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Black Soldiers and the Lone Star State during World War II
Members of the 49th CA, firing 155mm howitzer at night
Like many other areas of the United States during World War II, Texas saw an increased military presence as new military units were raised and posts were built to train them. Among them were many Black Americans who came to Texas to train for the war effort. While it is known that famous units such as the elements of the Tuskegee Airmen and the 761st Tank Battalion were trained here, many other Black regiments were also either raised in the state or conducted training here, ranging from Coastal Artillery to Engineer Regiments. Join us to learn more about the history of these units and their impact on both Texas as well as the war effort.
*Presenter:* *Cale Carter* is currently the director of exhibitions at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum and recently curated "The Blue Helmets in Action: The 93rd Infantry Division in World War II."
***Date*: **Thursday, May 23, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
***Cost: *Free **("Donations [ [link removed] ]?in support of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission are welcome and appreciated!")
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From Missionaries to Visionaries: The Historical Story of Texas Wines
Dell City Vineyards in West Texas with the Guadalupe Mountains in the background. Photo courtesy of Spicewood Vineyards.
Dell City Vineyards in West Texas with the Guadalupe Mountains in the background. Photo courtesy of Spicewood Vineyards.
Texas has a wine culture as old as can be found in the United States. Its grapes grow in soils made from ancient sea deposits from 100 million years ago, just like the grape-growing regions of Europe. Texas wine culture arrived on horseback in the 1600s with Spanish missionaries who settled and planted vineyards in El Paso del Norte. In the 1800s, hearing the call from Texas Land Empresario Stephen F. Austin, German and Italian immigrant farmers came to Texas; they considered wine a staple of everyday life. Texas is now America?s fifth-largest wine producing state.
*Presenter:* *Dr. Russell Kane aka ?Doc Russ Texas Wineslinger?* is an award-winning Texas writer, author, and wine aficionado with articles, tasting notes, and quotes that have appeared in local, regional, and national publications over the past 20 years.
***Date*: **Thursday, July 25, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
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Juneteenth Rodeo: A Celebration of 1970s Black Western Culture
Book cover image of Juneteeth Rodeo featuring a African American on a bucking horse at a rodeo.
Long before Americans began to officially commemorate Juneteenth, in the heat of East Texas, saddles were being cinched, buckles shined, and lassoes adjusted for a day on the Black rodeo circuit in honor of the holiday. In the late 1970s, as they had been doing for generations, Black communities across the region held local rodeos for the talented cowboys and cowgirls who were segregated from the mainstream circuit. It was to these vibrant community events that bestselling Texas writer Sarah Bird, then a young photojournalist, found herself drawn.
*Presenter:* *Sarah Bird* is the bestselling author of more than a dozen novels and essay collections. She is a NPR Moth storyteller, a winner of the Meryl Streep screenwriting competition, a Texas Institute of Letters Lifetime Achievement winner, an ALEX award winner, a member of the Texas Literary Hall of Fame, a finalist for the Dublin International Literary Award, and the hologram greeter for the Austin Central Library.
***Date*: **Thursday, August 8, 6 p.m. Central
***Platform*: **Zoom ("Registrants will receive the link in their registration confirmation email and a follow up email to attend closer to the event date. Please watch your spam/junk folders!")
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