New historical organization aims to tell Texas history through an inclusive, ‘21st century approach’
The U.S. and Texas flags fly over the Texas Capitol during the first day of the 88th Texas Legislative Session in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. When Texas historian Gregg Cantrell took part ...
Texas joined the Union as the 28th state, after its war of independence against Mexico and 10 years as a Lone Star republic, on this day in history, Dec. 29, 1845. The vast state, larger in area than ...
On the mild, cloudy day of April 14, 2015, exactly 150 years and five days after Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army at a courthouse in Virginia, an unusual spectacle took ...
BANDERA — The mystery starts at the edge of town. A green sign reads: "Bandera City Limit, Pop. 957." Really? Fewer than 1,000 people live in this bustling cowboy town on the banks of the Medina River ...
Fittingly, it rises on one of the most historic hills in Austin. The new Republic of Texas History Center, built by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, a lineal group, stands on Robertson Hill ...
As if we need more dumbed-down histories. After panicking Texans banned “critical race theory” and books by Black, Indigenous, people of color, and queer authors, Governor Greg Abbott signed the 1836 ...
A rewrite of Texas’ social studies curriculum is underway, with lawmakers, teachers and history enthusiasts at odds over exactly how to present the history of Texas and the United States to the ...
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