P is a war criminal? What did he do?
I always thought the DRT kinda let the Alamo fall apart while only focusing on the money making end of it. )
DRT can’t fundraise for crap, so maintenance and improvement has been minimal.
P is a war criminal? What did he do?
I always thought the DRT kinda let the Alamo fall apart while only focusing on the money making end of it. )
DRT can’t fundraise for crap, so maintenance and improvement has been minimal.
As for the Cenotaph, I don't see any need to move it. It's a memorial to those who fought there.
That right there should tell everyone what they need to know.For me, it doesn’t help that all the big city newspapers have endorsed him.
Does your guess mean that George P is good for the Alamo?My guess is the purpose of the Save The Alamo Committee is to save the committee, not the Alamo.
100% behind you. When I was a kid, me n my buddies played on the front lawn of the Alamo, I was always Davy Crockett and my buddy was Jim Bowie, this was back in the early 50' and we were there almost evert weekend.To All,
Fwiw, I'm an Alamo docent & several things NEEED doing & SOON, imo.
(The following list is just SOME of those things.)
1. CLOSE the "carnival side show" across the street from The Shrine & level the buildings that those "tourist traps" currently occupy,
2. Close Alamo Street forever and re-route it away from The Shrine.
3. Acquire ALL of the land where the main portion of the Battle was fought & preserve it FOREVER.
4. Get professional archeologists to find & mark all the graves/resting places of the dead & hopefully find/report all the 19th Century relics that are found.
5. Find & mark the location of the funeral pyre, where our martyrs were burned AND the places where "the main players" died.
(COL Travis' place of death is known but UNMARKED.)
6. Rip up most of the concrete & plant the lawn areas with NATIVE Texas flowers & grass.
7. MOVE the Centennial Cenotaph to the edge of the BATTLEFIELD & PROHIBIT by Constitutional Amendment EVER removing the Cenotaph from the property.
(The DIMocRAT extremists want it just plain REMOVED forever.)
8. REPAIR the roof/walls/floor of the Church, as lots of the sanctuary needs to be fixed.
9. Rebuild the wall where it was on the morning of the Dawn Battle, including the wooden palisade (where COL Crockett & the TN men fell.)
10. PROHIBIT any but memorial ceremonies and/or displays from the Church.
(There are plenty of other places that things like gun collections can be displayed on the Battlefield.)
11. MOVE the GIFT SHOP to the edge of the property & convert that building to a display area for historical relics, like the Phil Collins collection of Alamo items.
12. BUILD a Visitor's Center on the edge of the Battlefield to get the NOISE & commercial sales to the edge of the Battlefield & away from the Church.
AND
13. Figure out a way to remind visitors that The Alamo is a SHRINE & NOT suitable for dogs, crowds of running screaming kids, men wearing hats inside the Church & to keep the Church a place of QUIET contemplation of the martyrdom of our heroes.
just my OPINIONS, satx
good post.100% behind you. When I was a kid, me n my buddies played on the front lawn of the Alamo, I was always Davy Crockett and my buddy was Jim Bowie, this was back in the early 50' and we were there almost evert weekend.
John Wayne paid for all the kids at my school and I guess the others also to be bused over the the Woodlawn movie house where he had his grand opening of the movie the Alamo and we got to take off from school and go see the movie. WOW.
The Alamo is SCARED ground to me, its where I grew up! Don't TREAD on my Alamo!!!
sucker76,
According to CURRENT TX LAW, the whole battlefield should be reclaimed/restored to it's 1836 "look" under Eminent Domain, because it is "the final resting place" of not only our TX Martyrs but also of civilians & the Mexican soldados. = My reading of the law is that there is NO other possible use for the property other than a MEMORIAL PARK.
(Imo, the SA city government should have NO role in decision-making for The Shrine, as they are ALL liberal DIMocRATS.)
Btw, we also should abolish the Alamo Rangers & replace them with Texas DPS troopers, as sooner or later there WILL be a SERIOUS DISRUPTION on the property & a handful of security guards are NOT the answer to such a problem.
Note: LICENSED CCW/LTC persons should NOT be disarmed on The Alamo Battleground, as is now the policy of the "security guards". = I've personally been told to. "go store your pistol in your car".
yours, satx
I didn't know all that. Thanks.
Don't know 1 way or the other, but my general belief is that most "committees" exist to perpetuate themselves.Does your guess mean that George P is good for the Alamo?