Our readers remind us of the variables and vagaries of historic truths, “well-established” facts, headlines and historical photographs. Flags Courtesy Coy Prather Flags Over the Alamo In the November 2021 “Ask the Marshall,” Marshall Trimble was asked the question by Robert S. Deleon of Morgantown, West Virginia, “What flag was flown by the defenders of the Alamo in March 1836?” Marshall answered: “If you want to believe the many movies Hollywood and others have produced about


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