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Spelling Bee champion Harini Logan of San Antonio given key to the Alamo

June 25, 2022 By Ben Olivo Leave a Comment

National Spelling Bee Champion Harini Logan (left) and Kate Rogers, Executive Director of The Alamo Trust, Inc., pose for a photo in front of the Alamo on Friday, June 24, 2022. Harini was given the first Key to the Alamo.

Three weeks after winning the 2022 Scripps National Spelling Bee, Harini Logan, was presented with the first Key to the Alamo award on Friday afternoon.

Filed Under: Alamo, Miscellaneous, People Tagged With: Alamo, City Council, Harini Logan, J. Alex Ruiz, Kate Rogers, Logan Anjaneyulu, Naren Logan, Rampriya Logan, Roshani Chokshi, Scripps National Spelling Bee

Photos: Hundreds observe fall of Alamo in 1836

March 6, 2022 By Ben Olivo 52 Comments

James Madewell (from left) Ray Bassham, and Ron Paynter exit the visitors center Scenes in front of the Alamo on March 6, 2022, the anniversary of the day the fort fell to Mexican forces in 1836.

Alamo Plaza has been packed all day as hundreds of visitors take in events commemorating March 6, 1836, the day Texian forces inside the Alamo fell to the Mexican.

Filed Under: Alamo, Events, Photos Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Bob M. Benavidez, San Antonio Living History Association, The Sons of the Republic of Texas

San Antonio City Council votes 10-1 to approve new Alamo plan

April 15, 2021 By Richard Webner 5 Comments

The effort to overhaul the Alamo complex, which many had taken for dead last year, got a jump-start Thursday when City Council approved a deal with the state that will repurpose the historic Woolworth building and leave the Cenotaph in place.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, City of San Antonio, Texas Tagged With: Alamo, Alamo Cenotaph, Alamo Endowment, Alamo Plaza, Alamo Trust, Battle of Flowers Parade, Clayton Perry, Dan Patrick, Davy Crockett, Erik Kramer, Fiesta Flambeau Parade, José Toribio Losoya, Lori Houston, Rebecca Viagran, Reed-Hilderbrand, Roberto Treviño, Ron Nirenberg, Shirley Gonzales, Texas General Land Office, William B. Travis

‘We followed all the rules … and still fell victim to politics,’ Councilman Treviño on Alamo plan’s demise

September 27, 2020 By Ben Olivo 27 Comments

Texas Rangers close the Alamo ground on Sept. 17, 2020.

District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño, who’s been the face of the Alamo project, reflects on the process and the Texas Historical Commission’s decision to deny the Cenotaph relocation.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza

Alamo church reopens today for the first time since March

September 3, 2020 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

Visitors walk Alamo Plaza on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020.

Alamo officials announced a new timed-ticket system, which will allow visitors to practice social distancing while inside the church.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Tourism

Historic Woolworth, Crockett buildings still standing in conservation society’s Alamo Plaza proposal

May 8, 2019 By Ben Olivo 1 Comment

The San Antonio Conversation Society on Tuesday released its own plan for an Alamo museum that would incorporate the historic Woolworth and Crockett buildings, rather than raze them, which remains an option.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza

The Alamo remembered at dawn

March 6, 2019 By Heron Staff 1 Comment

More than 200 people, many of whom were direct descendants of the garrison that defended the Alamo in 1836, gathered in front of the Cradle of Texas Liberty Wednesday morning for the annual Dawn at the Alamo ceremony.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza

Ongoing Alamo re-enactments remember the 1836 battle

March 2, 2019 By Noah Alcala Bach 3 Comments

A series of re-enactments and ceremonies that commemorate the 13-day Alamo siege continue this weekend into next week.

Filed Under: Alamo

Coalition fights to preserve landmark Woolworth building

February 26, 2019 By Noah Alcala Bach 6 Comments

The newly-formed Woolworth Coalition wants the former dime store, and its historical significance as the first lunch counter to peacefully desegregate in 1960, preserved, and not demolished for the 1836 battle.

Filed Under: Alamo, Alamo Plaza, Historic Preservation Tagged With: San Antonio Conservation Society

Council approves Alamo master plan

October 19, 2018 By Ben Olivo 6 Comments

At around 5 p.m. Thursday, after five hours of debate culminated in the City Council voting 9-2 in favor of the Alamo master plan, after months of heated public meetings, District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño could final exhale.

Filed Under: Alamo

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