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The Henry B. González Convention Center and Lila Cockrell Theater along the San Antonio River Walk. The Tower of the Americas is visible in the background.. The Henry B. González Convention Center (formerly San Antonio Convention Center) is the City of San Antonio's convention center located in Downtown San Antonio, Texas, along the banks of the River Walk.
Events. 1631 – In Dorchester, Massachusetts, John Winthrop takes the oath of office and becomes the first Governor of Massachusetts. 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal. 1863 – American Civil War: The Siege of Vicksburg begins.
BCFS Health and Human Services (formerly Baptist Child and Family Services) is a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization based in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in emergency shelter, foster care, and adoption. It was founded as an orphanage for Hispanic children in 1944.
Armed conflicts and attacks. Around 200 anti-government militants block a road in Gorno-Badakhshan, Tajikistan, which links the country to China.Some of the militants, armed with firearms and petrol bombs, later ambush a security convoy on the same road.
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center was founded in 1987 and was mostly made up of Chicana activists. [1] They are an activist group looking to unite the world and San Antonio on its issues concerning diversity and spread peace around the world.
Alamo City Comic Con (ACCC) is a pop culture convention that is annually held in downtown San Antonio, Texas, taking up the majority of the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center. ACCC brings top tier celebrities from the world of pop culture movies, TV, comics, video games and cosplay and is currently the largest convention in San Antonio as well ...
In 1969, several of San Antonio’s inner-city churches banded together to launch "Urban Ministries", and initiated programs such as food bank and housing for seniors and runaway youths. [4] In 1977, the scope of housing programs was expanded to include individuals with mental illness . [ 4 ]
The facility, established by the Texas Legislature on May 27, 1965, [3] originally served as the Texas Pavilion at HemisFair '68 before being turned over to the University of Texas System in 1969. UTSA assumed administrative control of the museum in 1973. In 1986, the system designated the institute as a campus of the University of Texas at San ...