{"id":45444,"date":"2025-11-11T21:03:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/45444\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T21:03:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T21:03:12","slug":"kate-rogers-on-her-ousting-from-the-alamo-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/45444\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Rogers on her ousting from the Alamo Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kate Rogers, the former president of the Alamo Trust, joins the TribCast this week to talk about her decision to step down from running the Texas\u2019 most beloved historic site amid political pressure from Republican state leaders.<\/p>\n

Rogers walks Eleanor and guest host Alejandro Serrano through the unexpected controversy over a social media post celebrating Indigenous People\u2019s Day, and her surprise when state leaders started sharing excerpts of her 2023 doctoral dissertation. In the paper, which she had to go back and read herself when it began circulating, she\u2019d written that she wanted the Alamo to \u201cbecome a beacon for historical reconciliation \u2026 but politically that may not be possible at this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rogers was in the midst of overseeing a politically fraught overhaul of the Alamo Historic Site, which has become a flashpoint in the ongoing debates over how to tell the story of Texas\u2019 history. While she maintains there was nothing particularly controversial in her dissertation, she acknowledged that some parts could be read as critical of the Texas Legislature, which is the project\u2019s largest funder. <\/p>\n

\u201cI could see how we can\u2019t have someone running this project who sounds ungrateful or critical of the largest donor to the project,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

The restoration and expansion of the Alamo is set to include a new Alamo Visitor Center and Museum<\/a> featuring eight galleries that trace the history of the site from its Indigenous context through the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and its contemporary legacy in Texas.<\/p>\n

In calling for her resignation, Patrick said he would \u201cdefend the Alamo today against a rewrite of history,\u201d and that the site\u2019s \u201coverriding emphasis\u201d should be on the battle. Rogers said that was always the plan, with the largest galleries dedicated to the 13-day siege, but that other exhibits, like those on the Indigenous people and history of slavery that played a role in the conflict should also be reflected.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey were men of their time. They were flawed. We\u2019re all flawed,\u201d Rogers said. \u201cBut that doesn\u2019t diminish the contributions that they made and I feel very strongly about that.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Alamo Trust board announced last week that former Secretary of State Hope Andrade would be the organization\u2019s next president and chief executive. <\/p>\n

Rogers said the whole experience felt like a \u201cwitch hunt,\u201d and connected her being pushed out to recent firings at Texas universities over the teaching of topics deemed controversial by state leaders. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s interesting that politicians who publicly support the right to free speech and actually argue for the right to free speech are saying, \u2018well, but not when you write something that is potentially critical of something we believe.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

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