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May 1, 1718 – The San Antonio de Valero mission, of which the building known as the Alamo was the chapel, is founded in San Antonio.

Dot’s Hop House is a full service grill & bar with 99 taps of Craft Beer and over 100 bottles of bourbon, Scotch and other whiskeys. Located in the heart of Deep Ellum, Dot’s boasts[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

Join author Sherrie McLeRoy as she discusses her books on the exceptional women of Lone Star history. Speaker: Sherrie McLeroy

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

The History of International Nurses Day It all began in 1953, when Dorothy Sutherland, an official with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, contacted President Dwight D. Eisenhower proposing he proclaim a “Nurses’[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

13 May 1865 — The last land engagement of the Civil War was fought at the Battle of Palmito Ranch in far south Texas, more than a month after Gen. Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, VA.

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

16 May 1888 — The dedication of the present state capitol in Austin ended seven years of planning and construction. The building was funded with the sale of 3,000,000 acres of land in north Texas,[...]

Patricia Bernstein will discuss the legacy of Dan Moody, a twenty nine year old district attorney who put several Klansmen on trial in Georgetown, and went on to become the state’s youngest attorney general and[...]

Few places in our world are more educational than museums. After all, where else could we hope to see so many pieces of actual history that tell so many stories about our ancestors? From prehistoric[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]

Fascinating and dramatically compelling, this eloquent play depicts the supposed meeting between two of the most iconic men of the Civil Rights Era—Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X. Differing in their philosophies but[...]