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Texas Heritage Museum Medal of Honor Texas Heritage Museum Annual Membership Form Memorial Brick Campaign Home of the Official State Medal of Honor Memorial to Native-Born Texans Individual $25 Family $35 Business $50 If you sign up for a membership with the Texas Patron $100 Benefactor $250 Heritage Museum today, you may also sponsor Lasting Legacies a brick at a special low price of $75. Using the Please use a ballpoint pen. space below, tell us what you want your brick to newsletter Name:_______________________________________ say. Please limit to 15 characters per line and three lines per brick. If you decide to purchase more than Vol. 5 No. 2 winter 2013 Address:_____________________________________ one brick, please attach additional information to this form. Those wanting to buy a brick without a Phone:_______________________________________ membership may do so at the regular price of $100. Email:_______________________________________ Letter from the Dean Dear Friends of the Museum, Please make check or money order payable to Texas Heritage Museum. For your convenience, we also accept VISA, Yes, I would like to sponsor a brick. MASTERCARD, DISCOVER & AMERICAN EXPRESS. The Texas Heritage Museum (THM) is gearing up for We at THM would like to take a moment to thank NAME ON CARD_______________________________ a fantastic year in 2014. It is very exciting to announce those who have served our country, as well as those __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ that THM will be celebrating its 50th year of operation left behind. If you have a loved one you wish to CARD TYPE___________________________________ of the Historical Research Center, Hill College Press honor, please keep the Medal of Honor walkway at EXPIRATION DATE___________ SSC#______________ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ and the museum this upcoming September. Further the Texas Heritage Museum’s “Official State Medal of CARD NUMBER________________________________ information will be forthcoming regarding the Honor Memorial to Native-Born Texans” in mind. We SIGNATURE ___________________________________ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ semicentennial museum celebration this upcoming encourage all to visit the museum and the memorial at September. any time Texas Heritage Museum I am proud to announce the largest preservation Thank you for your continued Hill College Campus digitalization project ever undertaken in the Historical support of the Texas Heritage 112 Lamar Drive Research Center. The Civil War unit capsule histories, Museum at Hill College. Hillsboro, TX 76645 [email protected] comprised of every Confederate and Union unit and (254) 659-7750 consisting of over 32,000 documents, will be digitized Sincerely, www.hillcollege.edu/museum and indexed so the documents will be accessible on the The Texas Heritage computer. This will make the documents in the research John Versluis Museum’s mission is to center more accessible to the patrons. Dean THM explore Texas and Texans during wartime and how those experiences affect us today. Texas Heritage Museum Annual Holiday/New Year Sale They’re here! The holidays are quickly approaching. The Gift shop is anticipating the release of two beautiful Texas Heritage Museum is proud to The THM Gift Shop is here to help by offering from honor coins showcasing the Texas Heritage Museum, help with historic preservation and education by being a member of the now until January 31, 2013 a 15% discount on all our Hill College and The Official State Medal of Honor following organizations: fabulous gift shop items. Just a friendly reminder the Memorial to Native-Born Texans, which should become museum will be closed December 13th - January 5th. available for purchase during the week of December You will find mugs, stuffed animals, old time toys, 9th. We look forward to seeing you. bingo games, dog tags, picture frames, scented candles, unique chess sets, not to mention fun books for kids and books on cooking, military engagements and Texas history. Museum patrons and Hill College faculty and staff will receive this 15% discount in addition to their membership and/or Hill College employee discount. Texas Heritage Museum Deloris (Rica) Acevedo Membership Banquet a Success (continued) New and Upcoming Publications at Hill College Our newest addition to the On July 22, the 47th imprint of a monumental and laborious work Hill College Press, on the 46th book Museum’s Medal of Honor Memorial 112 Lamar Dr. museum staff is a native Texan, Hill College Press was released: by three of the authors of a volume published by the Hill College Press, to Native-Born Texans in his honor a graduate of the University Hillsboro, TX 76645 of Texas at Austin (B.A. From the Riviera to Zell Am See, concentrating on Civil War burials From the Riviera to Zell Am See, for his volunteer service at the Texas (254) 