Tuesday, January 14, 2020 - 2:30pm
By Carlyn Hammons, THC Cemetery Preservation Program Specialist
Texas Historical Commission (THC) staff seeks to improve the ways we educate and encourage preservationists across the state. These efforts include an evaluation of public need and agency priorities, along with consideration of the services necessary to address those needs and priorities.
THC’s Cemetery...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019 - 11:28am
By Nano Calderon, THC County Historical Commission Outreach Program Specialist
History organizations are tasked with cultivating a new generation of preservation advocates. Stewardship is essential to preserving and interpreting a community’s historic resources and heritage.
One way to reach larger audiences is through partnerships with area organizations and local governments...
Friday, January 25, 2019 - 4:14pm
On Friday, November 30, the THC held a dedication ceremony for the Porvenir Massacre Undertold Marker.
With Texas’ proximity to the Mexican Revolution and U.S. involvement in World War I, the nation confronted racial and social instability that fed, and fed on, the bloody conflicts.
Schemes to claim tracts of the U.S. for Mexico were publicized—some might say...
Monday, December 31, 2018 - 12:55pm
As we take a look back through the past year, here are our most popular blog posts published in 2018.
Triumph and Tragedy on the Early Texas FrontierAlmost forgotten by generations of Texans, the 1813 Battle of Medina was the fierce and bloody climax of the first Texas war for independence. The battle—which took place in modern-day Atascosa County—...
Friday, December 21, 2018 - 1:22pm
2018 brought many new additions, marker unveilings, rededications, and grand openings at the THC. Here are just a few of the major milestones that made 2018 so special.
We officially opened a new 10,000 square-foot museum at San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site. State Sen. Lois Kolkhorst, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, and THC Chairman John L. Nau, III welcomed hundreds of visitors...
Thursday, March 22, 2018 - 8:00am
By Samuel Collins III, Former State Board of Review Chair
The 2018 Women’s History month theme is “Nevertheless she persisted.” Galveston’s Jessie McGuire Dent truly embodied this mantra during her lifetime.
After a failed marriage in 1938 followed by the death of her 11-year-old son in 1940, Dent did not give up on her passion for social justice. Seventy-five years...
Wednesday, February 28, 2018 - 11:59am
On May 1, 2017, the Texas Historical Commission dedicated a historical marker for James L. Farmer, Jr. in his hometown of Marshall as part of the Undertold Marker Program. The marker was researched and written by Gail Beil, a historian and scholar of African American history who has taught at Marshall’s Wiley College. The marker was placed at the Paramount Theatre, a formerly segregated...
Friday, December 29, 2017 - 8:00am
By Rob Hodges, THC Communications Project Coordinator
2017 felt like a rollercoaster ride for many people, and it was no exception for the THC. We experienced many highs and lows—from a new addition to our growing family of state historic sites to sustaining hurricane damage to several of those sites.
Despite the extreme ups and downs, there was plenty of the day-in, day-out...
Thursday, December 14, 2017 - 4:06pm
By Leslie Wolfenden, THC Historic Resources Survey Coordinator
I recently participated in the Military Vehicle Preservation Association’s (MVPA) 2017 Route 66 Convoy as it passed through Texas on its way from Chicago to Los Angeles at the end of September. The MVPA is an international nonprofit group for military vehicle enthusiasts, historians, preservationists, and collectors...
Thursday, April 6, 2017 - 8:00am
By Jim Hodgson and Michael D. Visconage, Texas World War I Centennial Commemoration Association
World War I was a turning point for the U.S., including Texas. However, the Lone Star State was intimately engaged in war preparations prior to the U.S.’ declaration of war on Germany on April 6, 1917. Beginning in 1914, livestock from around the state were shipped to Europe for the war...
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