Discover your roots at the Fulton Mansion’s genealogy workshop! Learn tips and tools to explore your family history, uncover hidden stories, and trace your lineage. Inspired by the Fulton family tree, this hands-on session will guide you through starting your own ancestral journey. Perfect for beginners and history enthusiasts alike!

As we celebrate America’s Semiquincentennial (250 years) and soon Texas’ bicentennial (200 years), we also honor local and family history. Join the Texas Historical Commission’s Historical Markers Historian, Alicia Costello, in the first session of our Genealogy Research series. This Introduction to Genealogy and Family History Research will feature a presentation on how to get […]

THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country’s founding struggle and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21st at 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS. The full series will be available to stream beginning […]

Join us in bringing Fields of Honor: A Luminous Tribute at San Jacinto to life. We’re seeking more than 700 volunteers to prepare, place, and collect 21,500 luminaries across the San Jacinto Battlefield — each representing a Texan who gave their life in armed conflict.

Fields of Honor: A Luminous Tribute at San Jacinto will take place on Saturday, December 6, 2025, to commemorate the sacrifice of the over 21,500 Texans who have given their lives in armed conflict. Volunteer groups are needed to participate by placing and picking up 21,500 candles on the San Jacinto Battlefield to visually depict […]

The Sheriffs’ Association of Texas in conjunction with the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office will hold a flag raising ceremony on Thursday, December 18, 2025 beginning at 10:30 AM. The ceremony will take place at the historic courthouse in downtown Fort Worth: 100 W. Weatherford Street, Fort Worth, TX 76196.  The ceremony will be held on […]

Living Historians will be recreating the sigining of the first Texas Declaration 190 years to the day on the same spot as the original signers! This event is part of the Presidio La Bahia 190th Series commemorating the 190th Anniversary of the Texas War for Independence. More Info to come!

As the country celebrates 250 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, every state has a story to tell about its own contributions to the development of the nation. Our 2026 exhibit, Texas America250, now on view at the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building, spotlights some of the areas where […]

Self-guided driving tour across Gregg County with audio. Gregg County Historical Museum invites you to take a journey through the people, places, and stories that shaped one of East Texas’s most remarkable communities. From early settlements and stagecoach routes to downtown landmarks, churches, cemeteries, and the oil fields that changed the world.

Rancheras: Spanish Texas Women and Their Contributions to American Independence uncovers the overlooked role of women ranch owners in eighteenth-century Texas and their influence during the American Revolution. Through original wills, petitions, and census records, the exhibition shows how women exercised legal and economic authority under Spanish colonial law while managing cattle networks that supported […]