Alamo To Get $31.5 Million In State Funding
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) - State officials say the Alamo is to benefit from $31.5 million for preservation and development of the downtown San Antonio shrine.
Land Commissioner George P. Bush has scheduled a Wednesday news conference at the Alamo with legislative members and top Bexar County and San Antonio officials to describe the state appropriation and the legislative support that made it possible.
The Legislature mandated establishing a museum for artifacts, including 200 pieces that musician Phil Collins gave Texas last year. The General Land Office took over management of the Alamo from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, which had the responsibility for the former mission for more than a century.
The Alamo was the site of an 1836 battle that preceded the climactic battle for Texas independence.
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