This undated historical image courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission shows Alamo Chapel. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is overseeing a 7-year, $450 million revamp of the Alamo, where 189 independence fighters were killed in 1836.
This undated historical image courtesy of the Texas State Library and Archives Commission shows Alamo Chapel. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush is overseeing a 7-year, $450 million revamp of the Alamo, where 189 independence fighters were killed in 1836. That includes restoration of historical structures and building a new museum and visitors’ center. But some conservatives worry that the importance of the battle for the Alamo will be marginalized by “political correctness,” with the overhaul sanitizing less-desirable aspects of participants’ history, including that some were slaveholders. (Courtesy of Texas State Library and Archives Commission via AP)
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