Pieces of history coming together in the search for the 1813 Battle of Medina

Pieces of history coming together in the search for the 1813 Battle of Medina

Some of the new evidence has been added to an exhibit at the Wittie Museum about the Battle of Medina which opened two years ago.

St. Mary's University History alumnus crafts legacy at the Alamo

How to remember the historic shrine by Jennifer R. Lloyd (M.B.A. ’16) Ernesto Rodriguez III (B.A. ’96, M.A. ’04) likes to joke that St. Mary’s University “was so nice, I went there twice.”   Now, as the senior historian at the Alamo, the same could be said of his childhood and adult trips to the sacred shrine at the nexus of Texas legend and fact.   The work of historians in public roles, like Rodriguez’s, can build an awareness of the facet…