Sacred pieces of San Antonio's history have been the recent target of vandals. Congressional leaders are pushing to protect San Antonio's Missions from further destruction.
– In a call to protect and preserve history, U.S. Congressmen have sent a letter to National Park Services asking them to keep the missions safe and damage-free.
Simmons told KSAT she has seen the unfortunate trend of vandalism at the Missions rise over the past few years. “Jim Bowie stood up there on the top of Mission Concepcion for the battle of Concepcion; there is original plaster on that building,” said Simmons.
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