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After intervention from a county judge, a major Texas city won't get a marker honoring its underlooked LGBTQ+ history.
Jul. 30—The Texas Historical Commission (THC) has recognized George Washington (G. W.) Jackson as a significant part of Texas history by awarding an Official Texas Historical Marker.
A Juneteenth festival on Thursday will coincide with the dedication of the historical marker, which memorializes the 95 ...
Tarrant County Judge Tim O’Hare has blocked efforts to mark the site of the former Rainbow Lounge, the site of the infamous ...
The Texas Historical Commission is honoring with a historical marker the 95 unmarked graves that Fort Bend ISD discovered in 2018 during the construction of a school. Archaeologists believe that the ...
Texas has the most robust historical marker program in the United States, with almost 15,000 markers placed statewide to highlight significant structures, places and stories that contribute to ...
TEXARKANA, Texas -- Two Texas Historical Markers that came ... Solomon became aware of the markers while searching for another marker about Trammel's Trace, an early trail into Texas.
Two Jefferson County churches will dedicate their official Texas State Historical markers this month ... It begins with a proposal for the marker being submitted to the Jefferson County ...
The marker in Port Arthur is the group’s second in Texas. With historical markers and public ceremonies, the Middle Passage project remembers those who arrived on transatlantic journeys from ...
Few realize that the approval process for these outdoor signs varies widely by state and organization, enabling unsanctioned displays to slip through History of Now John Garrison Marks - Historian ...
other historical markers, but there’s only one or two that are about individual people." The dedication of the marker also comes during the last weekend of the State Fair of Texas and during ...
BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - The rain let up a little bit Saturday morning so that a Bryan church could hold a special dedication ceremony to unveil its new Texas Historical Marker. First Mexican Baptist ...