Senior Scholarship

Texas Heroes Foundation Scholarship for Seniors The Texas Heroes Foundation and our Sponsors would like to invite all graduating High School Seniors to apply for the Senior Scholarship Award.  The scholarship is awarded for …. To be considered for a Senior Scholarship Award, enter the Student History Fair competition, and submit your Scholarship Award Application. Preserve…

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Heroes Navarro and Zavala

Tejanos — Hispanics who were born in what would later become Texas — were an important part in the fight for Texas independence. Jose Antonio Navarro and Lorenzo de Zavala were part of the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2,1836. ln 1836, about 4,000 Tejanos lived north of the Nueces River….

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Sing? Dance? Play Music? Act? Story Telling? Puppets?

Show us your talent.  Sing? Dance? Play Music? Act? Story Telling? Puppets? or ever it is–BRING IT ON! Celebrate Texas with the Texas Heroes Foundation Student History Fair (THFSHF).  2016 THFSHF has added two new divisions Website and Performing Arts.   Tips for Performing Arts – Ballads, scenes in duets, solo and groups. Example: video or…

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I wanted to thank you for putting on the history program contest each year. I have entered different categories for 3 years in a row. I have done an exhibit and two art projects. They are a lot of work but I always learn more about Texas. I really appreciate winning prize money. I have…

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Jess Baker Granbury’s Hero for Women’s Rights

In the late 1800s Jess Baker was a leader in Granbury and Hood County. In 1911 Texas State Representative Jess Baker once again raised the suffrage question in the Texas House. His resolution to enfranchise women was referred to the committee on constitutional amendments, which recommended that it not pass. Two years later T. H. McGregor…