http://kxan.com/2018/02/17/future-of-the-alamo-front-and-center-in-land-commissioner-race/
I hope Patterson is successful in ousting Bush. Patterson is partly responsible for concealed carry in Texas.
Incumbent Land Commissioner George P. Bush is fighting off a blast from the past. His predecessor, Jerry Patterson, wants his job back in part because of a needed but controversial revamp of the historical site. Specifically, whether to move the cenotaph – the gravestone of the Alamo defenders.
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The proposal from the Land Office and the City of San Antonio calls for buying up surrounding properties, building a new Alamo museum, restoring the mission and long-barracks, shutting down the public streets to preserve the original battleground, all in order to “re-imagine the Alamo.”
“We don’t need to re-imagine the Alamo. We need to remember, revere and respect the Alamo,” said Jerry Patterson.
One of Patterson’s beefs with the plan is whether to move a key monument.
The granite cenotaph stands as the gravestone for the Texans that died there in 1836. Under the plan, it could be moved to the entrance for the reclaimed battlefield or to a location blocks away where Mexican soldiers burned the bodies.
“The casual average visitor who comes here and whether it’s time or just lack of knowledge, they aren’t going to see it. That’s why it needs to stay,” said Patterson.
I hope Patterson is successful in ousting Bush. Patterson is partly responsible for concealed carry in Texas.