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Thank you again for putting on the Texas Independence Day Celebration and the Student History Competition. I really liked working on my art project and studying about the history of Texas. I was born in Fort Worth but my parents are from California and Canada. Texas is so different from both Canada and California, but…
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.
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,…
On January 19th James Bowie arrived in San Antonio de Bexar with a detachment of 30 men. James Bowie had been sent to San Antonio on January 17, 1836 by order of Sam Houston
Do you have a Texas Hero ancestor, someone who made a difference prior to 1800s in Texas? Let us help you by naming an award in their honor at the Texas Heroes Student History Fair. You can sponsor an award in art, video, web-design, projects, performing arts and manuscripts starting as low as $100. You…
Texas Heroes Foundation Student History Fair Award Presented by Lake Granbury Living Magazine Award Goes to… Keri Kittleson Keri won first place in the exhibits category with an in-depth research of the Derring homeplace on Peak Road. Her excavation for artifacts and genealogy research combined with her poem drew the judges praise. Congratulations, Keri.