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The Department of State welcomes yesterday’s decision by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee to inscribe the San Antonio Missions in Texas, a series of four missions making up a U.S. National Historical Park, plus the Alamo, as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The U.N. and the Federales need to keep away from that monument.

Had nothing to with either of them then, and it doesn't now.

Abbott needs to step on their tails now.

Wouldn't be happening if the South had won.

For years certain elements push for the five San Antonio Missions to be on the United Nation's list of World Heritage Sites.

Last year the State of Texas takes over management of the Alamo from the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Phil Collins donates his large collection of Alamo-related artifacts with the understanding a museum would be established to house them, and the State sets up a coalition of prominent business leaders to raise 250 million for an entire revamp/restoration of the original Alamo grounds, now buried under buildings, pavement, flower beds and a cenotaph on the Alamo Plaza.

Plans are to restore the south and west walls of the old compound (removing a section of a street, and some 1880's storefronts and buildings), and to make the old multi-story Post Office building over the original north wall into a museum.

Enter the Feds, and the UN....

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/07/244631.htm



Why does this matter?
Here's the UN regs regarding World Heritage sites...

http://whc.unesco.org/archive/opguide13-en.pdf

86. In relation to authenticity, the reconstruction of
archaeological remains or historic buildings or districts is
justifiable only in exceptional circumstances. Reconstruction
is acceptable only on the basis of complete and detailed
documentation and to no extent on conjecture.

The middle aged lady who is head of the San Antonio Conservation Society raised this objection at a city meeting headed by the very partisan Democrat then-Mayor Julian Castro not too long ago. She opposed any alterations, I dunno her politics.

Dammit, we gotta get this thing done while it can BE done. Already the National Park Service doesn't allow "confrontational" historical reenactments at the four missions it controls.

Fortunately it is difficult to imagine Gov. Abbott, Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and the rest of the present Texas powers that be giving a rip what the UN says.

But.... applications at least for approval by the UN seem probable, and it gives the Feds grounds for objecting.

You don't suppose the present Administration would have any objection to celebrating and restoring something like the Alamo do ya? I mean that could get divisive

Hard to believe this is all coincidence.

Birdwatcher

by "South" do you mean Mexico?

Wouldn't be happening if the South had won.

One of the local attractions just up the road from me was designated a World Heritage Site a few years back, and apart from a few signs nothing has changed..

A big central authority comes in and takes over a state issue, you should be fine with it and welcome them.

Pete, and a bunch of historical sites in the US are also designated.

But the problem is at this particular point in time the issue at the Alamo isn't PRESERVATION but RESTORATION, a thing specifically censured by the UN regs.

Also, at this pivotal point in our history, how we VIEW our history is under attack.

Birdwatcher

Your right! Lincoln did it all by hisself! Them other half a million guys who actually did the fighting weren't really fighting to "preserve the Union", even though they wrote that they were.

There is no coincidences in obamaland.
It's all planned out, long ago.