood memories of the Alamo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTH_oyqGFho&t=43s
View Presidential signatures in the Alamo's Guest Book: https://www.thealamo.org/remember/commerce-and-preservation/presidential-visits-to-the-alamo

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