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 WE ARE A BLUE STAR MUSEUM

Blue Star Museums is a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active-duty military personnel and up to five members of their families, including National Guard and Reserve, from Memorial Day, May 26, 2014 through Labor Day, September 1, 2014.

FROM OUR BLOG

Lucy Holcombe Pickens:  "I will not be submissive..."

  Learn more about this beautiful, witty Harrison County woman who captured the heart of the South..

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HISTORY FROM ELSEWHERE

D-Day:  "You Are About to Embark on a Great Crusade"

June 6, 1944, 160,000 Allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of heavily-fortified French coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the beaches of Normandy, France  See photos, listen to General Eisenhower's speech, and read more about D-Day on this U.S. Army website .

Historian James Holland straightens out some myths about D-Day in this CNN Opinion page.  See the article on the CNN website.

Teaching Literacy Through History

Teaching Literacy through History is Gilder Lehrman’s initiative for teachers. The program integrates history and literacy, using reading and analysis of primary documents to deepen students’ understanding of history while improving their close-reading, critical-thinking, and analytical-writing skills.  Read more about this innovative approach to our nation's literacy problems on the Gilder Lehrman website.

Today in Texas History

Check out what happened in Texas history --today--on the the Texas State Historical Association website.

FIRSTS FROM OUR HISTORY*

1846  The first governor of the state of Texas was Harrison County's James Pickney Henderson.  He and Issac Van Zandt, also from Harrison County,  worked together in Washington D.C. to negotiate the treaty of annexation with the United States.  Image courtesty State Preservation Board

 * From "Dinstinctions of Harrison County" compiled by Inez Hatley Hughes, first executive director of the Harrison County Historical Museum

 EVENTS

JUL   7-11  Kids History Day Camp

JUL 17-19  HotDays|CoolStories
                    Summer Chautauqua at the Museum

                    featuring western historian & novelist

                    Julia Robb

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 SEP  27  

 Smithsonian Magazine's Museum

 Day Live  National FREE Day at Participating Museums   

We're a participating museum!

SEP 22-  Smithsonian's  "Journey Stories" Exhibit

NOV 1    Host Location:  The Weisman, 

                historic downtown Marshall

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DOLLAR DAYS*

$1 ADMISSION TO MUSEUM

--Main Street's Second Saturday--

Learn More about Second Saturday...

--Every Tuesday--

*Children Under 16 Always Free

* Museum Members Free on Dollar Days



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 The Harrison County Historical Museum is a member-supported organization.  We are a place for history and learning ... your membership will help us continue our work.

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MUSEUM NEWS

Smithsonian Institution's

Journey Stories Exhibit

Coming to Marshall

SEPTEMBER 22 - NOVEMBER 1

Journey stories are tales of how we and our ancestors came to America – are a central element of our personal heritage. From Native Americans to new American citizens and regardless of our ethnic or racial background, everyone has a story to tell.

Brought to Marshall by the
Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street  and the Texas State Historical Association