The Alamo Historical Society will present its annual symposium in the Menger Hotel ballroom in San Antonio March 5th from 10 am – 2 pm.
Featured speakers this year will hear from Gary L Foreman, Alamo historian, owner of Native Sun Productions, and aware-winning filmmaker and Martin Gonzales, Chairman of the Atascosa Count Historical Commission.
Foreman will speak about General James Wilkinson (1757-1825), the most despicable and treasonous politician and military officer America as ever known. Learn how his devious acts double-crossed the Founding Fathers and his self-ambitions and evil talents targeted New Spain (Texas and Mexico) as he attempted to commit high treason prior to the Texas Revolution.
Gonzales will speak on the FIRST TEXAS REVOLUTION: THE BATTLE OF MEDINA in 1813, the bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil, in which Mexican and American republicans invaded New Spain (Mexico and Texas) from Louisiana intent on overthrowing the Spanish.
Foreman, an award-winning producer/director who played a key role creating the first programming that started the History Channel in 1994, will give a presentation entitled THE RISE AND FALL OF GENERAL JAMES WILKINSON. Foreman was first introduced to the evil and twisted machinations of General Wilkinson while producing a one-hour special on the death of explorer Meriwether Lewis in 1998. From there, Foreman realized he had opened a treasure trove of material that exposed one of the greatest traitors and despots in American History. For almost a quarter of a century he has pursued Wilkinson’s path of incredible betrayal, deception, and murder that has affected the outcome of history for two and one-half centuries, as well as some of the most famous American figures of the 18th and 19th centuries. This includes the first four presidents, famous frontiersmen such as Daniel Boone and George Rogers Clark, military leaders like Benedict Arnold and Anthony Wayne, and explorers Lewis and Clark, and many more. Wilkinson affected the events from Saratoga to the Battle of Medina, from the Louisiana Purchase to the physical walls of the Alamo.
Gonzales, will give new information about the FIRST TEXAS REVOLUTION: THE BATTLE OF MEDINA, in which Gen. Wilkinson played a key role behind the scenes manipulating events leading to the gruesome battle that destroyed the American filibustering expedition intent on establishing its own empire. However, 22 years later, at San Jacinto, the battle, would be successful in establishing the independent Republic of Texas.
The public is welcome to join the symposium and enjoy the presentations by two experts discussing events that led up to the Texas Revolution. Members, guests, and the public are invited. Doors open at 9 am. Arrive early for best seating. Walk-ins welcome. Admission is $20 if paid at the door; or pre-registration is only $15. To pre-register contact AHS at 1836AHS@gmail.com or via the organization Facebook page.
The Alamo Historical Society (AHS) is a 501c3 nonprofit organization based in San Antonio, Texas with a worldwide membership which has met for nearly forty years in San Antonia to honor, promote, and support the Alamo’s historical integrity and preservation, and to educate, inform and inspire others. AHS has a diverse membership which includes scholars, researchers, historians, archaeologists, writers, artists, musicians, enthusiasts, and descendants of the fallen on both sides of the heroic March 6, 1836, Battle of the Alamo.
