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The Friends of the Texas Historical Commission partners with the Texas Historical Commission to preserve and promote the real places and real stories of Texas, including our state historic sites.?Register now for upcoming free online programs that tell these stories.?
Cemeteries are among the most valuable of historic resources. They are reminders of various settlement patterns, such as villages, rural communities, urban centers, and former townsites. Cemeteries can reveal information about historic events, religions, lifestyles, and genealogy. The Texas Historical Commission?s Cemetery Preservation Program assists citizens who hope to reverse the hands of time to preserve over 13,000 historic places. While we strive to continue to maintain cemeteries in their original locations, decisions about which burial places can be preserved in place becomes harder. In this virtual event, THC Cemetery staff Jenny McWilliams and Carlyn Copeland Hammons will discuss cemeteries in the larger historic landscape and the challenges that cemetery associations face today.
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Date: Thursday, July 21, 6 p.m. Central Platform: Zoom (Registrants will receive the link to attend closer to event date) Cost:?Free (Donations?in support of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission are welcome and appreciated!)
The first half of the 19th century was a tumultuous period in the Gulf of Mexico as European and regional powers competed for territorial dominance. As immigration into the northern Gulf of Mexico increased, age-old rivalries erupted while new independent nations emerged. In such a climate, maritime supremacy was essential?foreign and local navies representing every major power were present, new and sometimes ad-hoc navies were created, and privateers capitalized on the unrest?often acting in concert with revolutionary factions. Within this diverse arena, three archeological sites off Texas and Louisiana have been investigated that contain arms and/or cannon.
As part of this discussion with State Marine Archeologist Amy Borgens, artifacts from an early 19th-century shipwreck off Pass Cavallo, Texas, discovered in 1998, are reassessed in comparison with more contemporary shipwreck discoveries to evaluate the potential historic roles of these vessels. Could they represent privateers, pirates, or early naval vessels that were similar in design? Collectively these archeological sites help develop a broader understanding of these shipwreck types and allude to the dynamic character of the period.
Date: Thursday, August 18, 6 p.m. Central Platform: Zoom (Registrants will receive the link to attend closer to event date) Cost:?Free (Donations?in support of the Friends of the Texas Historical Commission are welcome and appreciated!)
Pictured: Cannon on Monterrey Shipwreck A (Ocean Exploration Trust/Meadows Center for Water and the Environment)
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