The Alamo

  • Texas A&M Conservation Efforts Reveal New Details About Alamo Cannons

    By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications Texas A&M conservators have revealed new details about two cannons used during the Texas Revolution’s 1836 Battle of the Alamo. The Rio Grande Cannon and Spanish Cannon returned home to the Alamo in San Antonio on Monday after almost four…

  • Texas A&M Conserving Cannons, Helping To ‘Remember The Alamo!’

    Texas General Land Office Commissioner George P. Bush addresses the crowd at the Alamo in San Antonio during Cannon Fest, where the announcement was made that the cannons were being conserved by the Conservation Research Laboratory at Texas A&M University. By Elena Watts, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications The…