Blog Posts About History Programs

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...

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...

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...

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...