San Antonio Missions Receive World Heritage Designation

The San Antonio Mission Trail has been recognized as a World Heritage Site. The vote was tallied just after 6:00 a.m. CST on Sunday morning, which is roughly 1:00 p.m at the site of the meeting in Bonn, Germany. After The Committee on Monuments and Sites, or ICOMOS, recommended the inscription, countries had the opportunity to ask questions about the recommendation or share their support. Only one country, Portugal, had a concern about Hemisfair Park and its construction. Representatives from the U.S. clarified plans for Hemisfair and noted it is in the trail's buffer zone and Portugal was satisfied. monday.3  Other countries who took their turn at the mic were overwhelmingly in support. Among those with U.S. Ambassador to UNESCO Crystal Nix-HInes in Bonn were Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff and Mayor Ivy Taylor. Both the judge and the mayor thanked the committee and other countries for their support on behalf of the city and expressed excitement to share the treasure with the world. The decision comes two years after county leaders first asked UNESCO to consider the Alamo and the Mission Trail for the honor. It sparked online buzz about a "New World Order" in which the Alamo would be "handed over" to the United Nations...more