Family and friends honor 17 people in San Antonio killed in police, deputy shootings
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Hundreds take part in March for Our Lives rally in downtown San Antonio for stricter gun laws
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Passion Play returns to downtown San Antonio on Good Friday after 2-year hiatus
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Hundreds gather for womenโs rights march at San Antonio park, in protest of abortion bill
Chants of โbans off our bodiesโ and โvote out Abbottโ could be heard from hundreds of people who attended a womenโs rights march at Milam Park on Saturday.
Spiritual ceremony to take place before exhumation of human remains found near San Antonioโs Milam Park
Spiritual ceremony to take place before exhumation of human remains found near San Antonioโs Milam ParkPublished: September 1, 2020, 7:27 amA brief ceremony from the 1718 San Antonio Founding Families and Descendants group will take place before the exhumation of human remains on Tuesday
Spiritual ceremony takes place before exhumation of human remains found near San Antonioโs Milam Park
This was done after human remains were found near Milam Park in downtown San Antonio near Santa Rosa and Houston Streets during an archeological investigation before the start of city street construction. A Bexar County District Court granted a petition from city officials for removal of human remains on August 14. San Antonio city officials also received approval for an exhumation permit from the Texas Historical Commission on August 24. Human remains discovered in downtown San Antonio park during city archeological investigationThe remains will not be buried again until the construction of the bond projects is completed, which is scheduled for Summer 2023. โThe human remains and all associated archeological objects will be temporarily stored at UTSA Center for Archaeological Research to await reinterment,โ Conger said.
Human remains found near downtown San Antonio park to be exhumed
SAN ANTONIO โ Human remains discovered near Milam Park in San Antonio as part of an archaeological and cultural investigation in May are set to be exhumed this week. A Bexar County District Court granted a petition from city officials for removal of human remains on August 14. San Antonio city officials also received approval for an exhumation permit from the Texas Historical Commission on August 24. โThe Cultural Investigation was built into the Bond Project timeline at a cost of $270,000.00 for the archaeological work,โ Conger said previously. โThe human remains and all associated archeological objects will be temporarily stored at UTSA Center for Archaeological Research to await reinterment,โ Conger said.
Human remains discovered in downtown San Antonio park during city archeological investigation
SAN ANTONIO โ Human remains have been discovered at Milam Park as part of an archaeological and cultural investigation, according to a press release from the city of San Antonio. City Archaeologist Shawn Marceaux provided the following statement in regards to the discovery:On Wednesday, May 13, the archaeological investigation for the Santa Rosa Street 2017 bond project identified what are likely human burial remains. The Office of Historic Preservation City Archaeologists were first notified by the Principal Archaeologist for Pape-Dawson Wednesday morning. City, state, and project officials, and local descendant groups, were notified of the discovery per requirements in the Texas Antiquities Permit and Human Burial Remains Protocol. โThe Cultural Investigation was built into the Bond Project timeline at a cost of $270,000.00 for the archaeological work,โ city spokesperson Joe Conger told KSAT via email.