2018 Save Texas History Symposium — Alamo Hall Reception and Night Time Tour

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Save Texas History

4 min readJul 25, 2018

Registration for the ninth annual Save Texas History Symposium includes the opportunity to attend a reception at Alamo Hall and take an exclusive night time tour of the Alamo grounds.

Join other Texas history enthusiasts and Symposium speakers on Friday, September 14 from 6:00–8:30 for a relaxed evening reception at Alamo Hall, where guests will also have the opportunity to take a rare night time tour of the Alamo grounds, guided by Alamo history interpreters. Beverages and light snacks will be provided.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE SYMPOSIUM

GLO Communciations Director Bryan Preston

Reception attendees will hear from GLO Communications Director Bryan Preston, as he discusses the GLO’s plan to save the Alamo. Mr. Preston was born in Dallas and raised in Ellis County, Texas. A fifth-generation Texan and Veteran, Bryan is a graduate of Texas A&M University at Commerce with a degree in history. He served in the United States Air Force in Tokyo, Japan, and worked on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope before joining the General Land Office in 2014. Bryan has worked on the Alamo plans for the last three years, and is a voting member of the Alamo Master Plan Management Committee.

Since its founding on its current site in 1724, Mission San Antonio de Valero — better known as the Alamo for the last 215 years — has stood at the crossroads of Texas history. Originally built to found a great city in New Spain, to spread Christianity in the New World, and to counter French advances from the east, the mission succeeded. But during the Texas Revolution, the mission turned frontier fort became the battleground that helped transform scattered colonies into a nation and then a state. In this presentation, we will explore the Alamo’s role in Texas life, and detail the plan to preserve and protect this fragile and often mistreated Texas icon.