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Phil Collins $15M Alamo collection is flashy, but is it real? FacebookTwitterEmail Former Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson and singer Phil Collins signed an agreement for Collins to donate his extensive collection of Alamo artifacts to the state of Texas. But several experts question the authenticity of several of the collection’s marquee exhibits.Julysa Sosa, Contributor/San Antonio Express-News A strip of bronze near the doors to the Alamo church allegedly marks where William B. Travis drew a line in the sand for his troops to cross if they were ready to sacrifice their lives in the name of liberty, even though the story is a lie propagated 37 years after the battle. ....
Adapted from Forget the Alamo: The Rise and Fall of an American Myth, by Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford. Reprinted by arrangement with Penguin Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA) LLC, a Penguin Random House company. Copyright Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford, 2021. Kaye Tucker thought she had come up with a clever idea. If everything fell into place just right, she could accomplish two things at once: transform the Alamo into a world-class historical site and help an aging British rock star clean out his basement. The path to that strange opportunity began about a decade ago, when Tucker was given an important assignment. A mid-level bureaucrat in the General Land Office, she was tasked with helping turn things around at the Alamo, where visitor surveys show that most tourists are disappointed with the outdated exhibits and lowbrow surroundings. In 2011 the Texas Legislature had asked land commissioner Jerry Patterson to ....