ADDA DATES OF SIGNIFICANCE
1996
* - ADDA was represented on the History Channel presentation, "THE ALAMO," which has appeared across the country and around the world.
* - Began the arduous task of making corrections to the Alamo Defender's list which is an ongoing task. (If you have probate or other documents pertaining to your ancestor, please mail copies to Lee Spencer-White.)
1997
* - Lee Spencer-White was appointed by the Walker family to chair the Walker gravesite committee. Pat and Linda were also members of this committee.
* - Save Texas Cemeteries appointed Lee Spencer-White to chair a special committee concerning San Fernando Cathedral.
1998
* - The ADDA was represented at the unveiling of the Adina de Zavala marker on Alamo Plaza. (Adina de Zavala was one of the early Alamo preservationists.)
* - Lee represented the ADDA on Texas Independence Day in New Braunfels. She read the Travis letter to the gathering.
* - ADDA was represented by Lee, her husband, and their infant daughter at Brackettville "Alamo Village." They gave a one-hour Alamo history lesson to a private school. The children were very enthusiastic.
* - Linda Halliburton and Pat Jackson joined Lee in the awesome task of restoring the Walker gravesite and saving the 101-acre historic cemetery district which contains the graves of such notables as Sam Maverick, Texas Ranger Rip Ford, as well as Buffalo soldiers.
* - Began work on a project started in 1995 to mark the second Alamo Defender funeral pyre site.
* - City of San Antonio declared March 8, 1999 as Alamo Defender's Descendants Day.
(Suggested Reading: For further info on Captain Samuel H. Walker, Texas Ranger Tales, by Mike Cox; other books mentioning descendants are: Alamo Legacy by Ron Jackson, Alamo Almanac by Bill Chemercka, and The Search for an Alamo Soldier by Bob and Doris Bowman. Another excellent source is Three Roads to the Alamo by William Davis and for viewing, "The Alamo" by the History Channel.)
1999
* - ADDA B.O.M. chairwoman traveled Texas speaking to school children on Alamo history.
* - City of San Antonio declared March 7, 1999 to be Alamo Defenders Descendants Day.
* - Over $5,000 was raised to restore Captain Sam Walker's gravesite.
2000
* - City of San Antonio proclaimed March 4, 2000 to be Alamo Defenders Descendants Day.
2001
* - ADDA B.O.M. "History Team" researched 13 Texas counties for new defenders.
* - ADDA added new defender names to the Alamo Defender list.
* - City of San Antonio proclaimed March 3, 2001 to be Alamo Defenders Descendants Day.