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Memorial Day: Somber Reminder of Those Who Gave All
By Tracy Gupton The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is a prominent national memorial dedicated to the...
Museum Hosting Reading in the Rosenwald in June
Summer Passport Program Kicks Off Saturday at Museum
Memorial Day: Somber Reminder of Those Who Gave All
By Tracy Gupton The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is a prominent national memorial dedicated to the men and women who served in the Vietnam War. The memorial’s most striking feature is the wall itself, inscribed with the names of the more than 58,000...
Mattson Among Those Being Honored on Memorial Day
By Tracy Gupton As our nation remembers those brave soldiers who sacrificed their lives in battles over the ages on this Memorial Day Weekend, this son of a World War II veteran was grateful that my father and his three brothers all survived and returned to West...
San Felipe de Austin Was Burned by Fleeing Residents in 1836
By Tracy Gupton It is speculated that whenever the Columbia 1836 First Capitol of the Republic of Texas state historic site in downtown West Columbia project is finished, it is expected to resemble the San Felipe de Austin site near Sealy. Earlier this year I...
May 18th Meeting at Chicago Hotel Proved to be the Genesis of the South’s Rosenwald School Project 115 Years Ago
By Tracy Gupton The collaboration between Julius Rosenwald and Booker T. Washington led to the building of nearly 5,000 schoolhouses for African American children across the South. By the time segregation ended, the "Rosenwald Schools" that sprang from this unlikely...
Funeral Services Sunday for Legendary CHS Coach
By Tracy Gupton After coaching his son Jeff in the 1979-80 school year, former Columbia High School athletics director and head football coach Jack Hays put away his whistle and closed the book on his illustrious coaching career. Today the West Columbia community is...
Museum Open House Honors Memory of KNG
A special open house at the Columbia Historical Museum Wednesday night presented invited guests with the first look at a new exhibit on philanthropist Kittie Nash Groce. Ellen Adriance of Columbia Lakes worked with CHM manager Sally Rueffer and a few board members in...
WC Museum Highlights Famous Female Rancher
New Display on Philanthropist Kittie Nash Groce to Be Featured, Remain on Display Throughout Month of May By Tracy Gupton A speaker summed it up perfectly when addressing the role Kittie Nash Groce played during her illustrious lifetime in the quaint community of West...
Cinco de Mayo Focus of CHM’s “First Saturday” Program
All children of the West Columbia area are invited to attend the May 2nd "First Saturday of the Month" program at the historical Rosenwald School. The Columbia Historical Museum will be hosting the "Cinco de Mayo" children's program this Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to 1...
Brave Tuskegee Airmen Like Virgil Richardson Receive Special Day of Recognition in March from Texas Governor Abbott
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day on May 5, 2025, during Texas's 89th Legislative Session. The first annual Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day was recently celebrated on the fourth Thursday of March 2026 at the new Tuskegee...
Survivor of Goliad Massacre Buried at Local Cemetery
By Tracy Gupton As Texian soldiers routed General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s Mexican troops at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in April 1836, celebratory shouts of “Remember the Alamo” and “Remember Goliad” rained down on the fallen and fleeing Mexicans. One of...