TNM Calls on the State GOP to Defend the Alamo and Its Cenotaph
Daniel Miller sent an open letter to the Republican Party of Texas chairman urging him to oppose the plan to reimagine the Alamo and remove its cenotaph, citing the party's own platform.
As the Texas General Land Office and the city of San Antonio finalized plans to reimagine the Alamo, including moving the historic cenotaph from the plaza, Texas Nationalist Movement President Daniel Miller sent an open letter to Republican Party of Texas Chairman James Dickey, urging the party to rein in Land Commissioner George P. Bush.
Bush had pushed through the multimillion-dollar plan, which has drawn near-unified opposition across the political spectrum for its lack of oversight, its questionable finances, and the signals from its planners that they would de-emphasize the 1836 battle. Most troubling is the plan to remove the cenotaph, a memorial to men who gave their lives in defense of liberty and, as a monument over the defenders, effectively a grave marker.
Miller's letter reminded the chairman of the party's own platform, which states that the Alamo should be remembered and not reimagined, that decision-making authority over the Alamo should never be removed from Texas, and that its custodians must affirm and emphasize the significance of the 1836 battle.
The Texas Nationalist Movement called on the party to honor that plank and to defend a site that belongs, first and last, to the people of Texas.
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