Whether you?re a landowner or a visitor to a park or beach, there?s a chance that you could find artifacts. What should you do?
October is Texas Archeology Month (TAM), a great time to learn more about how we are all caretakers of the past. At a TAM event, museum, or in our blog, you?ll get details about the depth and breadth of Texas? physical history, and how it informs our understanding in the present. If you?ve found an artifact on public land or your own property, reach out to your regional archeologist, or read our FAQs:
Join us for a day of fun for the whole family at the base of the San Jacinto Monument. It?s time for a fall fandango!
Fandangos?festive gatherings with music, dancing, games, and food?were popular with Texians in the 1830s. Dancing and balls were an important opportunity to socialize and form a community on the frontier, where many people lived miles away from their nearest neighbors, and no gathering was complete without games of chance. Our event will have saloon games, period music and dancing, arts and crafts, and hands-on living history activities, plus food trucks and vendors.
 Hamilton Jewelers circa mid-1920s, from the East Texas Journal
Businesses often figure so significantly in our personal memories that they become synonymous with home itself. One such case in Northeast Texas is Hamilton Jewelers.
This 4th-generation business has been serving Mount Pleasant and Titus County since 1904. J.B. Hamilton started as a watchmaker and grew his trade to include fine jewelry and gifts. Hamilton Jewelers is a 2022 recipient of our Texas Treasure Business Award, recognizing commercial enterprises that have contributed to the state?s economy for 50 years or more.
Tell us about the treasured businesses in your community:
The National Museum of the Pacific War?s Pacific Combat Zone comes alive with the sights and sounds of combat in this living history program. Visitors will have an excellent vantage point as American troops storm the beach from their landing craft and fight their way across the fortified Japanese positions. These performances are not for the faint of heart, as they include blank firing weapons, explosives, and a demonstration of the Museum?s M2-2 flamethrower!
The live-action reenactment at the museum in Fredericksburg will help viewers gain an understanding of the weapons, equipment, and uniforms that both American and Japanese troops employed in battles on the islands in the central Pacific between 1941 and 1945. Advanced ticket purchase is required.
Join us in Austin on February 1 for specialized workshops as part of the Real Places conference! From disaster preparedness and fundraising to tribal consultation and meaningful storytelling, these in-depth workshops foster important skills in historic preservation.
Just added:??Building Trust to Design and Develop Meaningful Experiences,? presented by Joe Veneto of Veneto Collaboratory. This month only, get special pricing?$60 through October 31!
See the full workshop lineup and secure your space:
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