Tour of Texas History # 2 - Photos
Washington-on-the-Brazos and Chappell
Hill
August 8, 2009
Stopping first at
Washington-on-the-Brazos
near Navasota, Texas, Texas Heritage
Society members and guests met at the Visitor Center and
then toured the Star of the Republic
Museum.
Following the museum tour, the
group heard a private lecture presented at Independence
Hall, the site where Texas declared its independence from
Mexico on March 2, 1836. A replica of the original
building marks the location where representatives met to sign
the formal Declaration of Independence from Mexico and where
the government of the Republic of Texas was
established.
The
group then traveled to Chappell
Hill where
there was a picnic lunch at a former store. The
group then traveled to the Masonic Cemetery where a
toast was made by Hewitt Clark to Col William B. Travis
at the gravesite of his son.
Hewitt Clarke is the Coordinator of
the Tour-of-Texas Day Trips. For more on Hewitt
Clarke, click
here
.
Texas Heritage Society Members begin to
gather in the parking lot next to the visitor
center.
Marker in
front of the Visitor Center at
Washington-on-the-Brazos State Historical Park. The
New Visitor Center was dedicated in
1998.
Carrol Cagle
points at Texas map in the Visitor
Center.
Ted Spackey with
his wife, Texas Heritage Society Publicity Chair Pat Spackey,
and children and grandchildren.
Names of some of
the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence in the New
Visitor Center at Washington on the
Brazos.
Texas Heritage
Society Members in front of the Childress
Statue.
Entrance to the Star of the Republic
Museum
Seal of Texas in the Star of the Republic
Museum
TOUR OF TEXAS HISTORY #2 - August 8,
2009
Washington-on-the-Brazos
and Chappell Hill, Texas
The
second Tour of Texas History will begin this Saturday at 8:00
a.m., August 8, 2009. The Texas Heritage Society does not
just read and write about history, it encourages it members to
go to historical sites around the State of Texas and see where
the events important to Texas history actually happened.
The Texas Heritage Society works with local
historians to present private lectures regarding the history of
each of the sites
visited.
The group will leave at
8 a.m. from First Baptist Church of
The Woodlands. Bring a sack lunch and drinks; we will stop
at a designated park for lunch, returning to The Woodlands by 4
p.m. Bring a hat and wear comfortable walking
shoes.
Stopping first at
Washington-on-the-Brazos near Navasota, Texas, the group
will hear a private lecture presented in Independence Hall, the
site where Texas declared its independence from Mexico on March
2, 1836. William B. Travis’ “victory or death” letter will be
read. A replica of the original building marks the location
where representatives met to sign the formal declaration of
independence and where the government of the Republic of Texas
was established.
The group then
will travel to Chappell Hill to the
Masonic Cemetery where a toast will be made to Col William B.
Travis at the gravesite of his
son. There will be a picnic lunch at a former old
store in town after which will be a guided tour of the town of
Chappell Hill.
Hewitt Clarke is the Coordinator of
the Tour-of-Texas Day Trips. For more on Hewitt
Clarke, click here.
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