Community Information

The Alamo’s social media presence focuses on sharing the history of the Alamo, the Texas Revolution, and current events and programming related to the Alamo. The Alamo welcomes comments, encourages followers to express their opinions freely and enter into informed, inclusive debate. The views expressed by followers are their own and may not represent the views of the Alamo, its employees, or affiliates.

We encourage dialogue and conversation so that our channels may be an open and lively forum for history enthusiasts. Posts should be courteous and appropriate for audiences of all ages. We reserve the right to delete the following content and block users who share such content:

• Violent, obscene, profane, harassing, partisan-political, hateful or racist posts, links or images
• Comments that threaten or defame any person or organization
• Solicitations, advertisements, or endorsements of any financial, commercial or not-for-profit organizations, websites, contests or promotions
• Comments that suggest or encourage illegal activity
• Multiple successive off-topic posts by a single user
• Repetitive posts copied and pasted by a single or multiple users

In order to ensure a positive experience when interacting with our online community, consider the following guidelines:

Avoid posting personal information such as your email address, phone number, home address, or other identifying information.

By posting content, you are giving the Alamo and those authorized by the Alamo permission to use it for any educational, promotional or other standard museum purpose.

Alamo social media channels are moderated daily per the abovementioned guidelines. The Alamo is not responsible for any user-generated content posted on those channels or for any failure or delay in removing such content.

Our office hours are 8:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. CST Monday – Friday, excluding holidays. It is the goal of our staff to respond to all inquiries as quickly as possible during operating hours, but please note that some inquiries can take longer to resolve. Please refer to our website for more information about visiting the site, the history of our site, and special events.

The Messenger is the official monthly newsletter of the Alamo. Subscribe today for access, featuring must-read articles for the Texas history enthusiast as well as Alamo news and events. Read current and past issues here.

We would like to acknowledge the indigenous people on whose historic lands Mission San Antonio de Valero, known today as the Alamo, was built. Dozens of Native American tribes and indigenous family bands inhabited this region prior to the building of Mission de Valero and continue to live in San Antonio, the broader United States, and Northern Mexico. These include bands of the Coahuiltecan language group, including the Payaya, Xarame, and Hierbipiamo; bands of the Sana language group; Karankawan-speaking bands; Apaches, including the Lipan Apache and the Ypandi; the Comanche; the Wichita; the Tonkawa; and many other indigenous groups. I ask you to join me in acknowledging these indigenous communities, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations. San Antonio enjoys a rich and culturally diverse heritage thanks to the indigenous people who once lived here and we wish to thank them for their many contributions to this city we all call home.

View and download the Alamo Human Remains Discovery Plan

A long-standing tradition at the Alamo started by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and a common practice at other historic sites such as Gettysburg, the Alamo permits cremated remains to be spread on site. If you would like to spread ashes on the Alamo grounds, please see our policy for cremated remains.