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Calendar for 2008

Exhibition:
The Spanish Legacy of the Texas Coastal Bend
 
Through Dec. 27

Spring Lecture Series

 

April 10, 2008; 5:30 p.m.

Kaleidoscopic Glimpses of the Spanish Heritage Along the Texas Coastal Bend Dr. Felix D. Almaraz, Jr., UTSA Peter T. Flawn Distinguished Professor of Borderlands History, has been a member of the history faculty at the University of Texas at San Antonio for 38 years.  Dr. Almaraz is former president of the Texas State Historical Association and of the Texas Catholic Historical Society.  An alumnus of Saint Mary’s University and the University of New Mexico, he is the author of several books.

 

April 17, 2008; 5:30 p.m.

When modern progress and early peoples collide Avocational archaeologists, led by THC stewards Jimmy Bluhm and Bill Birmingham, discuss Early Peoples sites located in Victoria County.  This presentation will provide information about the number of sites affected, general content, and potential ramifications of major highway routes currently under consideration by TX DOT.

 

April 24, 2008; 5:30 p.m.

La Calle de Los Diez Amigos:  The Evolution of Our City  Gary Dunnam, Victory County Heritage Director, will discuss “The Street of Ten Friends” and original names of Victoria’s first town streets.  Dr. Robert Shook, co-presenter, received his Ph.D. from the University of North Texas in 1970, retired from a long teaching career in 1989, and is presently a consultant to the Victoria County Heritage Department.

 

May 1, 2008; 5:30 p.m.

Citizens of Martin de Leon’s Colony, 1824-1900  Gloria Candelaria is a Spanish Genealogy specialist, an author, historian and speaker.  She specializes in the Texas pre-Republic period, and has compiled and published six booklets that pertain to Victoria County.  Her presentation begins with a special visit from Blanche de León, direct descendant of Martin de León.  Kathy Garcia Dunson will also participate in this presentation.

 

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.
MCB Book Club  Dr. Stephen L. Hardin discusses Texian Macabre:  A Melancholy Tale of a Hanging in Early Houston. Wednesday, April 16, 2008; 12:00 noon

Spring Film Showings

 

April 17, 2008

Stagecoach, 1939, starring John Wayne & Claire Trevor

 

May 1, 2008

Mark of Zorro, starring Douglas Fairbanks, Sr., Marguerite De La Motte, Noah Berry

 

Thursdays immediately following Spring lecture series(around 7pm)

Above lectures and programs are free with Museum Membership
and free with Museum Admission.

 

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