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...

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...

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...