Adwards Presentation Pictures

Texas Independence Day is March 2 and North Centeral Texas is waving the flag to honor our ancestors, Texians and Tejanoes who won our freedom from dictators in 1836.  Walk around the Hood County Court House and Acton by the gravesite of Elizabeth Crockett and read each tag.  March 2 meet the heroes.  Bring your…

If you’re a woman and you plan to vote in Texas this year, you can thank Jess Baker. The question of women voting was raised during the Constitutional Convention of 1868–69, when Titus H. Mundine of Burleson County proposed that the franchise be conferred upon qualified persons without distinction of sex. The committee on state affairs approved this proposal,…

Time to think about what you can do for Texas. Volunteer to be on the team. We need you to help draw the line in the sand of time. Keeping Texas strong on history – Celebrate it! Teach it! Preserver it! If you want to help, email.

Of the estimated 189 men who died in the Alamo, only six were actually born in Texas: Juan Abamillo, Juan A. Badillo, Carlos Espalier, Gregorio Esparza, Antonio Fuentes, and Andrés Nava. Juan Abamillo was a native Tejano who had volunteered to serve in the Texas Revolution under the command of Juan N. Seguín. He had…