Phil Collins donates his Alamo collection to Texas
Singer-songwriter Phil Collins. Image by Dicknroll. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.
The San Antonio Express-News reports that crates of the collectibles will be delivered to San Antonio by truck on Tuesday.
Collins and Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson, the state steward of the Alamo, are expected to oversee the transfer of the artifacts, which will be housed at a temporary location.
Patterson is leading an effort to build a permanent home for the collection.
Some of the artifacts being donated include a fringed leather pouch and a gun used by Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie’s legendary knife.
In a statement, Patterson says Texans are “deeply indebted to Phil Collins.”
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Information from: San Antonio Express-News, http://www.mysanantonio.com
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