Friday, June 27, 2014

Pop star Phil Collins donates the world's biggest private Alamo collection to Texas museum

 Via WiscoDave

Last stand: The 'last stand' at the Alamo on March 6, 1836 came after a small band of Americans held out for 13 days against the army of Mexican dictator General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (pictured: a painting of the battle which hangs at the museum)
    
Collins donated 200-plus pieces related to the 1836 battle to Alamo Museum

    It includes 4 rifles belonging to Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's famous knife

    In 2012, Collins wrote book, The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's Journey

    Collins says: 'Some people buy Ferraris, others buy houses, I bought old bits of metal and old bits of paper'

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