Dr. Arnoldo De León Department of History at Angelo State University

Emancipation Day celebration in Austin on June 19, 1900. What a great slice of Texas history.

Great crowd for lecture on how Americans in Texas and beyond celebrated our nation’s Centennial in 1876. He kept the audience enraptured and fit to be (bow) tied. And thanks to several current and retired faculty who came out to hear him. And of course thanks to our partners at for collaborating on a great lecture series.

Thus Thursday is our last USA at 250 lecture, and it promises to be a good one with our own Dr Powers. Come check it out.

Angelo State University and Historic Fort Concho will present the sixth and final installment of the public speaker series, U.S.A. 250th & Texas: The Concho Valley Commemorates U.S. Independence, on Thursday, June 18, at 6 p.m. in the Fort Concho Commissary, 704 Burgess St.

Dr. Michael Shane Powers, an ASU assistant professor of history, will deliver a special presentation titled “Patriotism in the Past: How Americans Celebrated U.S. Independence from Fort Concho to Philadelphia.”

The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served.

Powers’ presentation will explore the ways Americans have celebrated the nation’s independence, particularly during the centennial of 1876 and bicentennial of 1976, as a way to more fully understand how Americans applied Revolutionary War-era ideals to their own time.

Specifically, Powers will examine how the country’s centennial in 1876 overlapped with Fort Concho’s role as a prominent Western fort during the so-called Indian Wars – as well as the Centennial International Exhibition in Philadelphia, where Americans celebrated U.S. independence while being introduced to the latest modern technologies and goods. Finally, he will highlight West Texas commemorations in 1976 in the midst of developments that have shaped Texas to the present day.

Join us for the last speaker of the USA 250th & Texas series!

Thursday, June 18, Dr. Powers of Dr. Arnoldo De León Department of History at Angelo State University will be giving a talk on Patriotism in the Past: How Americans Celebrated U.S. Independence from Fort Concho to Philadelphia

Y'all don't want to miss this!
This is free and open to all!
Fort Concho Commissary
704 Burgess St.

An update from Dr McMillan and students in Germany.

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Our second day on the War and Memory study abroad included visiting Dachau, the first concentration camp built by the N***s, the National Socialist Documentation Center which focused on the role of Munich (know as the the city at the heart of the movement) with the rise of the N***s and Adolf Hi**er, as well as seeing the “Brown House” or headquarters of the N**i party in Munich which is where the Munich Conference took place 1938. This was a day full of hard history, but history that demands to be confronted and remembered. We finished our day with dinner at the iconic Hofbrauhaus where we enjoyed a traditional Bavarian supper of pork knuckle, potato dumplings, and apple strudel for dessert!

Tonight!!!
Check out our very own curator of Fort Concho, Cory at ASU!
This will be held at the UC on Rosemont Dr.
You don’t want to miss this talk!
And it’s free and open to the public!

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May the Fourth be with you. It is with ASU History! Though we find Grayson’s lack of costume disturbing, but Morgan Solo made up for it.

Another bumper crop of Phi Alpha Theta inductees. Dr McMillan did a fantastic job and Shannon Sturm from the West Texas Collection gave a heartfelt talk on the importance of studying and preserving history. A great time was had by all.

Look what arrived on Earth Day: Kenna Lang Archer and Jason Pierce’s latest book, an edited collection on the environmental history of Texas. Available from fine retailers now!