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 kids.
Celebrate the New Year! 1836?Invitation to March2Texas 2016 an educational event for North Texas students and families wanting to preserve the study of Texas History.
Great job to the Texas Heroes Foundation and big thank you to Rich Merrill for the video.
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.
The Texas Heroes Foundation is so excited because Spotted Horse and Running Water will be at the Stroll Thru Texas History on March 2, 2016. All students and classes are invited to sign up to come and enjoy this unique educational event. March 2, 2016 from 8:30 AM to 4:00 pm – Stroll Through…
SOMERVELL, ALEXANDER (1796–1854). Alexander Somervell, soldier, and leader of the Somervell Expedition, celebrated as just one Texas Hero Remembered in Glen Rose on May 20th. He was born to James and Elizabeth Somervell in Maryland on June 11, 1796, and moved to Texas in 1833 with a land grant from Stephen F. Austin’s in…
San Antonio in 1837, John Coffee Hays came from Tennessee Hays shortly after Texas won its independence from Mexico. By 1841, he was a Texas Ranger captain at twenty years of age. A fearless fighter and skilled leader, Hays became famous for defending Texans against raids from Native American (Comanche) and Mexican bandits. Hays would come to symbolize the…