Celebrate Texas Archeology Awareness Month!

October is Texas Archeology Awareness Month and in celebration, the Office of Historic Preservation and the Bexar County Historical Commission would like to invite you to attend the grand rededication of the Official State of Texas Historical Marker for the "Storming of Bexar" and the unveiling of the new Main Plaza Interpretive History sign for the Texas Revolutionary Period fortification entrenchment found in 2007 during the Main Plaza renovation.

In addition, artifacts from a number of excavations including Main and Military Plazas and the La Villita Earthworks site will be on display at the Bexar County Courthouse. The ceremony is on Friday, October 30, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Main Plaza at Dwyer Ave and the Old Dolorosa promenade.

The ceremony will highlight aspects of the centuries-long history of Main Plaza, the heart of San Antonio. This history has been revealed through archaeological discoveries made at this landmark site during the course of excavations for the redevelopment of the plaza. They will also unveil a plaque detailing the archaeological investigations of the entrenchment feature believed to be related to the event located in Old Dolorosa east of the courthouse. During the renovation of Main Plaza archaeologists discovered the remnants of a backfilled fortification entrenchment associated with the Siege and Storming of Bexar that occurred in late 1835 until early 1836, just prior to the Battle of the Alamo.

For more information, contact Molly Matthews at (210) 207-1460 or by email at OHP@sanantonio.gov.