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Readers call out Texas Republicans for their role in the cancellation of an event with the “Forget the Alamo” authors at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.Associated Press file photoShow MoreShow Less
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Leishla Martinez gets a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop-up clinic on the city s Southwest Side in April. The shot is painless, a reader says, asking to see fewer photos of wincing faces.Kin Man Hui /Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
The people’s flag
Re: “U.S. symbol of unity may no longer help unite,” Front Page, July 4:
Some of us appear to need a reminder now and then that the American flag is not a registered trademark of the Republican Party or the National Rifle Association.
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Ayala: New Texas law on social studies instruction will re-whitewash our history in the name of patriotism
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law a bill that will make it harder for students to learn the whole truth about Texas and U.S. history, writes columnist Elaine Ayala.Lynda M. Gonzalez /Dallas Morning News
It was the mid-1960s, and the schoolchildren at Roosevelt Elementary School didn’t have a proper library or a trained librarian.
The school didn’t have a cafeteria either, but that’s another story.
A classroom was converted into a makeshift library and stocked with old books. The library attendant was lovely. She teased me about how many books I checked out, warning me that in time she might not have any left to lend me.
Ayala: Proponents of West Side historic district have passion, history on their side
Elaine Ayala Commentary
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A group of preservationists, armed with passion, history and a determination to preserve the special place they call home, has applied to establish a historic district on the West Side.
It will be the second in that part of town, after the Rinconito de Esperanza Historic District, which is evolving into an arts enclave off Guadalupe Street.
The proposed Buena Vista Historic District, an eastbound corridor that cuts through the West Side, has immense historic value.
It’s where refugees from the Mexican Revolution landed at the turn of the last century, changing the course of San Antonio’s destiny. It’s where working-class Mexican Americans began pursuing their American dreams, aspirations they achieved in second and third generations.