Missionary Position

San Antonio post office mural: the Indians and the Spanish

The Spanish missions in San Antonio, TX are gorgeous. We saw The Alamo, as well as Misión Concepción, Misión San José, and Misión Espada. It was interesting, though, that the information panels seemed to be very much pro-mission: they portrayed the Spanish as benevolent workers trying to improve the Indians, and gave short thrift to the suffering and collapse of the native populations.

San Antonio missions

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