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Repair of the 1930s Cenotaph monument at the Alamo has been rescheduled until after the summer tourist season. The work had been set to start this month but is now planned for September or October.
Repair of the 1930s Cenotaph monument at the Alamo has been rescheduled until after the summer tourist season. The work had been set to start this month but is now planned for September or October.
Experts will investigate the structural integrity of the Cenotaph, a 56-foot-tall monument to the 200 Texian and Tejano soldiers and volunteers who died in the 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The study ...
SAN ANTONIO — Graffiti was found on the Alamo Cenotaph... again. The damage is fixed but the investigation continues after someone tagged the Cenotaph monument on Alamo Plaza. One of the ...
Remember the Cenotaph? City hands off Alamo monument to state control. expand. A rendering of the Plaza de Valero, which was conveyed to the state this week. Gensler.
SAN ANTONIO — The Alamo needs a makeover; on that, at least, everyone agrees. Plaster is flaking off the walls of the nearly 300-year-old former Spanish mission, the most revered battle site in ...
The monument was built in the 1930s as a memorial to the soldiers who died at the Alamo. The vote by City Council comes as construction continues on a $550 million plan to overhaul the heart of ...
In all, the investigation is set to span a few weeks, and no stone will be turned nor will the appearance of the monument be altered in any way during the investigation, according to Alamo Trust ...
SAN ANTONIO – Bruce Winders has been historian of The Alamo for 22 years.. During that time, Winders has noticed something about the cenotaph, the large white monument located northwest of the ...
They gather at the Cenotaph, which sits in front of the Alamo, several times a year. The monument, built to honor the Alamo defenders, is more than history for them. Both have ancestors who died ...
Alamo Plaza Drive, with the Cenotaph Monument visible at left. ... When the Alamo Cenotaph was proposed in 1936 and constructed in 1940, there was an outcry about its design and location.
The Cenotaph, like much of the Alamo mission, has fallen into disrepair and could be in danger of collapse. Backers of the plan said moving it would involve completely restoring it.