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On Tuesday, March 24 Dr. Dean Falk of Florida State University will enlighten us on the latest understanding of the evolution of human intelligence — past, present and future — during a special evening lecture. Falk is a paleoanthropologist whose in…
Read MoreOn Saturday, March 7 we are hosting a tour of Camp Logan’s archaeological sites located inside Houston’s Memorial Park. Historians and archaeologists Louis Aulbach and Linda Gorski will be your guides as you explore the area.
Recent archaeological studies have uncovered new information about the soldiers who once lived and trained on the current Memorial Park grounds. This hike through Memorial Park will take guests to some of Camp Logan’s archaeological sites.
DETAILS: http://store.hmns.org/Selection.aspx?sch=1183923
An explanation of Camp Logan’s place in Houston history can be read here on the Heritage Society website: https://www.heritagesociety.org/camp-logan
The history of the Memorial Park area from 1820 to present-day: https://www.memorialparkconservancy.org/discover/history/
A Houston History Magazine piece with extensive photos, including a chronicle of the 1917 riots: https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Camp-Logan.pdf
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Coming up on Friday, February 28 we are road tripping to Bryan and the Brazos River for a fossil hunt. Join HMNS paleontologist David Temple along the banks of the river to hunt for ancient marine creature fossils. If you don’t already know, David Tem…
Read MoreProfessor Sandra Guerra Thompson, director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center is online now for an AMA with r/Houston. She’s here and ready to field questions about the pioneering work being done at the Houston F…
Read MoreComing up on Tuesday afternoon we will have Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson, director of the Criminal Justice Institute at the University of Houston Law Center online for an AMA. She will be fielding questions about the pioneering work being done at …
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