St. Mary’s University Public History
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By: MacKenzie Arendall The Old Camposanto Beneath present-day downtown San Antonio lies one of the city’s most significant yet largely forgotten historical landscapes: the Camposanto burial ground. Few are aware of its existence. Patients at Christus … Continue readingBuried Twice: Navigating the Camposanto Burial Ground Dataset
By: MacKenzie Arendall The Battle of Rosillo All the top Texas officials were slaughtered in a single morning in San Antonio, yet the city forgets. One spring morning in 1813, the Governors of … Continue readingBuried Twice: The Battle of Rosillo Soldiers- Lost and Now Found
By Terry Pohl, Spring 2025 The Power of Preservation Foundation is a coalition of agencies, organizations, neighborhoods, and advocates that creates a nonprofit San Antonio based group dedicated to preserving … Continue readingThe Power of Preservation Foundation
by Arthur Reyes This post is from our 2021 Summer Internship series. The 59th Medical Wing History office is a small office that operates for Wilford Hall Medical Center at … Continue readingWilford Hall Medical Center: Stiching A Year Together
by Eddie Paniagua This post is from our 2021 Summer Internship series. Over the skies of France during World War II, a young American pilot by the name of Joseph … Continue readingGerman Americans: U.S. Heroes and Villains
