The Alamo Treasure Roadshow made its third stop in Lubbock.
The National Ranching Heritage Center is usually filled with history, but Wednesday night it housed artifacts from the Alamo. The roadshow wants people across Texas to learn more about the preservation work happening at the state’s most well-known historic site.
“Of course, all Texans have a stake in the Alamo because it is the Alamo. That’s the heart of Texas. So, we’re here to hear from Texans about what we’re doing and also to hear their stories about their histories connected to the Alamo,” said Bryan Preston, director of communications for the Texas General Land Office.
“When you’re standing on Alamo Plaza, you’re actually standing on the battlefield,” Preston said, “even if it doesn’t look at all like a battlefield. Currently the city of San Antonio owns that part of the Alamo and the state owns the other part of the Alamo which is the Alamo Church and the long barrack.”
They want to reunify that property under the state’s management, which allows them to tell the Alamo’s full story.
“What we find is that the Alamo means many different things depending who you talk to,” said Dr. Bruce Winders, the Alamo’s director of education.
Building a museum is also on the master plan to show artifacts, like a musket from the 1830s.
“They’re saying, ‘I remember the Alamo, but I don’t know what I’m supposed to remember.’ So that’s why we’re here is to kind of give people a reason to remember,” said Winders.
The following is from the event website:
Join the Alamo this April as we hit the road for a tour across Texas!
The Alamo invites Texans to learn about ongoing preservation work happening at the state’s most well-known historic site and to share their own family stories, documents, and artifacts related to Texas history and the Texas Revolution.
The Alamo Roadshow is an opportunity for history enthusiasts to learn more about the plan to preserve the Alamo and to build the state’s largest Texas Revolution museum. All the “treasures” attendees bring to the events will be documented by the Alamo team, and could help shape the future of exhibits and historical interpretation at the Alamo.
Historians and curatorial staff from the Alamo and the General Land Office (GLO) will be on hand to help attendees evaluate and document stories and artifacts. Roadshow presenters will also bring several artifacts from the Alamo and GLO Archives that will someday appear in exhibits in the forthcoming Alamo Museum and Visitor’s Center.
Join the Alamo at one of the Alamo Treasure Roadshows locations across Texas:
April 9: El Paso
El Paso Museum of History
510 N Santa Fe St.
El Paso TX 79901
April 10: Midland
Haley Library
1805 W. Indiana Avenue
Midland, TX 79701
April 11: Lubbock
Texas Tech National Ranching Heritage Center
3121 4th St.
Lubbock, TX 79409
April 12: Abilene
National Center for Children’s Illustrated Literature
102 Cedar St.
Abilene, TX 79601
April 18: Tyler
Tyler ISD Career & Technology Center
3013 Earl Campbell Pkwy
Tyler, TX 75701
April 19: Rockwall
Rockwall Courthouse
101 E. Rusk St.
Rockwall, TX 75087
April 24: College Station
Texas A&M University (Room TBA)
April 25: Waco
Mayborn Museum Complex
1300 S University Parks Dr.
Waco, TX 76706
April 30: Edinburg
Edinburg History Museum
200 N Closner Blvd.
Edinburg, TX 78541
The Alamo will be sharing updates from the road all month long. Follow along with the Alamo Roadshow on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @OfficialAlamo, #AlamoRoadshow.
