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Taken from the Rivard Report.

The Mission and Alamo become the first World Heritage site in Texas, and the first west of the Mississippi River for buildings constructed by European settlers. Indigenous settlements and natural formations have received such designation in the West and Southwest. World Heritage designation conveys a new level of international recognition and protection to unique natural settings, such as the Grand Canyon, and historically significant cities, buildings and monuments regarded as irreplaceable cultural treasures.

For San Antonio, World Heritage status brings a whole new dimension to the city’s cultural heritage, recognition, and the potential for a new kind of cultural tourism. Many people travel regularly to World Heritage sites around the world, and it will now be up to local and federal officials to devise programs and improvements to make a visit to the Missions and the Alamo an unforgettable experience for such visitors.

Plans to remake the Alamo Plaza, to add living history elements to the Mission grounds, and enhancing the surface roads and surroundings to the Missions will take a number of years, but much can be done in time for the city’s 300th anniversary celebrations in 2018.

http://therivardreport.com/san-anton...heritage-site/

Goldenboot was right, no one has talked about this from this past weekend!