Lt. Gov. Patrick demands Alamo Trust CEO resign over dissertation views on site history<\/a><\/p>\nThe Alamo Trust has not issued a public statement.<\/p>\n
Rogers\u2019 departure comes after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called for her resignation over excerpts from her 2023 doctoral dissertation, in which she critiqued Republican leaders\u2019 approach to the Alamo\u2019s redevelopment. Patrick argued her views are \u201cincompatible with the telling of the history of the battle of the Alamo\u201d and called her judgment \u201cin serious question.\u201d<\/p>\n
In her dissertation, Rogers highlighted tensions between state Republicans, who want the Alamo focused primarily on the 1836 battle, and local officials advocating for a broader narrative that includes Indigenous history and the legacy of slavery. She wrote she hoped the Alamo could become \u201ca beacon for historical reconciliation,\u201d though she acknowledged political realities could make that difficult.<\/p>\n
Patrick\u2019s demand for her resignation is part of a broader pattern in Texas, where conservative lawmakers have recently targeted educators and administrators over perceived political differences.<\/p>\n
The Alamo Trust is overseeing a $500 million restoration and expansion project, including a new museum and visitor center set to open in 2027, which aims to tell the full history of the site from its Indigenous roots through the battle and its legacy in Texas. Patrick, however, maintains that the primary focus should remain on the \u201c13 Days of Glory\u201d and the defenders of the 1836 siege.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO – Kate Rogers is no longer CEO of the Alamo Trust, Inc., according to an automatic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14811,4732,14812,14813,13987,9066,14814,82,84,83,292],"class_list":["post-19357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-alamo-history","tag-alamo-trust","tag-dissertation-controversy","tag-historical-narrative","tag-kate-rogers","tag-lt-gov-dan-patrick","tag-restoration-project","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-texas-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}