[bgill]

The article barely mentioned the Texas Land Commission Office and no where was George P. Bush (Land Commissioner) named. He's the one wanting to redo the Alamo to pay tribute to his beloved Mexico or some such hooey. I'm against anything being done to it, especially by a Bushey.

What the heck does Englishman Phil Collins have to do with Alamo?

[chrisser]

I could be wrong, but I believe Collins has one of the largest private collections of Alamo artifiacts in the world.

Everyone’s gotta have a hobby...

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

[gr8eman]

Phil Collins has the biggest collection of Battle of the Alamo artifacts and memorabilia. I believe he heavily contributes to the Alamo Society or whatever they call it!

[packrat35]

Phil Collins is one of the good guys. He spent many hundred of thousands of dollars of Alamo related items and is donating his collection back to the people of Texas.

[Portcall24]

Trick question: Does Collins collection include a replica of the flag that flew over the Alamo when it fell?

No. No one knows what flag flew over the Alamo. Travis put in a request for reimbursement but no one remembers seeing it fly over the Alamo before the attack.

[Roccus]

https://www.history.com/news/phil-collins-has-always-remembered-the-alamo

[jim_trent]

Why don’t they put it in the basement?

[laplata]

What the heck does Englishman Phil Collins have to do with Alamo?

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Do some research and you’ll find out. He’s one of the good guys.

[HamiltonJay]

I just went to the Alamo this past summer... who says they don’t understand the story???? They need more space to tell it??

WTF???

Its not that complicated of a story, if it was, no one would be remembering the Alamo at all.

[Lurkinanloomin]

George P. Bush is responsible for this.
He wants to turn the Alamo into A Mexican victory monument.
He was born a Mexican citizen because his mother was still a Mexican citizen when he was born.

[FrankR]

While in basic training (USAF) at Lackland AFB, in 1964, I visited the Alamo...frankly, it was quite a let down.

I thought it was so tiny. Nothing like it looked in the Davy Crockett (Disney Fess Parker) films.

I understand that what it left is just a small portion of the whole fort/mission.

I guess I just had it built up in my teenage mind to be bigger than it actually is.

Same type thing when I was later shipped to Germany. I had visions of getting the plane and seeing bombed-out buildings on a blackened battlefield, with waifs of smoke drifting through the air. But, It (Frankfurt) was a major, sprawling, metropolis, with cars, and lights, and everything.

I needed to stop watching movies, which I did, eventually.

[jospehm20]

Most things that any Bush wants to do are a bad idea in my experience. They should just forget the whole thing and leave the Alamo as is.

[deport]

Without this lady's efforts the Alamo may have long been destroyed.

[mabarker1]

Things at The Alamo were much better when it was tended by Daughters of the Republic of Texas - Official Site.