Philip David Charles Collins, 1951, London, is bestknown for being the “front man” for Genesis 2.0 and in my opinion was at his best in the 1980s, though he was already making his way up in 1968—contemporary/adult pop rock!
And my favorite songs of his have always been the “headline” plus two more—“In the Air Tonight,” “Take a Look at Me Now,” and “Another Day in Paradise.”
But now the real story!
TEXAS REVOLUTION-ERA ARTIFACTS, donated by singer, Phil Collins, in 2014 to the Texas General Land Office, are on display to the general public through April 25, 2021.
It is a temporary exhibit and readily viewed at “The Alamo” in San Antonio. “The Battle of the Alamo” (a furious 13-day siege by President General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s Mexican forces, February 23—March 6) took place in 1836 and finally ended with the deaths of approximately 200 “Texians” and immigrant occupiers of the San Antonio de Bexar Mission. This was an extremely pivotal battle in the Texas Revolution and without this monumental show of force and “grit” and willpower by the greatly outnumbered “Texas” troops, the winning of independence might have been a much different matter!
More “Texians” and “Tejanos” joined the Texian Army as they heard about the inspirational Battle of the Alamo and wanted to seek justice and revenge. And, they did so, defeating the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto in April of 1836.
Star musician, PHIL COLLINS, has been seeking and collecting the artifacts for years. Included are a brass cannon, used by the Mexican army during the Battle of the Alamo, and the “original Battle Orders” that called for the attack on the Alamo Mission.
More than 200 artifacts are in this collection that has been being cared for and preserved and catalogued after its being donated to The Texas General Land Office, according to Kristi Miller Nichols, who is head of the Alamo’s archaeology, collections, and historical research, and notes that “it has been an honor to preserve and care for such important artifacts over the past years.”
You still have time to make the trip to San Antonio, see the Alamo and the extensive collection of artifacts denoted above, eat some great Tex-Mex/Mexican food, stroll the River Walk, tour the University of Texas campus, go to the Capitol and view it from the street at night, eat a meal at Austin’s Scholz Garten, and grab a dozen or six “kolaches” from one of the “all-good” bakeries in West, Texas. You can even make it a “day trip” if you have a LONG DAY available, but I recommend spending at least one night in San Antonio and one in Austin—and be sure to see what is “in the air” on 6th Street!
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