Friday, February 1st, 2008

Alamo Celebrations in March!

 The Alamo shrine

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~  The Alamo Society Symposium is scheduled for Saturday, March 8th, 2008 inside the IMAX Rivercenter Theatre in San Antonio. A reunion of the cast and crew is set to mark the 20th anniversary of the release of Alamo: Price of Freedom.

Plus: A courtesy screening of ALAMO…THE PRICE OF FREEDOM at 10 a.m.

Also: A book signing by The Alamo Society’s Mark Lemon – The Illustrated Alamo 1836: A Photographic Journey

~    “Glory At The Alamo” The Beginning of the Alamo Siege - Alamo Plaza, Saturday, February 23, 2008, 10:00 AM - 5:00PM. This FREE event depicts the arrivial of General Santa Anna’s forces in Bejar, the attempted truce, and the opening solvos in the siege and battle of the Alamo.

~   “Dawn at the Alamo” - Presented on Thursday, March 6, 2008, from 6-7AM, in Alamo Plaza. This FREE event is a pre-dawn commemorative ceremony honoring the fallen on both sides of the Alamo conflict.

~   “Remembering the Alamo” Weekend. Saturday & Sunday, March 8, (10:00AM - 5:00PM) & March 9, (12:00AM -5:00PM) 2008. For God and Texas; Dios y Libertad - FREE in Alamo Plaza. This event is a dramatization of the events concerning the final two days(March 5 and 6, 1836) of the 13 day Alamo siege by General Santa Anna’s Army of Operations, played out in Alamo Plaza. And, a special added vignette, the arrival of the Gonzales Thirty-two.

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