659-7750 English, Spanish minor), and by Lieutenant Commander Rufus of officers and prominent people. A Texas Soldier’s Story by Rufus Heritage Museum. [email protected] a third generation descendant Lester Leggett, a native Texan, as It is a follow up to a volume by Lester Leggett. www.hillcollege.edu/museum of a Hillsboro family. She introduced, formatted, and revised them published in 2002. James A. most recently worked for the Ft. Worth by the editor of the press. It is a Mundie, Dean Letzring, and John Baylor University School of Dallas Music, where her colleagues narrative story with commentary Luckey have visited all 254 counties I-35 regularly collaborated with HILLSBORO the Hill College Music of Leggett’s memories and later in Texas and have done extensive Department and contributed research of his experiences in World research putting together brief Whitney CorsicanaMexia to the Performing Arts Series. War II with the Texas 36th Infantry biographical data with photographs She has travelled extensively Division. A hard-cover consisting of tombstones of more than 1,050 throughout the U.S., Europe, I-35 Exit 368 of 545 pages and many maps and “notables.” The tombstones are Canada, Central America and Rick Bailey, Johnson County Hillsboro, TX Mexico, always visiting as photos, it is available for sale in the mostly those of officers of the Commissioner, Precinct 1, was many museums as possible Texas Heritage Museum. Blue and the Gray who are buried Museum Hours along the way. Hillsboro has John Versluis, Dean of the Texas presented three autographed Hill in Texas and a few civilians who Heritage Museum, Kathleen Miller, Mon. - Thurs. 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. been Rica’s home for the College Press books in appreciation Fri., 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. last seven years and she is were prominent in some capacity History Instructor, and Phil Lowe, for his contribution of the Cold War committed to living here for in the state during the period of the the remainder of her life. Coordinator of Visual and Performing Civil Defense Hospital items for our Historical Research Civil War and the Reconstruction Arts and Music Instructor, gave new exhibit. Center Hours When asked about her new Era. The work is made possible in a presentation on the annual Hill Thurs., 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. position Rica stated, “When I part by a substantial grant from College student history course trip. was offered this position, I felt the Summerlee Foundation of like I’d won the lottery. Not This year the class traveled through Contacts only do I get to spend my work Dallas. It will be published in two Civil War Battlefields. The course days in one of my favorite volumes, with data and images that they took this past summer John Versluis environments, but now I have formatted alphabetically, A-Z, and Dean the opportunity to contribute was entitled “Battles, Surrenders & [email protected] to the Hillsboro community with an extensive Appendix and Assassinations”. and to Hill College in so many Bibliography that should be of Dr. Earl Elam ways.” significant use for researchers of the Historian/Editor Several Texas Heritage Museum [email protected] period. The work will be released service awards were presented to Art Greenhaw, a member of the Light in 2014. It will be one of the honor Hill College employees and Crust Doughboys, was recognized Mary Ann Schneider contributions that the Texas Heritage Assistant Curator/Archivist community members. Dr. Sheryl and honored by Joe Shaughnessy, [email protected] Museum is making to the ongoing Kappus, President of Hill College, Hill College Librarian, and Eve national Sesquicentennial collection was presented a U.S. flag flown over Bowen, Hill College Library Services Rosa Santos The next publication of HCP will be of scholarship and projects denoting Museum Receptionist & the Texas Heritage Museum’s Medal Assistant, for his contribution of the Collection Registrar More Texas Burial Sites of Civil War this important period in the history of Honor Memorial to Native-Born Light Crust Doughboys collection [email protected] and Reconstruction Era Notables, of the United States. Texans in her honor for her tenure at housed in the Hill College Library. Deloris (Rica) Acevedo Hill College. Museum Collections & Programming Assistant Membership Banquet a Success [email protected] The Fourth Annual Membership Johnson County, The Light Crust Frank Williams, Jr. Banquet with the Hill College Alumni Doughboys, the longest running band Lab Exhibit Assistant in attendance was held November 7, in the history of recorded music, and [email protected] 2013 in the Hill College Cafeteria. the World War I heavy machine gun and the World War II submachine In the Know From September 1, 2012 Prior to the banquet, an Open House guns exhibit in the Weapons Gallery.

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