Each year since the Texas Sesquicentennial, The Alamo Society has held a symposium coinciding with the anniversary of the Battle of the Alamo. Authors, scholars, educators, artists and musicians from around the world have convened at the annual symposiums to discuss, analyze, interpret and commemorate “all things Alamo,” from the Alamo of history to the Alamo of popular culture.
ALAMO SOCIETY SYMPOSIUMS
|
YEAR |
LOCATION |
THEME/ACTIVITIES |
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1986 |
San Antonio, Texas (Crockett Hotel) |
Texas Sesquicentennial; “Firepower at the Alamo” presentation |
|
1987 |
Hamilton & Cincinnati, Ohio (Sheraton Hotel) |
Exclusive theatrical showing of John Wayne’s The Alamo; displays and dinner |
|
1988 |
San Antonio, Texas (Emily Morgan Hotel) |
Breakfast meeting; discussion; 19th century artifacts display |
|
1989 |
San Antonio, Texas (IMAX Theatre) |
Symposium addresses; screening of Alamo…The Price of Freedom |
|
1990 |
New York, New York (Alamo Restaurant) |
Dinner meeting; displays; discussion |
|
1991 |
New York, New York (Alamo Restaurant) |
Walter Lord, guest of honor; dinner meeting; displays; discussion |
|
1992 |
San Antonio, Texas (IMAX Theatre) |
Symposium addresses |
|
1993 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
Symposium addresses and displays |
|
1994 |
San Antonio, Texas (Emily Morgan Hotel) |
Fess Parker, guest of honor; displays |
|
1995 |
San Antonio, Texas (Wyndam Hotel) |
Alamo Society panel addresses at the annual Texas State Historical Association meeting |
|
1996 |
New Haven, Conn. (Colony Hotel & Yale U.) |
Symposium addresses and displays; Yale’s Beinecke Library Alamo display |
|
1997 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
“Alamo Authors” addresses and displays |
|
1998 |
San Antonio, Texas (IMAX Theatre) |
Alamo…The Price of Freedom 10th anniversary addresses and screening |
|
1999 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
Symposium addresses and displays |
|
2000 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
“Alamo 2000” symposium addresses and displays |
|
2001 |
San Antonio, Texas (Buckhorn Museum) |
Symposium addresses and displays |
|
2002 |
Austin, Texas (Bob Bullock Museum) |
Davy Crockett symposium and exhibit; panel discussion |
|
2003 |
San Antonio, Texas (Crockett Hotel) |
Symposium addresses and displays |
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2004 |
San Antonio, Texas (Crockett Hotel) |
Symposium addresses and “surprise” visit by Fess Parker |
|
2005 |
New York, New York (Fraunces Tavern) |
Symposium addresses, displays; luncheon meeting |
|
2006 |
San Antonio, Texas (Marriott Plaza Hotel) |
20th Anniversary of The Alamo Society symposium addresses and displays |
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2007 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
Symposium addresses and displays |
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2008 |
San Antonio, Texas (Imax & Emily Morgan) |
20th Anniversary of Alamo…The Price of Freedom; displays at Imax Theatre. Symposium addresses and displays at Emily Morgan Hotel |
|
2009 |
San Antonio, Texas (La Quinta Inn) |
Symposium addresses; “Music of the Alamo” |
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2010 |
San Antonio, Texas (La Quinta Inn) |
Symposium addresses and displays: 50th Anniversary of John Wayne's The Alamo |
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2011 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
25th Anniversary of the Alamo Society symposium event |
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2012 |
San Antonio, Texas (Menger Hotel) |
Alamo authors, symposium addresses and displays |
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2013
2014
2015
2016 |
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Alamo authors, panel discussion and displays
Alamo authors, panel discussion and displays
Alamo authors, panel discussion and displays
Alamo authors, symposium presentations and displays |