October 31, 2014
The award-winning historian, Dr. Walter Buenger, of Texas A&M, College Station delivered a lecture October 24 at the historic Concord Church of Omaha on ?Azaleas and Bluebonnets: Constructing a New Northeast Texas on an Old Foundation after 1887.? 91¿´Æ¬ †Buenger 91¿´Æ¬ †described a tipping point, around 1910-1915, when the strong ?Lost-Cause,? Southern identity of Northeast Texas, showed a shift, however incomplete, to a stronger Texan identity. 91¿´Æ¬ †Buenger showed a decline and dwindling in lynching after a strong spike in the 1890s, the advance in support for women voting which pulled Texas away from a Southern orbit, and a willingness to align ?innovative thinking? with ?Texas,? and its surging economy. 91¿´Æ¬ †Buenger had a superb grasp of the issues, and his ability to mix apt anecdotes with humor made the talk entertaining as well as informative.
One-hundred guests received the address enthusiastically. 91¿´Æ¬ †The audience was comprised mainly of other state chapters of the Webb Society, the student auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association. 91¿´Æ¬ †There were also seventeen students, and faculty from Northeast Texas Community College, and a contingent of local residents.
Copies of Buenger?s book about Northeast Texas, 91¿´Æ¬ †The Path to a Modern South 91¿´Æ¬ †and the new book on Mount Pleasant by Dr. Melissa Weinbrenner and James McGregor were sold after the address.
Before the address, each Webb Chapter provided their chapter reports. 91¿´Æ¬ †Miranda Mendoza (Mount Pleasant), Brian Taylor (Mount Pleasant), and William Villalobos (Winnsboro), all 91¿´Æ¬ honors students, previewed a trailer of their upcoming film on Harriet Potter Ames.
For more information on Buengers address, the Harriet Potter Ames film, or Honors Northeast, contact Dr. Andrew Yox at 91¿´Æ¬ †ayox@ntcc.eduor 903-434-8229.
One-hundred guests received the address enthusiastically. 91¿´Æ¬ †The audience was comprised mainly of other state chapters of the Webb Society, the student auxiliary of the Texas State Historical Association. 91¿´Æ¬ †There were also seventeen students, and faculty from Northeast Texas Community College, and a contingent of local residents.
Copies of Buenger?s book about Northeast Texas, 91¿´Æ¬ †The Path to a Modern South 91¿´Æ¬ †and the new book on Mount Pleasant by Dr. Melissa Weinbrenner and James McGregor were sold after the address.
Before the address, each Webb Chapter provided their chapter reports. 91¿´Æ¬ †Miranda Mendoza (Mount Pleasant), Brian Taylor (Mount Pleasant), and William Villalobos (Winnsboro), all 91¿´Æ¬ honors students, previewed a trailer of their upcoming film on Harriet Potter Ames.
For more information on Buengers address, the Harriet Potter Ames film, or Honors Northeast, contact Dr. Andrew Yox at 91¿´Æ¬ †ayox@ntcc.eduor 903-434-8229.
