FEBRUARY 9
Fun in the Forest After Dark, Texas Forestry Museum, Lufkin; 5:30p.m.-7:30p.m; Kids Club members are invited to the Museum to enjoy a campfire dinner and a night hike on the Urban Wildscape Trail. Kids can join at the event for $5.00 per child. RSVP by February 8, 2012. Contact the Museum at 936.632-9535 or info@treetexas.com.
FEBRUARY 10
Brazos Valley Regional History Fair, regional competition for students in grades 6-12. Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historic Site. Winners will compete for advancement to Texas History Day in Austin, sponsored by the Texas State Historical Association. State winners will then travel to the NATIONAL HISTORY DAY competition at the University of Maryland, just outside our nation’s capital! For more information visit www.starmuseum.org
FEBRUARY 12
Civil War 150th Anniversary Talk at Fort Concho Historic Site, San Angelo, 2 p.m. Fort Concho Commissary; topic “Emancipation 1862.” For more information contact events@fortconcho.com
FEBRUARY 18
Texas Ranger Memorial Cross Ceremony, 10:30 a.m., Azleland Cemetery, Azle. FTRF honors Bobby Paul Doherty (1936-1978). For further information visit www.formertxrangers.org
FEBRUARY 24-26
The Texas Cowboy Poetry Gathering is a two-day event celebrating the oral tradition of the working cowboy in poetry, stories, and music. Enjoy more than 50 performers in the classrooms and on the stages of Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas. Tickets for the Friday & Saturday night shows are $12.50. For more information visit www.texascowboypoetry.com
FEBRUARY 26
Buffalo Soldier Heritage Day, Fort Concho, San Angelo. Join the Fort Concho Buffalo Soldier Living History Unit as we celebrate the history and heritage of the African-American Soldiers who served at Fort Concho and other forts across the United States. The event will have education programs and living history demonstrations. 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. For more information, please call Paul Cook, Fort Concho Staff, at (325) 657-4440.
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THF NEWS
THF Grant Project Update: On January 27, 2012, the Texas Historical Commission approved Old Oak Cliff Conservation League’s application to place a historical marker at the location where Officer J.D.Tippit was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, shortly after the assassination of President Kennedy. The Dallas Independent School District donated a small piece of land on the corner of Tenth Street and Patton for the placement of the historical marker, as well as a live oak tree and irrigation for the site. The OOCCL received a Texas Historical Foundation grant to cover costs to install a bench, paver stones, and landscaping for a reflection area near the marker. The dedication of the marker is planned for November 22, 2012, the 49th anniversary of Officer Tippit's death.
