Hi, if anyone is interested in helping me get a State Historic Cemetery designation for the sadly neglected Alamo Masonic Cemetery, please let me know. The Masons purchased this property in 1853. One of the earliest Masonic grounds in Texas, Alamo Masonic Cemetery contains the graves of some of San Antonio and Texas' founding families. It is the only cemetery that is neglected among 30 others in a 25-plus block area near the heart of downtown San Antonio. Go look at www.rootsweb.com/~txbexar2/alamomasonic.html . That was posted May 9. After I appeared on TV, the grass was partially cut Saturday May 14th. Now that the grass is cut, you can see damaged and broken tombstones everywhere. The Masons met with the City on May 23, and the Parks Dept has agreed to take it over when the Masons deed it over and give them the $150,000 in the cemetery fund. Let's hope that happens soon. The Masons are doing nothing to clean it up now. This is just a partial list of residents: Sinclair (wrote "The Eyes of Texas") Driscoll (saved the Alamo for goodness sake!) Smith (daughter of Erastus "Deaf" Smith) Fisk (served in the Army of Texas from 1836 to 1837) Frost (bank) Menger (hotel & soap factory) Meusebach (Mr. Meusebach founded Fredericksburg and made the peace treaty with the Indians) Onderdonk (famous regional artist) Cotton, Smith, Schmeltzer, Jenkins (all members of Terry's Texas Rangers) Newcomb (Texas Secretary of State) Van Riper (Texas Ranger) Ham (came to Texas with Jim and Rezin Bowie) Huth (involved in the colonization of Castroville) Thanks, Sarah Reveley San Antonio