Alamo Cenotaph, or Spirit of Sacrifice, detail, a memorial commemorating the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, by Pompeo Coppini, 1870-1957, commissioned 1936 and dedicated 1940, next to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas, USA. This section depicts William B Travis and Davy Crockett along with other defenders of the Alamo Mission, who fought the Mexicans under Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. On the cenotaph are listed the 187 names of known Alamo defenders. Picture by Manuel Cohen