1917 – World War I
The St. Anthony Hotel offers a “Funwilkel Night” for soldiers at Camp FUNston, Camp WILson and Camp KELly.
1922
Ridiculing and denouncing the “Invisible Empire,” Harry Hertzberg, State Senator and Congressional aspirant, asserted that the Ku Klux Klan is the dominant issue in the campaign, and that the Klan has a candidate in the field for the Democratic nomination for Congress. His speech was heard by an audience of about 1,200 men and women at Beethoven Hall. Mr. Hertzberg address the young men of the Klan, saying, “To them I would say, come back and reclaim your birthright as an American citizen.”
1955
San Antonio Independent School District votes to integrate beginning in the fall.